Simba's first time outside

[Karena]

Such a beautiful day here today, were all sitting in the garden and Simba came to the patio doors and starting meowing asking to come out with us - I felt so sorry for him so I opened the door and out he came. He didn't wander far - didn't even go down to the bottom half of the garden, just followed us around. He stayed out there with us most of the morning and is now exhausted fast asleep in the lounge. He loved the grass and kept rolling around on it and he loved chasing butterflies. My daughter thought he would run off across the fields never to be seen again so she is quite relieved he stayed with us. Maggie and Elsa kept a close eye on him Here are some pictures of him.

[Scrapdragon]

He looks like he enjoyed himself!

[harrymc]

Lovely pics Karena, especially like the first one it's like he's hugging an invisible friend

[mcguy]

Simba certainly is handsome. How big is he getting now? This should be starting into fast growth period soon. He does not look small next to the dog--given his age.

[Louie-Louie]

Great pics he is gorgeous wish we still had a garden & Simba has a lovely set of whiskers Louie looks like an old paint brush on one side but he has a big tooth comeing through so keeps bating his mouth it dosent stop him playing in the yard no butterflys though but he did spend alot of time stalking a ladybird today

[Karena]

Thanks for the compliments on my beautiful boy His whiskers are getting longer, when we got him from the breeder his mum had chewed most of them off but they are growing back slowly.

Not sure what his weight is now as I have no way of weighing him - he is too big to fit into the kitchen scales now - I will have to see if he registers on the bathroom ones yet, but he is eating loads and I seem to be constantly filling up his bowl - and he has an expensive taste too! He even tries eating the dogs food while they are eating it and yesterday Elsa had a biscuit in the living room and Simba ran over to see what she was eating. Elsa gave him a warning look like don't go eating my biscuit but Simba just went up to her and patted her on her face with his paw and then walked off as if he was saying I'm not scared of you - he definitely rules the roost around here

He is still fast asleep! It has completely worn him out, think it must be nervous energy as he didn't run around much. Actually as I type this he has just started washing himself so I expect he will be hungry now

[IrishKitty]

Great photos Karena.

Like Louie -Louie. I wish we had a garden, as I feel Winston is not happy being "cooped up" with this pleasant weather we have being having.

[Karena]

Have you tried him with a harness? Maybe if you get him used to a harness you could take him out? Simba is getting very demanding now he's been out - I try and get him out at least once a day when I sit with him in the garden but if I go out with the dogs in the morning and don't take him he sits on the windowsill and 'screams' at me. We have put some wire mesh around the side of the house that leads to the front to try and encourage him to stay in the back. Although the road out the front is very quiet, just leading to a farm I like him where I can see him and there is just fields out the back but they always seem to want to go where they can't and small gaps and holes are fascinating to him. He was beginning to look up at the wall that gives him excess to the front. There is a trellis on the top of it but the holes are big enough for him to get through if he wanted to so we put some wire mesh along the trellis and this has worked well. On the whole though he does seem to want to be where we are and often comes in on his own when we do, so far he hasn't even gone down to the bottom of the garden.

[Scrapdragon]

We've let the cats out in the cat run but only under supervision... they love being out there

[Heather2mc]

My cats do not go outside in the garden but can access the cat run anytime they want. 23 out of 24 hours they are inside - go outside for and run up and down and come back in. I dont think you should feel bad about them being inside all the time. If they have always been inside they dont know any different.

I like to come home to the same amount of cats than I left in the morning. None hit by cars and none bitten by snakes!!!!