We are currently searching for a house and plan to move shortly once we find the right place. Mystic used to be an indoor kitty, and does come inside. Lately he wants to stay outside only and rarely comes in. Houdini and Cheetah are pretty much indoor kittys but do go out more now that summer is here. OUr kitten, Ewok is an indoor kitty and I have no intentions of letting him outside unless he is leashed, which we are working on currently.
Since we are moving soon, hopefully, I would like to make the cats PERMANENT indoor kitties, unless on a leash. There are too many disease and risk involved from being kept outdoors and I just cannot take all the worrying anymore. I want my cats to live a long healthy life and I know them being inside would be a lot better. When we move, they need to be kept inside for a period of time obviously, but I want themt o stay there.
I am concerned that Mystic willwant to continure being an outdoor kitty. What can I do to help ease the transaction from outdoor/indoor kitty hood to indoor only kitty hood? I am just really worried that I will not be able to keep him inside. We try to keep him in and he meows and meows and meows.
It will be nicer for the kitties once we move as they will have a lot more space and room to run around, and we plan on buying them a giant cat tree and a bunch more toys to keep them happy.
What has been everyones experience on doing this? Was it pretty easy or very hard? Any advise?
Mystic goes in for surgery/shots/FIV?FELV test/dental on Thursday, and at the same time Ewok will be neutered. THANK goodness, that kitten is a terror lol!
So that is another thing that worries me. Keeping him inside after surgery. It's jut to repair a hernia so it's nothing invasive and will only take about 5 minutes to do, but he still needs to be kept inside.
Thanks in advance everyone!
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