I'm with Becky here - I was convinced by my vet many years ago to keep my cats as house pets.

On the other hand - if you have a cat that is used to the outdoors - you might have a problem trying to convert him to only being indoors. Jess is right about the 2 weeks if you are going to let him out though.

The cat that the vet convinced me to keep inside was a stray that was about 1 year old. I did change her habits but she was always trying to run out the door when it opened. An open window was an invitation to try to fly through the screen etc. She lived until she was 15 but she was always wanting to escape. It's a problem.

Kathleen