Before October 2025
My cat grew up on the streets before we took him home at the age of 2–3 years. He had only been watching birds and squirrels from the windows for 1.5 years, he gained weight (4.3 -> 5.3 kg) so I want to take him out, but only if he wants. I took him for a walk three times in the previous week (22–28 Sep), total ~2.5 hours, and now he asks to go for a walk from time to time.
Does he enjoy walks?
He likes to walk: searches all around, sniffs, tries to hunt. But he doesn't like to be on a leash and he hates when I wash his paws. I give him a piece of food after every washing. There is a small forest with birds, squirrels, mouses, hedgehogs, etc near my flat. The building is kind of inside a forest; there are very old and impressively tall pines, much smaller birches, and other trees whose names I don’t know.
The main reason (as I think) the cat can decide stop going outside is the cold weather. It is estimated to be around 0°C (±5°C) for the whole month.
Rules
I won't bet on this market, as well I won't push him for a walk
I will call it a walk only if the cat walks outside for more than 5 minutes, just in case he doesn’t like the weather or the environment. If, for some reason, I take him home (e.g., we meet another cat) within the first 5 minutes, and my cat doesn’t want to return home, that will count as a walk as well.
I will write a comment about every walk
History
2025-10-01, 8°C: he asked me to go for a walk, we walked for an hour. He caught a mouse and we met a black cat. That's the first walk.
2025-10-02, 7°C: he was afraid of cars and people outside and decided to go home in ~3 minutes after we went out. That wasn't a walk.
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