We rescued a 3 year old cat from the street almost a year ago. The cat was microchipped and we found out he had 2 other owners before. He is the sweetest boy ever and we love him. My husband had his front paws declawed (not something i was in favor, but husband was firm about it). When we found the cat he was already fixed< although we were told that he may have been fixed later because his sack is pretty large.
Anyways, the cat was a content indoor kitty up until about 2 months ago or so when he started to DESPERATELY want to go outside. He runs outside every chance he gets. He waits till someone opens the door to only run as fast as he can to get out.He yells and screams all day long and is restless and wants to go outside. Looks at the windows, doors and just drives me absolutely nuts with his screams.
When he does escape he acts like a tiger who has been at the zoo all of his life: he rolls in the grass, chews on the grass, and seems so very happy overall.
I have tried to put him in an enclosed puppy pen and put him outside but he doesn't seem content to be in an enclosure. He wants out of it and he wants to be outside of it and move around as he pleases. I also planted cat grass for him inside and while he chews on it and seems to like it, it did not help with the problem of wanting to go outside and yelling all day long like a crazy maniac. We have a 3 bedroom and 4 bath house and a garage that is closed and is available for the cats to go to any time (in fact their litter boxes are in the garage). So its not like we live in an apartment where there is no space for them. We have a good size cat tree in the garage too.
We have 2 cats. Both are rescues. But only this one is so crazy lately. The other one was rescued as a kitten, has always been indoors and has no issues and is a pretty content cat.
We love this cat and we want him to stay with us and not get lost. As I said, he already had 2 previous owners and was abandoned by both. We don't want to abandon him. Also since he is declawed, it is simply not safe for him outside. But it has been 2 months and he is still restless and wants to go outside so badly! And his noises are driving me crazy.
Anything at all I can do??? Thank you!
Anyways, the cat was a content indoor kitty up until about 2 months ago or so when he started to DESPERATELY want to go outside. He runs outside every chance he gets. He waits till someone opens the door to only run as fast as he can to get out.He yells and screams all day long and is restless and wants to go outside. Looks at the windows, doors and just drives me absolutely nuts with his screams.
When he does escape he acts like a tiger who has been at the zoo all of his life: he rolls in the grass, chews on the grass, and seems so very happy overall.
I have tried to put him in an enclosed puppy pen and put him outside but he doesn't seem content to be in an enclosure. He wants out of it and he wants to be outside of it and move around as he pleases. I also planted cat grass for him inside and while he chews on it and seems to like it, it did not help with the problem of wanting to go outside and yelling all day long like a crazy maniac. We have a 3 bedroom and 4 bath house and a garage that is closed and is available for the cats to go to any time (in fact their litter boxes are in the garage). So its not like we live in an apartment where there is no space for them. We have a good size cat tree in the garage too.
We have 2 cats. Both are rescues. But only this one is so crazy lately. The other one was rescued as a kitten, has always been indoors and has no issues and is a pretty content cat.
We love this cat and we want him to stay with us and not get lost. As I said, he already had 2 previous owners and was abandoned by both. We don't want to abandon him. Also since he is declawed, it is simply not safe for him outside. But it has been 2 months and he is still restless and wants to go outside so badly! And his noises are driving me crazy.
Anything at all I can do??? Thank you!