hi everyone! my cat charli is a year and a half old and she ALWAYS wants to go outside!! she and her brother are both indoor cats and have always been indoors. shes spayed so i don't think she wants to go out and find a mate or anything! its really annoying because she will sit at the back door meowing and meowing to let her out, and sometimes when someone opens the front or back door she will try to dart out !!
i've let her out the back yard before for a few hours a day to shut her up before, but once she jumped the fence, and i had to knock on my neighbours door to fetch her - they have dogs !! i've also let her out the front on the harness but now she tries even harder to run out the front door when its opened!!ARGH
i feel bad for her because she REALLY wants to go out and she acts so depressed around the house, but i don't really want to let her out cuz i'm scared somethign will happen to her! i don't have a problem with her brother mickey, hes happy to stay inside, and its not like they don't have anything to do inside, i buy them so many toys and i play with them almost every day!
does anyone have any suggestions what to do? should i continue to let her out a few times a week (or is that encouraging her?) or should i just keep her inside all the time and hopfully she will give up..?
i've let her out the back yard before for a few hours a day to shut her up before, but once she jumped the fence, and i had to knock on my neighbours door to fetch her - they have dogs !! i've also let her out the front on the harness but now she tries even harder to run out the front door when its opened!!ARGH
i feel bad for her because she REALLY wants to go out and she acts so depressed around the house, but i don't really want to let her out cuz i'm scared somethign will happen to her! i don't have a problem with her brother mickey, hes happy to stay inside, and its not like they don't have anything to do inside, i buy them so many toys and i play with them almost every day!
does anyone have any suggestions what to do? should i continue to let her out a few times a week (or is that encouraging her?) or should i just keep her inside all the time and hopfully she will give up..?