General Chat

WE HAD 3
OUT EVERY NIGHT EVEN IN SNOW

Ours are in at night even though they can use the Cat Flap.6.30.on the dot they both come in and stay in.Mind they,re creating Havoc in the garden all day. .M.

Mine are in every night. Kitten comes in automatically between 8.30 and 9.00 every night. My big boy gets called in about 10.30. Either I or OH will stay up until both cats are in - on a hot Summer's night we could be up until 4.00am waiting for my boy, but I can't sleep if he's out. Over the past few years we've had a few cats disappear around our way - including my boy's big brother - couldn't bear it if I lost another cat. I don't think it's fair to keep them in all the time - they love rolling on the grass and hunting and playing with the other cats, but I do want them in at night. Usually ends up with all four of us on one bed - with the cats having most of the room!

AL

My 8 yr old tom cat, Pepsi, is a house cat. He can't stand the outdoors. I keep taking him up on to the lawn to try to get him used to outside but he just runs straight back indoors!

Bit of a pampered puss, he is - likes to sleep on the end of my bed at night and expects cuddles as soon as I sit down of an evening.

Athena

If our cat is out at 10 he stays out, if he's in, he's in for the night.
I can't be up & down all night ....... I need my beauty sleep :)))))

Hev x

I have had cats (and cat-flaps) for years and have always allowed them to do as they please.
My last trio, George, Mr and Betty are siblings. they were kept in at night until they were about 9 months old, then I allowed then to do what they wanted.
When he was 10 months and 3 days old, George was hit by a vehicle and his jaw broken. This cost me £200 in vet's bills.
As the 2 boys are all black, and Betty is mainly black, I now lock them in at night!!

maggie

wifeys little bugger brings his mates throught the cat flap at night for a midnight snack! 3 of them last night!

I would love my neighbour 5 cats to stay in....fed up with shovelling cat poo up!!

Mine always stayed in at night .........and used a litter tray.

xx

Afternoon al!

I do like my mog to be in at night, but on a warm evening she has other ideas.
She decided to live with us, so as a stray she must have been on the streets of a busy city without coming to any harm.
She is very street-wise and sits on the pavement watching the traffice pass.
Since she arrived here, I no longer have birdtables in the garden. It seemed too much like a trap. But I have not found her killing any birds yet.
I have seen a rather small mog chasing a very large fox down our road, so I think that the local fox population know not to mess with city mogs!
If she is outside, whatever the time of day or night, I/we dash out if we hear any cats yelling at one another.
I am just glad that we do not live in Australia if they eat cats out there!
Mick iinformed me that certain people do.

Joanna

We have a cat flap too, but most nights he's on the end of our bed. A bowl of water is good for fighting cats!!! :o))
If he does stay in we have a cat tray - although the other day (we had visitors with a baby) l forgot and he pee'd on the cushions:o((((((

jude sarf wales :o)

EB
rspca not intrested-how bad is that?
sorry about your cat and the others that is cruel and heartless.
catherine
xx

I do my best to keep both of mine in, cos there are some bullies around here, 1 is old and the other is timid,and neither have the sense to move when a car is coming, luckily the drivers beep the horns (not that the cats notice), all I can say is thank you nice drivers, who manouver round my cats!!
they will only come in via the front windows and exit by the front door, which is a bit hard when the thick one doesnt meow!!

my sons cats were house cats because they lived on a main road but when he moved to a quiet cul-de-sac where there were several other cats one of them liked to sit in the street with neighbours cats so son fitted a cat flap.
unfortunately he disappeared as have 4 other cats in street and it has since transpired that some boys with terriers have set them on the cats and killed them.RSPCA not interested,police took more notice but need witnesses to stand up in court and the people who saw it are afraid to stand up for fear of repercussions. Anyway son has locked cat flap as his other cat,desdemona,an old lady of 18 is happy to stay in.So I would say try and keep them in at night.

Hi Catherine:-)
I have 2 cats,both are indoor cats,but we take them out twice a day supervised, they are use to it and have never known anything different.
we do get some funny looks when we say "right,in now" and off the go,without any problems.
who said you cant train cats;-))lol

All the cats i have ever had were outdoor cat's.
My last one used the cat flap, he lived till 15 when I had to have hin put to sleep ;((

If I was awake when a car passed I worried it would hit him as the one before got killed right outside the door.
Many a night I would be outside in my dressing gown to see who was fighting..not always mine though.
Now I have a female house cat, but I do feel guilty not letting her out.
If I did, she would be in at night.

She is a very spoilt cat probably because my kids have left the nest lol


Marion

The 2 I have now are only 15 months old so I do lock the catflap and keep them in at night, maybe when they are older I might leave it unlocked at night.

Mary

Good morning everyone
Don't mind how they live as long as the 'outies' don't mess in my garden every day...nasty... Grrrr
Mau ;O( xx

Thanks for filling us in Mick.

I sometimes think my cat could wipe out the native bird and mouse population on his own! lol

mines that fat she wouldn't get through a cat flap-she has her breakfast then goes out for like 15 min then she wants in and lies on the window all day whatever the weather-she is huge.

hates the binmen and the window cleaner with his ladders. never let her on the beds though, she quite happy in her cat basket or the window.

catherine
xx

Hi Catherine

Mine have the choice to come and go as they please - they have a magnetic catflap .........

My youngest two prefer to go out at night cos they are nervous of all the children running past and people walking dogs - that said, they are always all home when i wake up each day :O))