Escapee Kitten

[MimpiDreams]

Looking for a bit of advice.

We have a 4 month old kitten who's been with us for a month and is a very naughty sweetheart. We also have an older cat. We were planning on keeping the kitten in until he's had all his vaccinations and been neutered.

We have a cat flap on the cellar door set to one way, so the old cat can come in but the kitten can't escape (yeah right). Unfortunately the little bugger has worked out how to lift the locked flap and escape into the cat theme park otherwise known as the cellar. It won't be long until he discovers the catflap down there that leads to the outside world.

So do I surrender and let him explore and find the outside world? Or is he too little and do I need to seal off the internal flap so he can't escape, but then old cat can't come in?

He's too little. Snack sized in other words.

When he's neutered, vaccinated & chipped then he can go out.

They're little rascals, aren't they. He needs to stay in for a bit longer yet, preferably 6 months or longer, if possible. How will your older cat get in if you luck the catflap?

Rascal is an understatement. He's a little bugger. Got himself locked in the dishwasher the other day.

The older cat can get into the cellar, which is heated, but would have to shout to be let into the living area. She doesn't seem overly keen to come in since the kitten arrived. I'm a bit worried that she'll stop coming in altogether.

But I'm also worried that the little beastie bugger will get eaten by the local wildlife. Or run over.

DH has just suggested replacing the internal flap with a backwards microchip one and programming it so only the old cat can go out through it.

4 months is old enough for neutering and chipping, that's when my 2 got done. I wouldn't let him out unsupervised as he will still be bite sized