soloequestrian
Well-Known Member
1.5 years ago I took on a newly neutered male cat, around 2 years old, had been a stray.
Kept him inside for 2 weeks, then let him out. He stayed another week, appeared to be having a lovely time (slept on the sofa every night), and then vanished.
Today he has been handed in at the vets with bladder stones - he had been being fed in someone's garden for a couple of months.
He is having an op to sort him out and then I will be able to go and get him.
I am really pleased, but also worried that he will do a disappearing act again. I hope that last time he still had some hormones circulating that drove him to wander and that this time he will settle better, but any ideas about how to encourage him to stay would be great. I intend to keep him inside for longer this time but he got totally stir crazy as soon as he got his confidence up last time so that resolution may not last!
I paid for his vaccinations last time and am just about to cough up for an operation so he will be the most expensive pet I have ever had in terms of contact time to expense - would be very nice to decrease that ratio!
Kept him inside for 2 weeks, then let him out. He stayed another week, appeared to be having a lovely time (slept on the sofa every night), and then vanished.
Today he has been handed in at the vets with bladder stones - he had been being fed in someone's garden for a couple of months.
He is having an op to sort him out and then I will be able to go and get him.
I am really pleased, but also worried that he will do a disappearing act again. I hope that last time he still had some hormones circulating that drove him to wander and that this time he will settle better, but any ideas about how to encourage him to stay would be great. I intend to keep him inside for longer this time but he got totally stir crazy as soon as he got his confidence up last time so that resolution may not last!
I paid for his vaccinations last time and am just about to cough up for an operation so he will be the most expensive pet I have ever had in terms of contact time to expense - would be very nice to decrease that ratio!