Two brothers, 11 months old.
They LOVE being outside, and I kind of don’t blame them as where we live must he like one giant fun park for them - loads of trees to climb, bushes to rummage in, small fields, other gardens etc.
They nip back throughout the day to eat, and generally come home quite quickly when we call them.
We can’t have a cat flap here, so we keep them in overnight.
In the morning they cry and cry and cry to be let out again. And when they pop back for lunch they cry and cry and cry for us to open the door again. They seem to understand that they should stay in at night, but now it’s lighter in the evenings they get a bit confused when they can’t go back out (9pm ish).
Is it normal that they are SO keen to stay out? They don’t seem too bothered about us these days (they used to play and cuddle a lot) and now come in and just zonk out.
I should caveat with the fact it’s probably only been 2 months that we’ve been letting them out for. We live abroad and weather has been very cold and snowy this winter so it’s only been since late feb that it’s seemed mild enough for them to go out.
Anyway perhaps they are just super exited to get out and the novelty hasn’t worn off yet.