i have got a 15 year old cat,very healthy,but i moved 18 months ago,and she keeps going back,ive kept her in for ages ,but to no avail,any one got any ideas please,tried butter on paws :(

Try salmon and cream for a couple of days to encourage her to stay.

Ball and chain :D

You tried bringing all its toys etc to the new house? Anything the cat associates with its old territory should be brought over to the new place.

Another slightly gross suggestion is let the cat wee in a certain place outside your house, then it will be marking its territory in a new place, as remember cats are, like dogs, highly territorial creatures.

Hope all that proves some kind of help :)

many thanks for your help,ill give them a try,thanks,pauline:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

take it for walks on a harnest to get to know the area

Tell your cat firmly that it now lives somewhere else other than where it used to live before: the place it is now in, being it's new home, and not the place it used to reside.

Explain to your pussy cat that even if it did manage to find its way back to it's old abode, you wouldn't be there, as you now live in the place you are now.

Finally, if you have a copy of the A-Z of Sheffield in your house, get rid of it! Cats are canny creatures and can be quite good map-readers.

Take my advice and you won't go far wrong.

I always kept my cat in for a few weeks then let him out gradually and he seemed to settle, so no ideas really. Can't help mentioning a 'Billy Connely' quote though about this, if you have a sense of humour.
"I've never trusted cats. They're a sneaky bunch. Any animal that stays when you move house is a little b*st*rd" (Billy Connely)

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Tell your cat firmly that it now lives somewhere else other than where it used to live before: the place it is now in, being it's new home, and not the place it used to reside.

Explain to your pussy cat that even if it did manage to find its way back to it's old abode, you wouldn't be there, as you now live in the place you are now.

Finally, if you have a copy of the A-Z of Sheffield in your house, get rid of it! Cats are canny creatures and can be quite good map-readers.

Take my advice and you won't go far wrong.

Just wondering, but did somebody once tell you that you were a really funny guy Sam?

If so, I'm reasonably certain they were taking the p*ss

Originally posted by pauline
i have got a 15 year old cat,very healthy,but i moved 18 months ago,and she keeps going back,ive kept her in for ages ,but to no avail,any one got any ideas please,tried butter on paws :(

Try feeding your pussycat, and getting it so fat it will not want to go out for a walk.:loopy: :loopy: :loopy:

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Tell your cat firmly that it now lives somewhere else other than where it used to live before: the place it is now in, being it's new home, and not the place it used to reside.

Explain to your pussy cat that even if it did manage to find its way back to it's old abode, you wouldn't be there, as you now live in the place you are now.

Finally, if you have a copy of the A-Z of Sheffield in your house, get rid of it! Cats are canny creatures and can be quite good map-readers.

Take my advice and you won't go far wrong.

:D

Originally posted by f_g
take it for walks on a harnest to get to know the area

This is the method we used once, and it seemed to do the trick, you need to let the cat get to know the area.

Originally posted by mojoworking
Just wondering, but did somebody once tell you that you were a really funny guy Sam?

If so, I'm reasonably certain they were taking the p*ss

Thanks, Mojo. I appreciate you humour.