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Ok, brief history;
I have a Norwegian Forest Cat who is 10 months old, and was neutered a week ago, following a 2 and a half week abscence from home chasing the local lady felines..
I kept him in for 24 hrs following the op, hoping that this would be enough to curb the tendancy to wander. Wrong! First time back out he went AWOL for two days, and was returned to me by someone who knew where he had wandered from (as the crow flies he was about 1/2 mile from home)
Kept him in for the rest of the week, same thing has happened. I am now very reluctant to let him out, and really don't know what is the best thing to do...
Keep him in... not fair, but safe
Let him out ...hope he comes back, hope he is safe.
Any advice or ideas would be enormously appreciated!
I have a Norwegian Forest Cat who is 10 months old, and was neutered a week ago, following a 2 and a half week abscence from home chasing the local lady felines..
I kept him in for 24 hrs following the op, hoping that this would be enough to curb the tendancy to wander. Wrong! First time back out he went AWOL for two days, and was returned to me by someone who knew where he had wandered from (as the crow flies he was about 1/2 mile from home)
Kept him in for the rest of the week, same thing has happened. I am now very reluctant to let him out, and really don't know what is the best thing to do...
Keep him in... not fair, but safe
Let him out ...hope he comes back, hope he is safe.
Any advice or ideas would be enormously appreciated!
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15 minutes or so and rattle his biscuits or similar ... extend it every now and then??
It worked for our Tom. He was a stray that used to hang about in our garden lusting after our female cat (neutered - I don't know why he thought differently). To cut a long story short, I caught him in a cat trap (he was ill) and sent him to RSPCA. They gave him the chop but said he was too unfriendly to re-home and so he came back to my garden. At first he disappeared but after a few days he was back for food and then he gradually started coming into the house. Then he started staying the night and letting me lock him in and eventually he settled down (it took weeks/months rather than days though). He's gorgeous and really very friendly ... contrary to RSPCA's thoughts.
Give it time, he might settle down yet.
Thanks Peeps!
He is such a good hunter I don't know that food would bother him! LOL
He has been seen with a rabbit in his jaws on two occasions whilst absent for the 2 and a half weeks!
The most embarrassing being easter sunday in someones garden. (fortunately a wild one not a pet one!)
Think I might check with the Vet tomorrow, can't do any harm.
Actually she's got to have an op tomorrow and I'm a bit worried about her. :-(
very rarely goes outside, his choice!
I would be happier if he was agoraphobic! He is so friendly and loving when he is in, to the point of being totally soppy! Sleeps sprawled out on his back with not a care in the world..
Good luck with the Op, sure she'll be fighting fit again very quickly.
If you can find a safe collar put a few bells on so he cant get the prey/full tummy
but please make sure its a safe one especially as he is likely to hunt as he may get caught up ....... again ask the vet
Is he chipped??
My Mum lives near ... Forest Fencing (remember?) and sometimes workers are dropped off from their coach near to my Mum's. Tom sits there and growls at all these men getting off the coach and the men all turn and walk in the opposite direction ... leaving Tom with the impression that he's scared them all off! V. funny.
He also growls when he can hear the kids in the school playground (about 200 yards away). That's also really funny. They too stay away because he's so fierce (in his dreams!).
He is very friendly so I guess his name (Monty) and my number would be a good idea.
KK lol at when he is p*ssed off, my daughters cat does that, most recently in a holdall of ski gear just before we were due to leave!!
ROFL !!! The things we do for our pets!
I'm scared of cows (with calfs) but not scared of sheep (with or without lambs). Have I got that wrong?
Last year I ran past a field of cows and they all started running at me. I ended up swearing at them to f*** off. I had to stop running but they were still 'fronting up to me'. Really quite scary stuff and I wasn't even in their field!
That must of been terrifying, for both of you, thankfully she is ok. Hopefully it will of frightened her enough to think twice another time.
Cows are verrrrrry nosey and a field full of bullocks (IMO) are worse than a lone bull