Mom, come and open the door, please!

[Pinot's Mom]

Fister is WELL behaved about "asking" to go out. Pinot is a lot more vocal, and, since the slider is usually open exposing the screen door at this time of year, it's not unusual to find her hanging by her claws on the screen! She has to wait more, though, as we walk with her outside, she has to wait for her escort to be ready.

As far as the "urp"ing - Pinot doesn't do that, thank goodness! She eats bugs, not grass, I guess they digest better!

[Randi]

Although Fister has me dancing to his tune most of the time, he won’t always get his way! But he is actually quite the civilised boy these days... if I don’t open the door, he’ll just go and have a snack and then back to bed.

Fister is lucky that the people working in the yard love cats, so they don’t mind at all he’s down there, and although he does stop and look out the gate to the street, he’s become a bit of a funk in his old age, so he won't go out there - children and dogs could suddenly appear!

Lut, when you come, I think we have to plan it so Fister is in the yard when you arrive, or you won’t see him at all - unless you want to crawl around on your knees to look under my bed.

Here’s one more from the other day:

[Vermontcat]

I have to agree with Pinot's mom that you are very polite about asking very nicely to go outside unlike my cat Milly.
She demands that she gets to go out NOW and even tries to open the door herself. One of these days I wouldn't be surprised if she did open it herself, she is a very smart and very determined girl.
Like Pinot, Milly has to wait until her escort is ready to take her out, she isn't allowed to go out on her own and Izzy wants to go out when Milly goes out too.
They both love to eat the grass and patrol the yard and garden.
Usually after 10-15 minutes they are both happy to go inside again and take a nice long nap.
Only once has Milly barfed up grass in the house, that was when I had picked her up to carry her through the door and she barfed on the rug by the kitchen door as soon as I put her down.

[Cataholic]

Fister is much more polite than my guys. My guys do the mad dash, which is then followed by the 4 year old scream, which is then followed by the mom's instruction, "close the door!". Fortunately, mine go down 4 steps and stop at the grazing field, aka front yard. Monte actually hides under a bench on the porch waiting for a perfect opportunity.

The urping things beats all odds. I have 90% hardwood. Where does the urp end up? On the long tassled rug in one of our bedrooms. As gross as it sounds, I leave it there until it dries up. Much easier clean.

[Barbara]

Fister makes sure all other kitties in the garden know that the bench and table belong only to him.
His meow is very similar to Tigris' who also tells us clearly what he needs.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Pinot is a lot more vocal, and, since the slider is usually open exposing the screen door at this time of year, it's not unusual to find her hanging by her claws on the screen!

It was the first summer we lived here. Eddie knew he does not go out without an escort. The sliding screen door was securely latched with an eye and hook.

I was outside on the other side of the house chatting with a couple of PetTalk friends who were visiting...

...when Eddie sauntered up to us with a casual..."Hi guys!"

How did he do it? Rather neatly really...



It is reinforced now.... but he still tries....

[Pinot's Mom]

Pinot just OPENED it when she got out one time. Tsk, Tsk, Eddie; it's just not cat-like to be so obvious!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Pinot just OPENED it when she got out one time. Tsk, Tsk, Eddie; it's just not cat-like to be so obvious!

A boy wants what a boy wants!

[catmandu]

Thats the first thing that I thought of when I saw the screen door leading to the back yard so I had lattice put over the mesh.
So far not a sctach on the mesh.
When Michael was younger , I bet he would hvae tried.
I was watching the different videos of Fister hes such an Owesome Orangie!!!

[Prairie Purrs]

I found my screen door in that condition once. But instead of an indoor cat getting out, it was a stray kitty (RB Katie) moving in. With her five kittens. I discovered the entire kit and kaboodle curled up contentedly in a chair.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I found my screen door in that condition once. But instead of an indoor cat getting out, it was a stray kitty (RB Katie) moving in. With her five kittens. I discovered the entire kit and kaboodle curled up contentedly in a chair.

Now that was a surprise I'll bet!