Morning....
We're moving house later this year. Having spent 15 years in a flat, we are finally getting our forever house. We have two cats - a three year old and an old man who's about 12 (rescue so not really sure). When we got him from the rescue centre, we were told we could only have an indoor cat because of living on a busy main road. And because he was kept indoors when we rescued our kitten, we kept her indoors too. Now we are moving to a lovely house with a big garden on a quiet street. To the left of us is countryside. Having spent the last x number of years boiling in our flat in the summer, we want to be able to fling open the windows and doors of the new place. While I'm not sure the cats will even want to go out, we're thinking that it may now be an option. I really think it will be too difficult to keep remembering to shut doors and keep the cats enclosed somewhere every time we want to open a window or door and I'm not sure our kids will remember to do that either. So I guess my question is, are we OK to let them explore the outside if they fancy it? What precautions should we take? Are there any ways to sensibly introduce them to the outside?