Luke
24-10-2006, 03:16 PM
Where your cats totter off too?
Clementine was a house cat in her adolescant days, with supervised access to the garden-mainly because i was paranoid about something happening too her, then one day the unthinkable happened and she went out and didn't come back for some time...so we quickly decided when she returned that she was to be allowed to do her own thing, as it was obviouslly what she prefered, and i don't, now, particually mind her going travelling-she seems so much more happier and contented, and as someone once said to me on here (if i recall) it is best for a cat to live a natural life, and the old addage 'quality not quantity' is wise to hold to thought when concerning cats-but thats a subject for a different thread!!
I was sitting here today and thought, how fabulous it would be to know exactlly where our cats go when out and about. I have a vauge idea-Clem stays pretty close to our cul-de-sac, but tends to go riiiiiggghht down past the council buildings, odd clutches of houses (such a jig-saw where we live!) and then out onto the fields and by the river-its her favourite place, its a way from home (kind of) but i couldn't deprive her of it, and would much rather her go that part then towards the other end of the cul-de-sac and wham onto quite a busy main road:shock:, in a way though she's allways steered clear from that sorta area-strange how they almost "know" about certain parts?
However Clem is probably the exception, as most of the cats we have owned have wandered somewhat far and we have never had any idea where they wandered too! We once had a grey tabby who used to cross the road (the main one i spoke of earlier) with the greatest road sense one could think of! We also had a ginger n white tom, Sherman, who freqeuntlly would bring us collared doves home that were so obviouslly filched from someobodys dove cotes yet we couldn't think of where they could be from.
So yes, i do think it would be fascinating to know exactly where our cats go off too, do you?
Clementine was a house cat in her adolescant days, with supervised access to the garden-mainly because i was paranoid about something happening too her, then one day the unthinkable happened and she went out and didn't come back for some time...so we quickly decided when she returned that she was to be allowed to do her own thing, as it was obviouslly what she prefered, and i don't, now, particually mind her going travelling-she seems so much more happier and contented, and as someone once said to me on here (if i recall) it is best for a cat to live a natural life, and the old addage 'quality not quantity' is wise to hold to thought when concerning cats-but thats a subject for a different thread!!
I was sitting here today and thought, how fabulous it would be to know exactlly where our cats go when out and about. I have a vauge idea-Clem stays pretty close to our cul-de-sac, but tends to go riiiiiggghht down past the council buildings, odd clutches of houses (such a jig-saw where we live!) and then out onto the fields and by the river-its her favourite place, its a way from home (kind of) but i couldn't deprive her of it, and would much rather her go that part then towards the other end of the cul-de-sac and wham onto quite a busy main road:shock:, in a way though she's allways steered clear from that sorta area-strange how they almost "know" about certain parts?
However Clem is probably the exception, as most of the cats we have owned have wandered somewhat far and we have never had any idea where they wandered too! We once had a grey tabby who used to cross the road (the main one i spoke of earlier) with the greatest road sense one could think of! We also had a ginger n white tom, Sherman, who freqeuntlly would bring us collared doves home that were so obviouslly filched from someobodys dove cotes yet we couldn't think of where they could be from.
So yes, i do think it would be fascinating to know exactly where our cats go off too, do you?