I have two cats, one lazy cat who stays in the garden.
One who loves to explore.
We brought our house in a cul de sac with this in mind.
However, there is a small “wood” that my explorer cat keeps getting stuck / lost in behind our neighbours house.
she has a tracker so we know where she goes / gets stuck.
It’s happened twice in the last three months, and each time my husband has had to go down, find her and bring her back (with difficulty)
The last time I kept thinking she’d come back but after over 24 hours we finally managed to get her back.
we’ve decided to get the garden cat proofed, but they can’t fit until the end of September.
We are keeping her in until the garden is sorted.
(I’ve brought her some extra toys!)
However I have a toddler and am also heavily pregnant so don’t have tons of free time to play with the cat.
AIBU to keep her in until garden in sorted? In speaking to my mum she says I’m being “really cruel as the weather is so beautiful and the cat will probably be fine”
it’s making me feel like a really bad cat owner as my cat meows at the door….
(She has food / litter / toys / space away from the toddler etc)
also if anyone has any experience with cat proofing their garden / enrichment for cats in the garden please let me know!