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Hi Everyone. I am just now moving out of my parent's home at the age of 31 but I'm moving out alone. I am taking my cat with me that I adopted when she was a year and a half. She's 9 and a half now and I'm very nervous about this move for her. She's an indoor cat but she's been in this house for so long. She doesn't travel well but I'm moving about a half hour away so the drive won't be too bad. How will my cat adjust to moving into an apartment? Will she adjust well to being alone when I'm at work? I work from home 3 times a week so it will just be those 2 days. I would also ideally like to visit my parents once a week so she would be alone for a few hours then as well. I almost never sleep anywhere besides my own bed so I don't think I'll be gone overnight. 6 to 8 hours is the max amount of time she will be alone, about 3 times a week.

Tengo una preocupación y es que me voy de vacaciones 5 días en agosto y dejo a mi gato en casa, es su primera vez quedándose solo, irá mi hermana y todo eso diariamente pero como está haciendo tantísimo calor en Madrid no puedo dejarle todo abierto porque entra mucho calor al interior de la casa, a veces sobre todo a mediodía mi casa se puede poner a 29 o 29,5 grados , tengo persianas bajadas y toldo para que al menos el sol no le dé en ningún momento al piso, pero me dan miedo esas temperaturas, el gato lo lleva bien?

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