Advice please..Snooch is crossing a busy road!!!!

[Rachel(Rachette)]

you can also try harness training her? then keep her indoor but take her out for a romp whenever you can

I do have an harness & the fight we had trying to get it on her :box:..but shes a little older now so i could try it again

[Indys Mamma]

you can also try harness training her? then keep her indoor but take her out for a romp whenever you can

[Rachel(Rachette)]

it might be a siamese thing, snooch is part siamese..its as if she has no fear at all..i might try that too if the indoors thing doesn't work...

[Kay and Penny]

I had just that problem many years ago with a Siamese cat and a huge wild garden across a very busy road - it was a rented house too so couldn't do anything to catproof the garden

as a last resort I used to carry her over the road, and fetch her back in the evening, when she would come to my call, being hungry by then

[Rachel(Rachette)]

thank you..i will do that..i've been thinking while on here & i'm going to convert our loft into a playroom for her, theres loads of room up there & hopefully that'll keep her occupied until the house prices go up again & we can move somewhere better...feeling more positive now about it..think i was in mad panic mode earlier

[Millys Mum]

Give the indoors conversion a good shot, theres lots you can do to make things interesting, i would love a wall of carpet for my lot and a hi cat pole but as its not my house... 
They can adapt, not all will but only time can tell 

[Rachel(Rachette)]

If her garage patch has been taken over by a more dominant cat then that would also be pushing her to the road. I think you have no option but to try her as an indoor cat, if it doesnt work then you have to make a choice, allowing her out to enjoy her freedom but at a high risk, have an unhappy indoor cat or rehome her somewhere safe 

Have you any garden space to put a run in and then connect it to the house?

The thought of rehoming her is killing me as i think that might be the only option..i'll try her indoors & i'll have a think about the run idea & see if i can work something out..but deep down i know thtat rehoming her would be the best option..i'll miss her so much though..shes my baby

[Millys Mum]

If her garage patch has been taken over by a more dominant cat then that would also be pushing her to the road. I think you have no option but to try her as an indoor cat, if it doesnt work then you have to make a choice, allowing her out to enjoy her freedom but at a high risk, have an unhappy indoor cat or rehome her somewhere safe 

Have you any garden space to put a run in and then connect it to the house?

[Michelle (furbabystar)]

Hi Rachel,

Sadly the only real thing you can do is keep her inside ....try it and see how she goes

[Rachel(Rachette)]

No unfortunately i cant..its shared & the other owners use it to park their car on & our other exit goes straight onto a lane which leads to deralict garages where she also plays but not that often now as shes been chased by another cat a couple of times..i hind sight i really should have thought it through a bit better before i got her..i feel sick with guilt & worry now..but if i'dve left her where she was she would have been used as a breeding machine like her mother was...

[Janeyk]

oh dear I wouldn't want my cat near a road so I can understand your worry, can't you cat proof the garden Rachel?

[Rachel(Rachette)]

Hey all..how is everyone?

Just wondered if you could give me abit of advice..Snooch has started going across quite a busy road...1 i think that she must have seen me crossing it at some point..2 there is a tree full of birds & 3 the owner of the garden that she likes to sit in & watch the birds, his daughter i think has encouraged her....I've been over & asked them not to encourage her & if they could, could they throw water at her & scare her away as much as possible but she still keeps going across & my neighbours have told me of a few near misses..is there anything that i could do..or is keeping her in the only option, shes such an outdoor cat & i know that it will be hard for her to adjust..i just want her around for a lot longer.