Cat Question

[Jonathan Randall]

I have an 18 month, unfixed, male cat that I rescued when the neighbor's abandoned him. He is now kept indoors, but I can't get him fixed until his current infection is gone. At night he is just too loud to leave out in the living room because he will bang and howl at my door and keep me awake. I've tried keeping him in the bathroom at night but he literally tears it up and I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself trying to jump to reach the upper window sill there. Is it unkind to put him in an animal carry case (larger than usual) at night? There is plenty of ventilation and he calms down after a bit in it and can't either hurt himself or trash the place and keep me up. The alternative is to let him out at night which is TOO dangerous as it is a rural area with wild animals and there is a busy street out front that he could very easily get hit trying to cross. Ideas?

 

[Hand Sword]

Under the circumstances, I would say the carrying case is o.k. After all, it's only for the night, and temporary over all. The infection will be gone soon, so don't worry. I felt the same way in the beginning, and I had a dog. In the beginning he hated the cage, and would take a while to adjust. It made me feel bad (which I think has gotten to you too?) Your just a softy when it comes to animals (so am I!) After all they are like our children. Go with the cage.

 

[fightingfat]

I agree, the carry case seems the best choice for the cat!

 

[tshadowchaser]

Just find him an 18 month femal artyon:


The carry is a good idea I have had to that befor

 

[shesulsa]

Go with the case, you're doing him a favor.

 

[elder999]

Ideas?

Put him in the dryer with a brick.....

or in a nice stir fry with onions and peppers.

no, really, I like cats; it's just that I can never finish a whole one.:lol:

Seriously, it sounds as though (if you're intent on keeping it) the case is the way to go-but I'd look for a bigger cage. Cats genrrally like to be active at night, and the carrying case might be too restrictive-as in, good luck getting him back in after the first time......

'Course, all that behavior likely will stop when you get him fixed.....

 

[mantis]

I have an 18 month, unfixed, male cat that I rescued when the neighbor's abandoned him. He is now kept indoors, but I can't get him fixed until his current infection is gone. At night he is just too loud to leave out in the living room because he will bang and howl at my door and keep me awake. I've tried keeping him in the bathroom at night but he literally tears it up and I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself trying to jump to reach the upper window sill there. Is it unkind to put him in an animal carry case (larger than usual) at night? There is plenty of ventilation and he calms down after a bit in it and can't either hurt himself or trash the place and keep me up. The alternative is to let him out at night which is TOO dangerous as it is a rural area with wild animals and there is a busy street out front that he could very easily get hit trying to cross. Ideas?

you understand why the neighbors abandoned him?

 

[Flying Crane]

I have a four year old male cat who was neutered when he was about 6 months old. he has a habit of wandering about our place at nite, yowling at nothing in particular. If we call to him, he often does not responed, just keeps wandering and yowling and sometimes banging on things. Often, if i get up and bring him back to the bedroom, he will settle down, curl up on the bed and go to sleep. Drives us nuts, but otherwise he is a tremendously sweet and affectionate cat. Sometimes, that is just the way they are. Most people think we are crazy for putting up with it, but he's our little baby.

He had a rough start to life, and maybe that's part of why we are willing to put up with it. His mother was feral, so I think her nutrition during pregnancy was questionable. He was then socialized by a crazy cat woman who had 35 cats crammed into her one bedroom apartment. We rescued him from the crazy cat woman when he was about two months old. We also suspect that he was taken from his mother while he was too young. He has always been needy, and is strongly attached to my wife, and he has a chronic asthma problem that needs periodic injections to keep it under control.

Anyways, I guess all I'm saying is that sometimes cats have issues, and you need to just decide if you can accept it or not, and sometimes the behavior can't be changed.

 

[ed-swckf]

Put him in the dryer with a brick.....

or in a nice stir fry with onions and peppers.

no, really, I like cats; it's just that I can never finish a whole one.:lol:

mmmmmm, cat!

 

[theletch1]

Putting him in the carry case in not that far away from what the vets office would do to him if he had to stay over night there. The alternative is a) allowing him to be in a position to injure himself or b) leave you sleep deprived when you get behind the wheel to go to work in the morning.

 

[MA-Caver]

Go with the case, you're doing him a favor.

Yeah well the CAT might not think so...

Wait I know... get him a pair of chicks to escort him around and to keep him out of trouble... like this widdle fella...