Post Your Pets

What did you guys do the first few times you let your cats out? I'm shit scared that Basil will get too excited exploring and not find his way back.
It is a bit nerve-racking - like packing your child off to school for the first time.

I doubt Basil will go all that far to begin with though - well, not so far he can't hear you call for him. Presumably you are letting him out the back as opposed to in the street/where cars are?

My suggestions:
Do it during daylight hours initially.
Do it when you're not going out anywhere - I found a time when I could actually be outside with them for a while (was freezing though as that was December) and gradually increased the length of time I let them stay out for.
Have a packet of Dreamies ready and reward/praise him when he comes back.
Don't fret - mine got me panicking a couple of times when they were slow to come back but they always did eventually.

Mine are a year old now and still get so excited every morning about going outside for their garden adventures. It's probably a good thing I don't know what they get up to.