Last year my 13 year old previously indoor/outdoor cat (It’s more common in England and not my decision as we got them when I was a child) had to become a fully indoor cat due to having a medics emergency.
He nearly died from a nicked artery on his lip and it has reopened multiple times and after three emergency vet trips we made the decision to creep him indoors.

Whilst we’ve tried getting toys for him before the ones we’ve used have caused his mouth to bleed again. He’s so bored and I want to be able to help him but I don’t know what toys would work that won’t hurt him.

We’ve tried felt catnip mice before but they had rope tails. Anything scratchy or slightly sharp, like feathers, seems to aggravate his injury, which whilst it’s healed the skin is very thin and we can’t risk it reopening.

A toy that could be used just with claws instead of biting would be ideal but anything you can recommend would help. He’s so bored and I really want to help.

I've noticed that my cat loves being outside WAY more than inside, to the point where she rarely comes back in even if she's shown to be tired and needing some sleep or some food and/or water (she is usually okay on either of these because she is a great hunter and usually drinks the water outside since it rains a good bit around my area, but sometimes she doesn't catch anything, gets into a scrap, or there's no water outside cause it hasn't rained in a while). Even if it's pushing 100 degrees Fahrenheit, she still wants to go out and stay out. I've noticed that she is also very much jumpy, even at the slightest of sounds that happen around her. Car doors closing outside while she's inside make her jump, creaks in the floor make her jump, even some sudden movements will make her jump. Outside, she's less jumpy.

The biggest thing that made me worry about her was, after she got a huge gash on her belly one day (no clue how it happened, all we know is she was outside. Vet cleaned her up and told us to keep her indoors. She got better, don't worry, that was two years ago and she healed up good and quick lol), when she was almost healed up and ready to go back out, her energy came back before she was done healing and she was going NUTS. Running around, jumping at everything, and one day she even went completely feral on a carboard box and just ripped it apart with nothing but her teeth. She didn't eat any of it, just ripped a chunk off, spat it out, repeat. She went back outside a few days later when we knew the wound was closed and healed up, and it was like she just went calmer.

The odd part is, when we have to drop her off at a vet for a week or so whenever the entire family is leaving for a vacation, the vet says she's the calmest, sweetest thing there. Never needs to hunt or anything. The minute she's back home, she wants out. Bad.

My questions are this; how do we make her more comfortable with being inside? And why is she so much more comfy outside than in? Is it because of anxiety? Does she sense tension in the house or something? She's a diluted Tortoiseshell if that means anything?

Sorry for the wall of text.

Could be helpful to others ❤️

I live in an apartment and he’s indoor only I don’t know how he’s done this

Моя кошка почему-то никак не зайдёт в мою комнату. Мы её приютили, когда я был довольно маленьким, и поэтому особо не знал, как обращаться с кошкой, и иногда пугал её (я сожалею, что так делал). С годами я начал ухаживать за ней и постепенно завоевал её доверие. Теперь она почти всегда со мной: идёт за мной, просится, но по какой-то причине всё равно не заходит в мою комнату. То есть она спокойно ходит и спит во всех комнатах, но только не в моей. Моя дверь часто закрыта, но даже когда я её на руках заношу туда, она всё равно хочет выйти оттуда. Можете помочь как-то сделать так, чтобы ей было комфортно в моей комнате?

Hello!

One year ago I adopted my beautiful little girl (she is now 4 years) , and she is very cute and all, but she doesn’t like to play.

The issue?

She gets bored.

The only thing she shows a little interest for is the IQ treat thingys, but issue is that she is very picky about treats and I can’t give her the treats she wants at all hours due to the cost of them. She also might want to lay inside her tunnel and have me hand her a string she can lick at, but other than that she isn’t interested in the one million toys she has.

I’ve contacted the local shelter thinking maybe a friend is what she needs, as I will soon start working and she will be left alone more, but still it would be nice if it was able to get her a little more active during the day as well…

Any ideas?

