Wondering Cats

[FairieDust]

Does anyone else have a wonderer?

I've got two cats, well one just in early adulthood and a kitten on the cusp of it. Both have been spayed and neutered. But where my girl has settled down lovely since being done (doesn't go further than the garden walls, prefers to be in - a real home body) my boy can sometimes wonder for hours turning in to a day or two.

He's constantly got my heart in my throat as I keep wondering if anything has happened to him and I'm often out looking. I thought he would have calmed down and not been so tommy after being done but who knows.

He was done a good few months before my girl too so it can't be a hormone settlement either. He was done a year ago October just gone.

Some cats are indeed just roamers.

Did you notice him being more of a homebody during the winter?

He does tend to stay in a little more during winter but he loves being out. I'm like a meal ticket. Once he's had food he's off again.

And that's you put in your place. (Slave)

Bear in mind, though, that he's still a young cat and although he's neutered, the roaming urge can be strong particularly in male cats. I seem to recall that toms have ranges of several miles which they travel each day/night.

He might become more of a home lover as he matures - and at least he knows where his home is even though he's treating it rather like a teenager.

PS - you could always try training him to stay in at night which would reduce his risks a lot. Cats will generally take to that if they know that they'll be getting out come morning.

Definitely a teenager Cozie - he can be a right sulky so and so. Only comes for affection on his terms and pretty much hibernates upstairs when he is in.

Completely different from what he used to be.

My cat is exactly the same!!!

I just got mine back a couple of days agp cause he went missing but actually i think this time he did get stuck somewhere.

But, before we moved he had disappeared about 4 times for days at a time! Then he'd just saunter home as if he'd stepped out the cupboard from Narnia and no time has passed. During which time, real time, im knocking on neighbours doors, crying into the neck of my partner wondering where my beloved cat is.

He comes in and starts fighting me!

It's nice this time, since he has returned. He is very loving. Mustve really got a fright!

My two are brother and sister and both neutered at the same time. My girl loves her home, my boy loves being outside or pestering the neighbours.