neurotic cat?

pippy · 08-17-2007, 12:47 PM

I brought home a kitten that needed a home, my thoughts were 'barn cat', my husband took a liking to him and now he is 'house cat'. The kitten grew up going in or out of doors. He is a yr old now. We had him neutered but you'd never know it- he wails all the time as if calling out to a female. I believe he just wants outside, but he likes to go down to the hwy so we don't let him out anymore. In the meantime, he is driving me nuts w/ his crying.
Any suggestions what I can do short of kicking him outside again? He's an excellent mouser, and we find mice all over in the fields, so I'd rather love to send him out again!

gingerfleguel · 08-17-2007, 12:50 PM

hmmm sounds weird....maybe he is lonely.....could try building a small kennel outside for a cat...

i dont really know what else....or you guys could move outside and leave the cat in the house

Thoroughbredlover · 08-17-2007, 12:52 PM

Does he have any other inside felines, if not maybe is just lonely.

Thoroughbredlover · 08-17-2007, 12:54 PM

Sorry Gingerfleguel, I must have been typing while you posted.

gingerfleguel · 08-17-2007, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thoroughbredlover

Sorry Gingerfleguel, I must have been typing while you posted.

haha no worries ...im not a fast typer so usually everyone posts before me

**Orchid** · 08-17-2007, 02:03 PM

I don't have any real advice, but I can certainly commiserate. If I ever get another housecat, it will be strictly indoors with never a chance to visit the great outdoors. Once my cat got a taste of the outdoors, he was hooked, and thus bored in the house. When he got bored, he ate. The more he ate, the fatter he got. When I put him on a diet - bingo. He yowled just like your cat does and there was nothing on earth that would make him stop short of letting him outside or filling up his foodbowl. Toys did not interest him... He's developed a little arthritis and I am planning to bring him back in for the winter and hoping I can find some way to occupy his time.

Maybe a kitten.

Carri · 08-17-2007, 02:56 PM

I have one cat that is just not happy indoors all the time, and 2 that live strictly indoors. If they want out, there is not much you can do to stop the yowling, short of spraying him with a spray bottle every time he makes a bunch of noise...

pippy · 08-22-2007, 12:57 PM

Thanks all for the replies. We do have one other cat in the house, it's a female and they do play but, I'm guessing he still misses outside. Maybe I could try to find a few more toys...or a cat tree or make a large outdoor kennel for him

**beth55051** · 08-22-2007, 01:09 PM

He may just be a talker. I have a male cat who's neutered and about a year or so old. He talks all the time. Many times he'll just be sitting in the middle of the floor and start talking to see if anyone is listening. He's never had the opportunity to go outside, never shown any interest in going outside even though two of his "brothers" go in an out all the time.

Some cats are just talkers. I find if I hold a conversation with him he'll talk for a bit then go take a nap, but if I totally ignore him he'll keep talking till someone pays attention to him.

Carri · 08-22-2007, 02:10 PM

I met a guy who makes the coolest cat trees today... www.furwoodforest.com

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Orchid Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 10,089	I don't have any real advice, but I can certainly commiserate. If I ever get another housecat, it will be strictly indoors with never a chance to visit the great outdoors. Once my cat got a taste of the outdoors, he was hooked, and thus bored in the house. When he got bored, he ate. The more he ate, the fatter he got. When I put him on a diet - bingo. He yowled just like your cat does and there was nothing on earth that would make him stop short of letting him outside or filling up his foodbowl. Toys did not interest him... He's developed a little arthritis and I am planning to bring him back in for the winter and hoping I can find some way to occupy his time. Maybe a kitten. __________________ I have nothing witty or even charming to say at this point.

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Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 10,620	I have one cat that is just not happy indoors all the time, and 2 that live strictly indoors. If they want out, there is not much you can do to stop the yowling, short of spraying him with a spray bottle every time he makes a bunch of noise... __________________

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pippy Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 1,174	Thanks all for the replies. We do have one other cat in the house, it's a female and they do play but, I'm guessing he still misses outside. Maybe I could try to find a few more toys...or a cat tree or make a large outdoor kennel for him __________________ Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.\" â€“ Swami Sivananda Saraswati

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