so this weekend my cat got out twice, the first time saturday morning when my dad cam over. i opened the door to see what he was doing and trinity that little bugger snuck out in between my legs. i closed the door not knowing she got out and i was looking around the house for her thinking hum where did my cat go i opend the front door. she was just sitting there like come on mom lets play lets look around. i am guessing i was really lucky she didnt bolt.
Then yesterday, my parents where over and my mom accodently het her out. my mom was saying she looked like she was about readyt o leave. now this really worried me, my cat is really tiny, she sorta looks like i dont feed her but i do shes just super small. shes less then 5 lbs and shes about 6 months out. theres an exstreamly busy street about a block from my house. there also a lot of
stray cats and ferrel cats in my neighborhood. also my neighbors let there cats outside. i just dont want my cat to get hurt. my friend and i bought a harness and a leashe and im thinking that this might have contributed to her exstream wanting to go outside (well actually shes always wanted to outside before the leash and harness). but now that she has been out its a constant battle. i know you guys say to scold with spraying i dont know if that works. im trying to get my cat to stop scratching my furnature (she has a post she perfers my furniture). and well when i get the spray bottle its now a game she just runs away and then goes back over the furnature.
if there way a way for me to scold her without spraying her what is it. because if she gets outside im scared shes going to get really hurt or killed. something i was thinking about doing was putting her in her kennel (she hates it) or is that not a good idea? like a time out, we used to do that with my dog but now she hates the kennel and its really hard to kennel her.
any suggestions?