minnie56
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- Aug 27, 2001
Ridiculous. Some cats just can't live indoors exclusively. It's not your place to judge them.
Cats are domesticated animals and do NOT need to be outdoors! Nothing good comes of it for them.
Ridiculous. Some cats just can't live indoors exclusively. It's not your place to judge them.
Not all cats. We had a college aged guy in the neighborhood find a stray kitten, and it became a neighborhood cat, never going inside. Six months later, guy is back at college and winter/snow is here. My next door neighbor let the cat into her home, but he was still an outdoor cat, was a bit psycho inside the house. She actually got him into a carrier and got him vaccinated at the vet.Cats are domesticated animals and do NOT need to be outdoors! Nothing good comes of it for them.
I think it depends on surroundings as well as what you would define as outdoor.I'm glad I have a dog! I grew up with cats and really like them, but in those days it was expected that cats would spend a lot of time outdoors. I totally understand why it's safer to keep cats indoors, and if I had one now that's what I would do, but I do wonder what I would do with a cat who desperately wanted to be outdoors, but couldn't go. It would make me so unhappy and anxious. Please don't flame me if you have an unhappy indoor cat. I'm really just asking for information from people who have experience in an area I don't. How do you handle an animal who needs to be kept safe, but is miserable? Dogs are easy. A couple of leashed walks a day for all those we've had and they're happy to go home.