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My cat comes from two home cats with English shorthair father and Russian blue mother. I live in an apartment and he enjoys walking through the corridor and sniffing everything.

The problem I have is that sometimes he wanders to another floor and goes at the wrong door there. (Same location to mine vertically).

I can pick him up and bring him back with relative ease but he gets extremely stressed during the process and I can feel his heart thumping rapidly.

How can I teach my cat to navigate between the floors and return home on his own?

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I am nearly certain that no feeding occurs with my upstairs neighbour as he seems extremely scared and he tends to get lost in either upper or lower floor compared to mine though i'll check on them to make sure.

My cat is three years old and he's not spaded as i thought that it wasn't needed since he never meets with other cats and if i remember right i got him when he was 3 months old. (Might be off a month)

I also occasionally pick him up for some cuddling and compared to our cuddling time his heart is much faster when i pick him up in front of another door.

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  He usually trembles and looks really scared as if he was abandoned so I doubt any feeding is done. Also my cat refuses to move away from the door unless I pick him up.
  
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  "I can feel his heart thumping rapidly." Cats have a higher heart rate than humans, fyi.
  
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  Huh, I'd never thought about this. Is our recognition of which floor we're on, in cookie-cutter buildings with identical corridors on every floor, a factor of innate pathfinding that might be shared by other animals like cats, or a product of our so-called "higher intelligence"? To the science cave!
  
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My cat comes from two home cats with English shorthair father and Russian blue mother. I live in an apartment and he enjoys walking through the corridor and sniffing everything.

The problem I have is that sometimes he wanders to another floor and goes at the wrong door there. (Same location to mine vertically).

I can pick him up and bring him back with relative ease but he gets extremely stressed during the process and I can feel his heart thumping rapidly.

How can I teach my cat to navigate between the floors and return home on his own?

Answers to comments

I am nearly certain that no feeding occurs with my upstairs neighbour as he seems extremely scared and he tends to get lost in either upper or lower floor compared to mine though i'll check on them to make sure.

My cat is three years old and he's not spaded as i thought that it wasn't needed since he never meets with other cats and if i remember right i got him when he was 3 months old. (Might be off a month)

I also occasionally pick him up for some cuddling and compared to our cuddling time his heart is much faster when i pick him up in front of another door.

cats behavior training

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

Maiko Chikyu

asked 18 hours ago

Maiko ChikyuMaiko Chikyu

327211

• 
  
  
  

  
  8
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Any chance that your upstairs neighbour is feeding him?
  
  – ratchet freak
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What if instead of carrying your cat, you had him follow you home a few times? He might make the connection that he can try another floor when he gets lost himself this way.
  
  – Kevin
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  He usually trembles and looks really scared as if he was abandoned so I doubt any feeding is done. Also my cat refuses to move away from the door unless I pick him up.
  
  – Maiko Chikyu
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  "I can feel his heart thumping rapidly." Cats have a higher heart rate than humans, fyi.
  
  – jpmc26
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Huh, I'd never thought about this. Is our recognition of which floor we're on, in cookie-cutter buildings with identical corridors on every floor, a factor of innate pathfinding that might be shared by other animals like cats, or a product of our so-called "higher intelligence"? To the science cave!
  
  – Lightness Races in Orbit
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 5 more comments

My cat comes from two home cats with English shorthair father and Russian blue mother. I live in an apartment and he enjoys walking through the corridor and sniffing everything.

The problem I have is that sometimes he wanders to another floor and goes at the wrong door there. (Same location to mine vertically).

I can pick him up and bring him back with relative ease but he gets extremely stressed during the process and I can feel his heart thumping rapidly.

How can I teach my cat to navigate between the floors and return home on his own?

Answers to comments

I am nearly certain that no feeding occurs with my upstairs neighbour as he seems extremely scared and he tends to get lost in either upper or lower floor compared to mine though i'll check on them to make sure.

My cat is three years old and he's not spaded as i thought that it wasn't needed since he never meets with other cats and if i remember right i got him when he was 3 months old. (Might be off a month)

I also occasionally pick him up for some cuddling and compared to our cuddling time his heart is much faster when i pick him up in front of another door.

cats behavior training

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

Maiko Chikyu

asked 18 hours ago

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share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

Maiko Chikyu

asked 18 hours ago

Maiko ChikyuMaiko Chikyu

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edited 1 hour ago

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This is hard to answer,I think you will have to do some experiments.

If your cat have a toy or object he likes you might try to put this outside your door so he can smell his own scent to make him recognize he is at his home.

