Curious cat in an apartment

Question

I live in an apartment in a large city, so I can't let my cat out because he would get lost or run in front of a car. It is a young and very curious cat, so he naturally wants to get out and explore.

He spends a lot of time just sitting in front of a window, staring out, sometimes crying loudly because he can't get out. I bought him a guide, but he doesn't like wearing it (a lot).

What could I do? Is there any way to satisfy the cat's curiosity without letting him out?

Answer 1

You can do a lot of things. I am sure that there will be others giving many more options but some of the options that come to mind are as follows -

• Give your cats a lot of toys to play with and keep themselves engaged. For example toy mouse, balls.
• Outdoor cats scratch their claws against objects such as tree bark to prevent overgrowth and keep them at size. So provide some scratching post toys.
• Self groomer and massager toys are available for cats.
• Use laser pointers to play with your cats.
• Use cat teasers like toy bird at the end of a rope to play with your cats.
• Indoor cats many times out of boredom develop eating disorder. They eat a lot and become overweight. Use food puzzle to keep them mentally active and prevent overeating. Food puzzles for cat has excellent guidance about creating food puzzles.
• Buy your cat cat tress. They love to explore and move around the cat trees. Many have hiding places and comfortable resting places too.
• Cats love to eat. Feed them the most tasty cat food available at market (of course taking into consideration appropriate nutrition).
• Cats love to sleep. Give them a lot of comfortable cozy sleeping places.
• Keep some glass windows. Cats love bird watching and it is an excellent time pass for them.
• Always keep the litter box clean. Dirty litter box puts stress on them.

Hope this helps.