Both of our cats were found as strays when they were kittens, but are now indoor cats. The male wants to get out, the female doesn't. During the warm weather, Nick gets to go around the yard in his harness on a leash a few times a week. Otherwise, he has to settle for the joys of the screen room. He has gotten the screen room door open a few times and had some solo jaunts (he's never gone far...too much in his own yard to see). We now have a
scat mat at the doorway so he'll get a little zap if he tries to get to the door. He started working at some of the screen, so my husband slapped some sticky stuff called
Tanglefoot onto the screen and that stopped him. I keep a squirt bottle handy (
automatic ones are the best) near the door to further discourage the little darling.