One of our cats has been indoor since we adopted her as a kitten. We followed vets advice on this due to eye health issues (she’s had ops on her eyes in the past and all sorts).
Her being indoor was never an issue (despite having 2 other outdoor cats), until we moved to a house with a big garden, big windows looking out to the garden so she is intrigued and started wanting to go out last summer.
Her eyes are obviously monitored regularly, last year the vets told we are fine to let her out, of course as long as we monitor eyes even more closely for any damage etc.
Now that the weather is picking up, she wants to go out again (shows no interest over winter).
She has got out a couple of times in the past, and when she has she’s straight over the neighbours fence winding NDN cat up. No sense of stranger danger!
She’s was also very unsteady when climbing back over the fence.
I guess, I’m worried about letting her out when she doesn’t ‘know’ how to go out. In the house, she’s a bit unsure of jumping onto high surfaces. I’m not sure if this is just due to her eyes (eyesight itself is fine, but they can get very sore and gunky so not sure if it affects her balance)
I just need some reassurance that instinct will kick in and she’ll be fine!