Thread: From an outdoor to an indoor Maine Coon

Hello,

My Maine Coon is now four years old and has had freedom all his life roaming and hunting outside and is hardly ever indoors. Unfortunately our new house with amazing garden has fallen through and we will be living in a house for at least 12 months whereby he cannot go out (the house has a small yard but that leads onto a railway line, and there is a semi main road about 50 meters from the house). Can anyone provide me with any advice on how I can make the transition to being indoors easier on him? Of course will buy lots of play things, hopefully a cat fence will work so he will have a limited amount of outdoor time, and I can try him on a leach for walks in the park. But if anyone has any other tips or similar experiences I would greatly appreciate hearing from you as I'm very worried as to how this will affect him (he is the most obstinate monster in the world and will not be told what to do, especial to stay inside at the best of times). That is unless you advise for me to let him roam free and assume he is intelligent enough not to go on the railway line or near the road.

Any replies at all very much appreciated.

Catherine