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Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 07:59 AM Oct 2021

Apparently the outdoors is a very scary place, to Madoc

I was holding him, walking out on the enclosed front porch. He looked out the window and IMMEDIATELY started to struggle to turn around and hid his head in my shoulder, very obviously scared.

Interesting. I'll try it with Morgan after I get back from the shops.

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Apparently the outdoors is a very scary place, to Madoc (Original Post) Siwsan Oct 2021 OP
It sounds like he will very content to remin an indoor kitty. That is not niyad Oct 2021 #1
Sophie used to be terrified of the outdoors Siwsan Oct 2021 #2
Don't you just love how cats exist both in a solid and liquid state? niyad Oct 2021 #3
Hahaha SheltieLover Oct 2021 #4
My indoor kitty used to always try to get out SheltieLover Oct 2021 #5
I took in a 3 year old unneutered outdoor cat. 13 years later, he has zero desire to go outside. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #6

niyad

(112,435 posts)
1. It sounds like he will very content to remin an indoor kitty. That is not
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 08:02 AM
Oct 2021

a bad thing.

Very good morning to all of you.

Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
2. Sophie used to be terrified of the outdoors
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 08:08 AM
Oct 2021

She recently went though a stage where she kept trying to get OUT of the house. I have a harness and leash so I'd take her for walks. No doubt she just wanted to escape the kittens. Previously, when I'd put the harness and leash on her, suddenly her legs would turn into cooked spaghetti.

Now she seems to have gone off the whole outdoor adventure thing.

And good morning from us to you!

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
5. My indoor kitty used to always try to get out
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:35 AM
Oct 2021

One apartment I lived in had fiberglass screens, unbeknownst to me, & she walked right up to it, raked it with her razors & jumped out.

Then she just stood there, meowing.

Poor kitty. I think she was jealous of the dog always going outside & going for rides. Her little escape act cured her desire to go out. She looked terrified when she was outside alone.

So, now sometimes I take her outside just to look around & have a sniff of the outdoors.

She is no longer afraid, but quite content to stay inside. 👍

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
6. I took in a 3 year old unneutered outdoor cat. 13 years later, he has zero desire to go outside.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 11:06 AM
Oct 2021

He does like to sit in the windowsill and watch.

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