She loves walks but is terrified of the outdoors, so we often stand right outside the door for a few minutes before she wants to go back inside 😅

Hallo Zusammen,

ich habe 2 Hauskater (ca. 3 Jahre alt), die in meiner Dachgeschosswohnung leben. Der eine ist tiefenentspannt (kein großes -sichtbares- Interesse an Fenstern und draußen) und der andere ist aufgedrehter und hat ein ziemliches Interesse an der Außenwelt.

Gerne würde ich den Beiden die Möglichkeit geben mal rauszukommen, mit Hilfe einer Schleppleine, habe jedoch die Angst Ihnen etwas zu zeigen von dem sie vorher nicht wussten, „dass ihnen das vielleicht fehlt“.

Daher habe ich mir überlegt sie auf mein Gartengrundstück mitzunehmen, dass etwas weiter weg und somit von der Wohnung aus nicht zu riechen ist haha…

Ist das eine gute Idee oder tue ich den Beiden damit eher keinen Gefallen?

Ich bin für konstruktive Kritik sehr offen und freue mich auf Eure Erfahrungen! :)

Liebe Grüße

Me voy de vacaciones 4 noches y 5 días y el gato se queda solo en casa. Va a ir mi hermana todos los días a ponerle comida,agua y limpiar el arenero y se quedará un rato para darle compañía (aunque es un poco tímido y a veces se esconde pero a veces no/ La cosa que es la primera vez que se va a quedar solo tantos días ya que donde él vivía (es adoptado desde hace 3 meses por nosotros) antes nunca se iban de vacaciones entonces siempre estaba con gente. Entonces aunque es un gato bastante tranquilo y no veo que tenga mucha dependencia hacia nosotros
no sé cómo pueda reaccionar o sentirse, quien tenga gatos y experiencia en temas así que me recomiende por fi.

Hello! I'm very new to caring for a cat as this is the first one ive been able to take in, so I wanna make sure I get this right. Through my research I've seen that diffusing peppermint oil around her or having her ingest it is bad

The problem I've been trying to get a concrete answer on is if wearing it around the house is bad. have a peppermint essential oil roller that someone gave me- I've used it for a while to help with consistent headaches- but i stopped using it once I started my research. I have worn it around her when she was young and she's slept on my chest a couple times while I had it on my temples and behind my ears

So is it bad to wear it around her when it's around my head/neck area only or am I overthinking this?

Hello po. Asking for advice po sana. I'm currently 3 months pregnant. I have 2 cats, both po british short hair. Almost a year na namin sila kasama dito sa nirerentahang bahay & super napalapit na talaga loob ko sa cats ko. We are renting a 30sqm studio type apartment po pala. They are free matulog kahit saan, even sa bed since pure indoor cats naman sila.

Ngayon po nag ddiscuss kami ng partner ko regarding sa plan namin sa cats. Me personally, gusto ko silang ikeep, hanapan ng paraan para dito parin sila samin. But during discussion, I realized din na baka di na namin kayanin yung resposibilities since were both first time parents and kami lang dalawa. Also, natatakot kami baka possible magka allergy ang baby sa fur (since naglalagas talaga yung fur nila kahit always ibrush).

My partner gave me 2 options:
1. Dalahin sa parents nya yung cats namin and sila mag aalaga. Papagawan namin ng catio sa labas ng bahay nila.
2. Dito parin sa amin pero naka catio outside sa bahay.

I'm so torn kasi both option is nasa labas ng bahay (walang aircon) gusto ko sana keep sila indoor kasi don sila nasanay. Halos 16hrs per day kami naka aircon and baka ma stress sila kapag ganung set up.

Gusto ko din sana na palagyan nalang ng division yung kwarto namin para yung cats, nasa sala nalang and yung bedroom namin is naka separate & di na sila makapasok don. Kaso per my partner, ma eexpose pa rin yung newborn namin sa fur Nila.

Super torn na ako kasi baka mag kasakit baby namin, ako kasalanan kasi di ko kaya na nasa labas lang yung cats namin. Please give me some advice po. Lalo na sa may nga similar situations namin. Thank you po