Kitty has ventured out...hold my hand

[EustaciaVye]

Kitty is 6.5 months old. she was neutered a month ago and has had access to a cat flap for two weeks. She doesn't really get the cat flap so waits for us to let her out of the door and back in again and never goes far.
She went out at about 6 is and hasn't come back when I call and rattle her treats. I have been trying on and off for about an hour.
I am sure she is fine...but what if she gets lost and can't find her way home.

Great.

Oh - and some cats prefer to do their duty inside the house. Just one of those things. (I've had two who went out but came back inside to avail themselves of the facilities.)

Yes a big relief.

Aw, Cozie. I was hoping the tray would go as she got bigger

Cozie - mine only crap inside now in total emergencies. I'm getting through a bag of litter every 6 weeks or so. I initially pitied whoever's garden they'd been shitting in - then I weeded my borders last week and realised it was mine
That's not how it's supposed to work!!

It might - or it might not be used much in the summer as the ground gets drier and more scratchable. You just can't tell. The Lodger actually started to use inside after spending most of his life on the streets. He came to prefer going inside where it was warm, dry, safe and clean.

I don't mind cleaning trays so it's never bothered me. It also lessens arguments with neighbours who might find poo in their rose beds and enables you to keep a general eye on their health. (Via the working of their innards.)

Sorry JonSnow but I'm laughing here!

at the flowerbeds jonsnow.

My dirty stop out is normally howling at 5 am to be fed and DD s just woke her up when they went to get breakfast!

I'd seize this change and start a new routine of being fed at your breakfast time. Her system will be ready to do it (no hunger pangs at the old time) and you'll benefit in the long run.

Bet she didn't look in the least guilty when she came in last night either?

PS - and maybe she was late last night because she was in hot pursuit and was successful enough not to need fed this morning? (What you spend on litter you may save on food?)

No guilt whatsoever Cozie.

She is definitely going to be a hunter. We have a bird box 10 ft up a tree trunk with no branches underneath and she is trying to shimmy up the tree like a rock climber.

I don't mind the litter really. We keep her in the living room at night though and it is always stinky in the morning

Hah. You'll have to be careful with bird feeding and shrub locations etc then. The Lodger, a hunter par excellence, was never very successful with birds because we were fairly careful about how we arranged things - although mice and other small mammals went down at a rate of knots.

Remember to keep an eye on her worming frequency if she's getting meals on the hoof.

Thanks. I flea every month but have been lax with worming as she wasnt going out so I will start now. Any recommendations? Bigcat has profender as getting a tablet into him is impossible. Happy to try something else though.

Drontal or milbemax if she'll take a pill, Eustacia - but check with the vet on type/dosage as she's only a kitten really.

I give Seniorboy Profender also because he's just impossible to get a pill into. Even his vet won't try it any longer - after a few valiant attempts - and I think ('think') you should be able to use that for her if needs be. You might be as well to get her used to pills though if you can. Not only are they generally cheaper but there might be meds in future years which only come in pill form and it would be good to have her accustomed to pill taking. (Seniorboy is too old to change his ways.)

Thanks. she had milbemax at her 9 week check. and then the follow up at 11 weeks. as I am over 3 months on is she overdue? will go and check packets in the morning