Indoor cat keeps dashing outdoors any way to stop it. (kittens, house)
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This is the second time this weekend that Bindi has gotten outside. I live in the inner city. Besides cars, traffic, neighbors of questionable intellgence and auto chemicals, which I have gotten on my clothing while out looking for him, its rainy and cold. I have heard of a product called scat which is supposed to work well. Any other ideas to keep Bindi inside.
I have an elderly relative who opens the door and stands there. She's let out animals at everyone's house. Only by the grace of god has no one gotten hurt and had been retreived.
I had a door/wall put up to make an additional foyer-like space. Go in close the door, check, then go outside. Gotta protect your babies!
My neighbor has that problem with her kittens (almost cats). She had a screen door installed, and it helped keep them in. But now she defeats the purpose by letting them out to "play" when she comes home from work.
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Now that Gracie's older, she does not make such a mad dash for the door. I do have a fenced in yard in case she gets out from the back, but that was not usually the way she'd try to leave.
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Is there a noise he doesn't like -- the rustle of a plastic bag, the vacuum cleaner, etc.? If he associates the door opening with a noise that startles him, he may start to avoid the door altogether.
We're lucky our skittish little kitties are scared of the outside anyway. They have no interest in being out in the cold, harsh world.
Five would gladly make a break for it at any time. When I open the door from the outside, arm between the door and door frame always goes down in that space to block a possible escape attempt. And when I'm leaving the house, I go out the door backwards. He's less likely to try to get past me if I'm facing him.
Our girl was a rescue. Early on there was no keeping her in. It was a pain but we always made sure she was in at night.
Now she will 10-she goes out but only when we are home. We always keep an eye on her.
Whenever we go out and want to keep her in we open the door slowly and put our foot out .
We have the same problem with our boy Tommy. I've posted about my escape artist before! Our vet recommended keeping a spray bottle filled with water by the front door. Every time Tommy ventures near the door, we give him a healthy squirt! He now knows what will happen and actually runs from the door when he sees us picking up the spray bottle. Good luck!
There is some really good advice in your thread, PP. I hope you read over these posts and something helps you keep Bindi safely indoors. Best of luck!
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