Hi Adam,
He will come back, if he is bonded with yourselves. He'll sit on the window and demand back in if it is cold or he is hungry, tired etc. If he can indeed get back to you.
But I would agree with FG, is it a sensible suggestion to let him out in the first place?
Do you live in a safe area? Cats can travel up to five miles in a night.
Town - busy roads, dangerous sites: building sites,factories, bad neighbours, cat theft of Bengals is quite common, disease, fighting with other cats, dogs, foxes, cat haters - some people object to the fact that the bird population will decrease or at the very least get scared off etc etc
Country - busy often faster roads, shooting parties, hunting, trapping of other animals - snares, gamekeepers, disease, also the same as in town, fighting with other cats, dogs, etc.
Can you bear it if he doesn't come back?
Fatal accidents, theft, getting lost if straying too far, finding he likes the neighbours house three streets away better than yours and you never find out, etc. etc.
There are loads of lost and found sites out there, all with sad stories of cats that never came back.
I would think very carefully.
Elsa
PS If you do let him out, don't make a big deal of getting him back in all the time, if you are continually dragging him into the house everytime he comes back, he will make a point of keeping just outside your range, until he is ready to come in by himself. Not good, if you really want him in in a hurry.
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