General Chat

My three cats come and go as they please. Like Anne I do a head count in the morning, when I get in from work and before I go to bed but to be fair at night they are all usually asleep in the lounge! LOL If you say bedtime Tess jumps off her chair and runs up the stairs, flops down on the landing exposes her belly and waits for us to tickle her before we go to bed!!!!!!! Julie xxx

Thank you all for your replies. I think my two will be relegated to the garage tonight, and every night. Hubby is in a foul mood as he has an important meeting this am, and son is really tired too. Maybe in the winter I will move their stuff into the conservatory, as it does get very cold in the garage. I really don't want to let them out though, from a safety point of view, as well as the fact I don't want any furry presents. Thyey go out a lot in the daytime, so they get plenty of fresh air and exercise. Liz

My 4 come and go as they please - but I do like to make sure they are all around a) before I go to bed b) in morning before I go to work and c) when I get home from work ......... Mind you I do often get up to be greeted by something small, furry and lifeless, which they have finished playing with ................

My three used to do what they liked as I had a cat flap. Then we got a new door and haven't got round to putting a flap back in it. My cats were becoming a nuisance at night thundering around playing and making the dogs bark, so now if the weather is not too awful, I put them out just before I go to bed. On really cold nights I let them out an hour before I go to bed, then let them back in again.

Until spring and summer,our two cats have a basket and a blanket in the kitchen. The kitchen door is closed at night so they can't get any further into the house. They get in and out of the cat flap as they please. When the warmer weather arrives they are re-located into the garage and are not allowed into the house overnight or beyond the kitchen during the day. Despite everything we have tried,one of my cats is a master hunter and I just cannot cope with the massacre we would find in the kitchen. Some mornings when we have come downstairs into the kitchen it has looked like a major crime scene. 'Presents' brough for us include, birds, fish, mice, frogs, large moths, and even a bat once. Jenny

Putting mine out for the toilet before bed is proving pointless at the moment,, She usually goes out and then comes in for cat crunchies on her favourite cushion in the kitchen,

Hi Liz My last two cats went out and inn the catflap as they pleased,but I did keep the kitchen door shut. I hated it when a car came speeding down the road or I heard cats fight outside. Often I would be out during the night getting my cat in again. The one I have now is a house cat, I had great plans to let her out this summer and make sure she was in at night. but the bird flu scare..has scared me lol. so she will be in the kitchen during the night. she does come up to the bedroom for a while but I would get no sleep if I let her wonder about. Marion

I've got 4, BB, she is 18 years old and just sleeps all night, stockings is out all night, but the kittens Gizzy and pud have a bed in the kitchen, the mess can easily be cleaned up.

After what i came down to this morning,,she is going out tonight, Poo on my one of my long curtains,,,,she poo'd on the other one yesterday, I didnt see it and i hoovered the floor and ended up spreading poo all over,,what a nightmare,,

Good morning James, I don't like the thought of them being out all night though. I make sure they are in at dusk and then lock the catflap. Liz

I put Laurel and Hardy in the garage every night. They have a choice of beds, lots of toys, plenty of food and water and 2 litter trays, and it is a double garage so there is plenty of room for them to play. I can't help feeling a bit mean though when I lock the door on them every night. Last night I thought I would leave them out as they were settled on the spare room bed, but no one got any sleep till 3.30 when I gave up and locked them away again. I have been up ever since as I am wide awake now. What do others do? Liz