Indoor cat wants out - what to do?

[mvp]

Blackrock, my now-deceased tuxedo cat has this to say:

“Let Me-owwwt.” The cat would issue this whine until someone with opposable thumbs complied. He also had a door bell that he’d ring when he wanted to come back in.

He was a total hedonist. He would rather have had a short, but high quality life than a long and safe one. Not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he did get random neighbors to buy him deli cold cuts and supply special cat pillows on their front porch for him. He also used to make traffic stop for him. Galloping across a busy downtown street seemed like a lot of unnecessary work after he didn’t get hit a few times. The cat slowed to a trot and cars obliged.

Just one vote for a cat from a cat.

[OldMorgans]

Outside cats here are called Coyote Dinner. They have a very short life span.
My cats have a fully enclosed cat patio. I had my handymen build it with v-mesh wire on the bottom. I used v-mesh because it is strong enough that no dog, bobcat or coyote can crash through it. Then we used chicken wire for the top footage up to the patio cover to keep anything from jumping over the v-mesh, or large raptors from flying in. It has worked well.

[mvp]

[QUOTE=OldMorgans;5995755]
Outside cats here are called Coyote Dinner. They have a very short life span.
My cats have a fully enclosed cat patio. I had my handymen build it with v-mesh wire on the bottom. I used v-mesh because it is strong enough that no dog, bobcat or coyote can crash through it. Then we used chicken wire for the top footage up to the patio cover to keep anything from jumping over the v-mesh, or large raptors from flying in. It has worked well.[/QUOTE]

Friends of mine built a similar “cat pen.” It curved down under the ground and also at the top. It had a bit of an Auschwitz look, but they meant it in love and the cats-- not ones to get hung up on history and aesthetics-- thought is was great.

[Lynnwood]

I have two 11yr old bottle babies that have never been outside unsupervised a day in their life. First reason was because we lived in Oceanside Ca and the urban coyote issue was huge. I worked the emergency shift at a vet clinic after you’ve seen dozens of small dogs and cats that got mauled but got away … you realize that there are dozens more that don’t get away. NO outside !

Since it was not an option they have never really wanted to go out. Where we live now its safe and they could small housing development lots of indoor/outdoor neighborhood cats. They just have no desire too…every now and then one slips out the door realizes they are out in the scary world and bolts back in.

We recently took in one semi feral youngster and she desperately wants back outside. I will indulge her after shes gets spayed !