Cats in general do know their area by sight and by scent,there is many examples of cats living in an multi apartment building and not having any problems in finding the right door to where they live.

I think one of the things you need to do is to visit the vet to see if your cat have any problems smelling or if it might have eye problems,This is to be sure it is not a physical problem of your cat.

If nothing physical is wrong with your cat you can try to mark your apartment by putting up a visual marker and/or a scent marker for your cat outside your door to help him locate his home,This object can be to simply move the wellcome mat from inside to outside your door or it can be to hang one of your cats toys on the door so he can reach and smell it.

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  +1, Good advice. I'd also add that scent might be problematic in residences with common hallways that are maintained by the landlord, reason being cleaners tend to use different (e.g. cheaper) detergents to those that the residents might use. Any smells that the owner puts around the place to guide the cat home may be temporarily masked by these chemical smells. Not sure how to solve that problem mind you. It's a tricky one. I think that trying many things simultaneously would be the key here - scent, visual cues, sound even (a clock that ticks loudly hanging on the inside of the door!).
  
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This is hard to answer,I think you will have to do some experiments.

If your cat have a toy or object he likes you might try to put this outside your door so he can smell his own scent to make him recognize he is at his home.

Cats in general do know their area by sight and by scent,there is many examples of cats living in an multi apartment building and not having any problems in finding the right door to where they live.

I think one of the things you need to do is to visit the vet to see if your cat have any problems smelling or if it might have eye problems,This is to be sure it is not a physical problem of your cat.

If nothing physical is wrong with your cat you can try to mark your apartment by putting up a visual marker and/or a scent marker for your cat outside your door to help him locate his home,This object can be to simply move the wellcome mat from inside to outside your door or it can be to hang one of your cats toys on the door so he can reach and smell it.

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answered 16 hours ago

trond hansentrond hansen

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• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  +1, Good advice. I'd also add that scent might be problematic in residences with common hallways that are maintained by the landlord, reason being cleaners tend to use different (e.g. cheaper) detergents to those that the residents might use. Any smells that the owner puts around the place to guide the cat home may be temporarily masked by these chemical smells. Not sure how to solve that problem mind you. It's a tricky one. I think that trying many things simultaneously would be the key here - scent, visual cues, sound even (a clock that ticks loudly hanging on the inside of the door!).
  
  – Wossname
  11 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

24

This is hard to answer,I think you will have to do some experiments.

If your cat have a toy or object he likes you might try to put this outside your door so he can smell his own scent to make him recognize he is at his home.

Cats in general do know their area by sight and by scent,there is many examples of cats living in an multi apartment building and not having any problems in finding the right door to where they live.

I think one of the things you need to do is to visit the vet to see if your cat have any problems smelling or if it might have eye problems,This is to be sure it is not a physical problem of your cat.

If nothing physical is wrong with your cat you can try to mark your apartment by putting up a visual marker and/or a scent marker for your cat outside your door to help him locate his home,This object can be to simply move the wellcome mat from inside to outside your door or it can be to hang one of your cats toys on the door so he can reach and smell it.

share|improve this answer

answered 16 hours ago

trond hansentrond hansen

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• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  +1, Good advice. I'd also add that scent might be problematic in residences with common hallways that are maintained by the landlord, reason being cleaners tend to use different (e.g. cheaper) detergents to those that the residents might use. Any smells that the owner puts around the place to guide the cat home may be temporarily masked by these chemical smells. Not sure how to solve that problem mind you. It's a tricky one. I think that trying many things simultaneously would be the key here - scent, visual cues, sound even (a clock that ticks loudly hanging on the inside of the door!).
  
  – Wossname
  11 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

This is hard to answer,I think you will have to do some experiments.

If your cat have a toy or object he likes you might try to put this outside your door so he can smell his own scent to make him recognize he is at his home.

Cats in general do know their area by sight and by scent,there is many examples of cats living in an multi apartment building and not having any problems in finding the right door to where they live.

I think one of the things you need to do is to visit the vet to see if your cat have any problems smelling or if it might have eye problems,This is to be sure it is not a physical problem of your cat.

If nothing physical is wrong with your cat you can try to mark your apartment by putting up a visual marker and/or a scent marker for your cat outside your door to help him locate his home,This object can be to simply move the wellcome mat from inside to outside your door or it can be to hang one of your cats toys on the door so he can reach and smell it.

share|improve this answer

answered 16 hours ago

trond hansentrond hansen

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share|improve this answer

answered 16 hours ago

trond hansentrond hansen

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answered 16 hours ago

trond hansentrond hansen

5,9031936

answered 16 hours ago

trond hansentrond hansen

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