Thread: Outdoors or not?

Originally Posted by deovolens

He is outside but can climb over any fence.In the beginning he staid around the house.Now he starts exploring the fields but I am afraid he won't be able to find us back.I try actually to get him back under control.A Coon will very fast been stolen if some one sees him.

Simba has worried us a few times by disappearing from view, usually he was just sleeping not far away but I decided from quite early on to train him to come to his name because quite frankly it's near on impossible to find a cat that doesn't want to be found. We started by giving him his favourate treats everytime he came but now he just gets a cuddle and if he is out in the field somewhere I go out and call his name and he comes running

I always worried about him going to far and getting lost, he is not the brightest of sparks so we never let him go too far but once they know their area it's fine. As for stealing we live in a very small village - I know most my neighbours and we have no through traffic so that is very unlikely and I've never heard of any pet being stolen from here in the 20 odd years I've lived here. But you have to decide what your neighbourhood is like and how likely that is.

Rascal



convinced me that it was OK for cats to go outside.

She was wrong.