Hi,
We've had our rescue cat, Jake, since August. He is a big 6 year old neutered Tom who is a complete wuss and likes to stay inside. He only goes outside into the back yard if someone goes with him and even a bird chirping spooks him into running back indoors.
Now, all of a sudden he has started demanding to go out. The first few times were under cover of darkness and he even stayed out all night twice, but then we had the snow and bad weather so he was content to stay inside. Now he wants to go out again, this time first thing in the morning. If I don't let him out, he whines the place down. I'm sure the neighbours must think we're mistreating him with the noice he makes!!!!
I don't want to let him out, but I understand that I must let him if he wants and that he'll come back but it's just so weird that literally one day he was stood on the doorstep wagging his tail and legging it back into the safety of the house at the slightest noise and now he's getting stroppy about wanting to go out.
Does anyone else's cat have these mood swings?
Another quick question, does anyone know how long a cat sleeps per day. Not necessarily in one go. We have to just about tazer Jake to get him to shift!
I'll upload a picture of him when I work out how!
Jan x
We've had our rescue cat, Jake, since August. He is a big 6 year old neutered Tom who is a complete wuss and likes to stay inside. He only goes outside into the back yard if someone goes with him and even a bird chirping spooks him into running back indoors.
Now, all of a sudden he has started demanding to go out. The first few times were under cover of darkness and he even stayed out all night twice, but then we had the snow and bad weather so he was content to stay inside. Now he wants to go out again, this time first thing in the morning. If I don't let him out, he whines the place down. I'm sure the neighbours must think we're mistreating him with the noice he makes!!!!
I don't want to let him out, but I understand that I must let him if he wants and that he'll come back but it's just so weird that literally one day he was stood on the doorstep wagging his tail and legging it back into the safety of the house at the slightest noise and now he's getting stroppy about wanting to go out.
Does anyone else's cat have these mood swings?
Another quick question, does anyone know how long a cat sleeps per day. Not necessarily in one go. We have to just about tazer Jake to get him to shift!
I'll upload a picture of him when I work out how!
Jan x
