As I general rule I
think it is best to keep a rehomed cat indoors until the get
comfortable with their new surroundings and their family. I say this
because if you adopt a cat that is an adult and it has lived with
their family for a long time and you allow the cat to go outdoors immediately it will try to find its way back
to the former home.
Know that most cats
do not make it back to the former home because they become lost in
their new neighborhood and some cats try to cross busy streets and
put their lives at risk.
I recently adopted a
neighborhood cat that had been abandoned by its family when they
moved. I kept this rehomed cat indoors for about a month but it was not long
enough because he got out two days ago and did run to his former
home.
The little tabby cat
that I adopted never forgot his former home and as soon as he was
able to run outdoors he went back to the house where his people used
to live, a home three blocks away and across a busy street.
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