I've had my cat, Charlie (of whom I found and took in) since February and although its been a slow process of her trusting us we have finally got there!
In October we had to move house, naturally we took her with us but we've gone from living in a rather secluded spot with plently of land to a house in a street with cars etc. There is a lovely back garden with a fence though.
Anyways, we kept Charlie in for the first few weeks incase she got scared and ran off or got hurt and now she is getting used to the car sounds going past the house. Problem is she will take two steps outside the house and run back in. I dont want her to stay outside all night really, just be able to go out and play in the daytime when I can keep an eye on her. I wouldnt mind her being an indoor cat but even though she has numerous toys and scratchers, she's taken to scratching everything in the bedroom in the middle of the night. The problem isn't scratching everything, its just the timing - its waking everyone up!
I know cats are probably more active at night but this has just been a recent thing and Im wondering if its because she's not using her claws so much (she used to love hunting and playing in the garden).
Im not too sure how to keep encouraging her to go out or what to do in the nights (I cant lock her out of the bedroom as she miows all night).
Any Advice would be great.
p.s sorry its such a long post!
In October we had to move house, naturally we took her with us but we've gone from living in a rather secluded spot with plently of land to a house in a street with cars etc. There is a lovely back garden with a fence though.
Anyways, we kept Charlie in for the first few weeks incase she got scared and ran off or got hurt and now she is getting used to the car sounds going past the house. Problem is she will take two steps outside the house and run back in. I dont want her to stay outside all night really, just be able to go out and play in the daytime when I can keep an eye on her. I wouldnt mind her being an indoor cat but even though she has numerous toys and scratchers, she's taken to scratching everything in the bedroom in the middle of the night. The problem isn't scratching everything, its just the timing - its waking everyone up!
I know cats are probably more active at night but this has just been a recent thing and Im wondering if its because she's not using her claws so much (she used to love hunting and playing in the garden).
Im not too sure how to keep encouraging her to go out or what to do in the nights (I cant lock her out of the bedroom as she miows all night).
Any Advice would be great.
p.s sorry its such a long post!