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Anonymous
Hello /an/.

My cat is about 12-13 years old. She used to be an outdoor cat, and it has only been in the past 6 or so years, when we moved, that we had to make her an indoors cat.

But, this has always bothered me. She always pesters me to let her outside, and all I can rly do is give her extremely chaperoned spurts of time outside. (We live on a busy street now, and we fear her going outside and getting hit.)

I know of cat harnesses and the like, and I always figured that if I could get that for her and let her hang out on the porch, she could still somewhat enjoy the outside without having me hover over her all the time. But I wonder:

-Since she's older will it be tougher for her to learn how to get used to one?
-If I am just using the leash to have her stick to the porch, will I have to go through all the rigmarole of getting her used to being walked with a leash, like how many website tell you you should do?

Anyways, any help or advice /an/ could provide would be helpful. I don't want to teach her to walk on a leash like some dog. (I've seen people do that and it totally goes against the nature of a cat.) I just want to keep her safe outside while she enjoys a nice sit on the porch in her old age.

Pic related, its her.
>> Anonymous
get her a bright red collar with a bell
>> Anonymous
>>273184
I honestly wish I could. But the street is like..right infront of my house. And its a busy street! We don't have a yard or anything, so there'd be nowhere her to go. Its not a matter of her getting lost. Its a matter of her not running into the street at all.
>> Anonymous
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have you considered a cat armour?
>> Anonymous
>>273203
pics of cat in armor plz
>> Anonymous
Just give her a leash and attach the other end of the leash to something so she absolutely won't run away. I'm sure she'll get used to it if you don't force her to move anywhere, just let her choose where to go.
>> Anonymous
I would strongly recommend against the leash idea. Cats freak out and hang themselves with those things at the drop of a hat.
>> Anonymous
>>273208
With a harness that's not a problem. Harnesses are actually designed to NOT hang an animal.
>> Anonymous
Cats like to do there own thing, hunt outside, climb trees fuck other cats, tieing your cat to your porch just seems like a cruel way of waving freedom it its face

protip: Your cat doesn't love you, give it to someone else that lives on a quite street

In before BAWWW my cat hung itself
>> Anonymous
>>273211
Your logic is flawed. Keeping the cat inside the house is exactly the same thing as you described. How would you like to be locked inside your house for all eternity? Oh wait, this is 4chan. You're probably doing that willingly.
>> Anonymous
>>273222
keeping your cat locked up inside is not the same as tieing it to your porch outside, fail troll is fail
>> Anonymous
>>273222

I'd say it's better for the kitty to atleast feel fresh air and wind and eat some grass from the lawn and take some naps in the afternoon sun than forcing it to be inside. Of course it's not as good as being unrestrained outside but it's still the more enjoyable of two solutions.
>> Anonymous
leash training a cat is not terribly hard. Start by introducing the harness and leash to the cat in the house, let them sniff it and such.. Have them wear it the house for 10 minutes at a time for at least a week and associate the wearing of said harness with some kind of treat. To get the cat to actually *walk* with it you can carry a tin of moist food or some kind of treat they love with you and drop little spoonfuls every now and then for them to walk to as you have the cat follow you. You can basically train an animal to do anything through positive reinforcement with food. in b4 peanut butter.

start slow and close to home, take the treats outside. Sure it sucks to not let the little one out on it's own but taking walks and playing in the grass with your cat can be very rewarding. just make sure you have good control of your cat as far as being able to call it back when you need to (food always works) - or associate a "clicker" with food.