What can I do to keep my indoor-outdoor kitten away from stray cats?

Hello, Oliver is likely just curious and wants to explore outside like normal kittens. I would make sure that all access to the outdoors is closed until you have tested Oliver of FeLV/FIV and have fully vaccinated him. He will always be at risk of contracting FeLV and FIV from stray cats, however, you may be able to prevent other disease if you vaccinate him fully. Hope this helps and best of luck.

It would be best to just keep the strays and your pets separated from each other, especially as strays may not be vaccinated and may spread illness, parasites or other illness to or from your own pets. Trying to catch the stray cats so they can be spayed, neutered and vaccinated is a good idea as well, or contacting a local shelter to try and help you.

Thank you for your questions about Patio Cat. Certainly providing a warm bed and a place to get out of the wind/weather will help. Many people will use a styrofoam cooler with a hole cut out to hold in the heat. Provide fresh food and water. Make the food a high quality such as Royal Canin, Purina ProPlan or Iams. Certainly you can have this cat vaccinated, treated for parasites and even spay/neutered. Outdoor cats can produce many kittens, they can also act as a source of fleas and intestinal worms, cats who are not fixed can also be more prone to fighting and getting injured. Many cities offer programs to help spay, neuter and vaccinate homeless cats and I recommend to look into one of these. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

While it can be difficult sometimes to turn an indoor/outdoor cat to one who stays strictly indoors, I think that Ray is young enough that you should give it a try if you're concerned about his safety. You could look into putting up an enclosure (sometimes called a 'catio') so he can still spend some time outdoors.

You can use an invisible fence, and there are ones specifically for cats. That would help keep your cat in your yard and out of your neighbor's yard. Other than the other things you have suggested, short of monitoring him every time he goes outside, it will be very difficult to keep him out of their yard. I know you aren't willing to make him indoor only, but that is the only way to keep him out of their yard for sure. I would look into an invisible fence for him.

Hello, cats are hardy pets and very loving. You may start by making sure they are all vaccinated, dewormed, and tested for FIV/FeLV. You may then bring them inside small amounts at a time to get them acquainted to your home. If they are doing ok while inside, you may extend the time spent inside so that they get can experience the indoors. While inside you should feed them wet food and give them love so that they know that it is ok to be inside. This usually gets them liking their new home and makes for a smoother transition. Hope this helps

Your question is suitable for this website! No, an outsider male cat won't eat kittens, but he may view them as stepping on his territory and try to fight with them to defend it. At 25 days of age, the kittens are too young to be left outside overnight, so keeping them indoors is best. Its also best for their health to stay indoors, as they aren't old enough to be vaccinated, and they could get serious life threatening diseases from unvaccinated stray cats. If your parents insist on keeping them outside at night, I would get a shelter to secure them in that prevents other cats from getting close to them or having contact with them. Make sure they are warm in there too. Best of luck, I hope this helps!