The cat ran out as soon as he opened the door! How to correct this behavior?
In order to facilitate the needs of pet friends to go out during holidays, Aixiao decided to establish the [Pet Care Volunteer Knights]. However, in Ai Xiao’s training on volunteers, one thing is emphasized is that “you should pay attention to your feet before entering and leaving the pet owner’s room to prevent cats and dogs from rushing out and getting lost!”
Indeed, some "crawling" kittens were already squatting at the door when they heard your footsteps. As long as the door was opened in a gap, it rushed out like an arrow.
Fortunately, poor you tried all your strength to "take it to justice"; unfortunately, it may have long forgotten the way home and lost its direction to go home.
Oh! Why do cats rush to the door? How can you help cats get rid of this habit? Why does the master always want to "rush out"?
1 Curiosity about the world outside the door
The various "sounds and smells" outside the door are brand new for the cats at home, just like when we were children, we were full of curiosity, freshness and excitement for it.
2 Develop the habit
The cat rushes out when you are not paying attention, and your first reaction is of course to stretch your feet to stop it. But let me ask you if you stretch out ten times, but there are no successful interceptions in nine times. In the end, it becomes a game of chasing each other. From the cat's opinion, maybe this is very interesting. If a two-legged beast plays a chase game with me, over time, you may develop the habit of running out.
3Bored
Cats will feel bored after staying in the room for a long time, and the flower world outside the door is more attractive, or if you meet a few playmates, you will be even more "happy and forget about it".
4 Looking for another half of cats that are not spayed will also want to follow their instincts to go out to find a partner, and cats are naturally no exception.
It is very dangerous for cats to rush through doors
There have been researches on cats missing in foreign universities and found that among cats who are purely kept indoors (non-stocking), 74% of them are missing from "door cracks or garages", which is far higher than jumping out of windows (11%) or escaping from damaged doors and windows (6%).
You must know that when the cat rushed out, they were very excited. But when faced with complex environments such as strange sounds, light, people, and smells outside, excitement will gradually be replaced by fear. They will choose to hide nearby, or jump to places such as canopies in a panic, forget the way home, and may even lead to accidents. There are many examples of Ai Xiao’s rescue. Therefore, it is extremely important to prevent cats from having accidents.
Toat Scorer, take action!
1 Do not interact at the door
When you get home, if the cat is by the door, do not interact with it immediately. You can take it to other places such as cat crawlers, cat scratching boards, cat nests, etc. away from the door before playing with it, so that it gradually feels interesting is not by the door, and it does not have to rush out immediately to attract your attention.
2 Change their reflex habits
When you go home, the cat naturally reacts and rushes out of the door, proving that they have formed reflex habits. If this is the case, you might as well try to give them some food rewards when you go home, so that the cat can gradually know that "opening the door and getting food" are the same, and slowly change the cat's habit of "opening the door and rushing to the door".
3Sterilization
When cats are in heat, they are most likely to lose themselves and are always the easiest to get up and rush out of the house. Sterilization is the most effective prevention.
Lastly, remember! The masters will never be wrong. It is because you closed the door slowly, but because you didn’t play with it well. So if the cat rushes to the door, don’t think about punishing the cat, because punishment will only hurt your relationship.
