Letting The Cat Out.

[sandyRoe]

We take it to the vets next week to have its chip scanned and the details changed to my address.

Then I'll be able to let it out into the garden.  I admit I'm a bit apprehensive.  I guess it's a bit like being a parent to teenage children.  What's happening to them when they're out in the dark of the night must be a constant worry.

[DTCwordfan]

the joys of parenthood......you will know.

[Toorak]

We used to let our cats out whenever they wanted to go out but we now keep them in at night - they are much more likely to get dazed by headlights at night. We have a 4 way cat flap that can be locked to prevent them going out when we don't want them to.

[Toorak]

Not dazed - dazzled!

[douglas9401]

I'm intrigued, is it a puzzle or do you have very thick doors?

[wolf63]

Another option is to make sure that he can't get out of your garden.

Something like this...

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[maggiebee]

Great niece lives on a farm. Their cat goes wandering, sometimes away for days, but always appears again. She bought a tracker for it - one night it did 6.5 miles.  She sometimes puts its route on line and it's absolutely fascinating.

[Prudie]

I'm in the same position with a new kitten. She is just old enough now but I am hoding back, it is a worry. I have an adult cat who does go out but both her and any previous cats I've had I've never let stay out at night. If they're not in by my bedtime I set my phone for every hour to go downstairs and see if they're ready to come in.

[237SJ]

Do you have a cat flap? Just let it out at night and it will come back when it wants to eat.

[ladybirder]

Do as Toorak at 19.57 says, get a Microchip cat flap.  Once my cats came in during the evening they couldn't get out again until whatever time I set it which would be 8am as the baby birds have usually fed themselves by then.

https://catflaps.co.uk/cat-flap/microchip-cat-flap

 

[calmck]

My cats all have their own routines. They come and go as they please via a cat flap or window. They were all kept in for 3 weeks when they first came to us, all but one were strays. The older ones tend to stay in most of the time. 
one sleeps from 6.30am after he comes in for breakfast until 7pm has a snack at 11pm then out till the morning. His buddy comes in at 11pm then sleeps till 5pm. You just have to get to know their routine and where they go when they are out

[JinnyJoan]

I'd break my heart if I had a cat who wants to wander.  My Maxie never leaves my side and I never leave his.  

[pastafreak]

I have mixed feelings about letting cats out. As I've lived in an upper floor maisonette for years, I don't. Ans I'm in an area with a lot of cats...or at least there used to be.

I lost 2 cats to the road near our house when ex and I lived in a small village...I never, never want to experience that again.

I'd have a catio built.

[naomi24]

//I lost 2 cats to the road near our house//

 

My last cat was killed on the road.  It's the sole reason I would never have another cat.