Re: OT Cat Advice Needed

From my experience they are all different. Some come when they are called, others just like to be around me when outside, and there are also those who do not want to be caught. I think I have lost one of my two remaining outside cats since she was not around this morning, which is unusual for her. Right now there are just too many dangers here for me to ever consider another outside cat. Oh, I have one who lived the first 5 years of his life outside -- until the coyotes came and I moved him in. He does not even look out an open door now and is very happy to "lounge" around inside in the air conditioning. He also gets along famously with all the other cats in here. 
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com> 
To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: [CHAT] OT Cat Advice Needed



Diesel really loves being outside, and spends hours either on the screened
porch or perched in an open window. I thought he'd be a happy inside cat, but 
I guess he spent too long outside before we brought him in.
Anyway, a year later, and he still wants out. A couple of times he's dodged out with the dogs. Once, he cruised out while I was slaving over the drawing 
board and didn't realize that the dogs had opened the door a bit. Another
time, he apparently pounced at a bird or chipmunk, and pulled the screen right 
off the porch pillar.
Anyway. He's let me pick him up and bring him in each time. I've been careful not to pick him up the first time he approaches me in the garden, so that he doesn't associate me with a quick trip inside, and when we're inside I've been trying to teach him to come when called (yeah, laugh at me- I've only had dogs 
before), but I'm sure there will come a time when I can't pick him up and
he'll out-stubborn me.
So. For those of you with indoor-outdoor cat experience - do they just wander in when they get tired of being outside? Do they come when you call? Have you 
been able to teach them to avoid roads? We've got a fenced yard, but a 4'
chain link fence is no match for an athletic cat, I"m sure.

d

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