Driving to work this morning I saw a beautiful orange and white kitty lying dead on the side of the road. Will people ever realize it's safer to keep their cats inside??
2006-07-19 03:23:26 · 23 answers · asked by Lee 7 in Pets ➔ Cats
I know what you mean I often hear people say "Oh I let my cat out all the time and she never gets hit" WELL DUH!!!!! obviously if your cat had been hit you wouldnt have a cat anymore... there is always a first time for everything and its often the last too....
indoor cats live longer lives..
IF people want to let their cats out they can build cat runs or fence their yard with cat fencing so it cannot get out.. I had a cat run build next to my home and my cats had access through a window. I had a guy build it out of 2x4's and chicken wire. It had a gate so I could get in. I put artificial grass down so I wouldnt have to mow and put lots of logs and toys in for them - they loved it.. I know people who did similar things under their raised decks with basement window access for the cats.
2006-07-19 03:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by CF_ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the cat and what kind of owner it has. We let my cat outside all the time because he loved the heat and hated our air conditioning. (We never figured that out - he was so fluffy he had to get hot!) However, we always had to have someone outside with him becuase on occasion he would try and explore the neighborhood. We got him an electric fence finally so he could go outside more often and that worked wonderfully, but still kept him within the yard.
If the cat prefers to be outside its not fair for the cat to be kept inside all the time because you will eventually have a very unhappy kitty that tries to run away a lot. Besides, the inside of a house can have just as many perils for a cat as the outside. As long as the owner is responsible, there is no reason the outdoors cannot be safe.
2006-07-19 03:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by MandyT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of us would prefer to keep our cats inside, but some of us are unable to catch the fast little things while they zoom out the door when we open it, or in my case, my cat just goes out onto the back patio and takes a running jump up a 9 ft wall and escapes :s They're talented little buggers! I have had to mend him so many times it's not even funny because he catches all sorts of skin infections from strays, but all in all it's good. I live in a closed development so not many cars drive by and they don't go any faster than 10 miles an hour at any time.
2006-07-19 03:31:01 · answer #3 · answered by erika_gomez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to live in the country and all the teen & adult cats went outside. When I moved to the city I kept one cat.
Now I still have him after 11 years. He has 2 twin nephews that have never seen the sidewalk (they can go out on the 2nd floor balcony). They boys will never go out. But the older one goes around our building and keeps other male cats away, which is great because my brother has a female indoor cats and the outdoor ones would come over and spray the windows to get at her...
By having one outdoor cat, he gets to take his agrassions out on trespassers and keep nasty sprayers away from the house and the twin boys don't have to face the bad kitties out in the world...
So the oldest in the house is kinda like Superman to the twins. (the old warrior)
2006-07-19 03:41:17 · answer #4 · answered by Gryphon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I have been on my own I have always kept my cats inside. I, too, was terribly affraid of them getting run over, but my husband and I moved into a rural area, and I started letting them go outside every once in a while. They love it...they are a lot happier....cats are not "meant" to be trapped indoors. They are naturally outdoor animals. I still don't like it...and I go crazy when they don't come right away when I call them, but they are a lot happier. If we still lived in town, though, I would never let them outside.
2006-07-19 03:30:52 · answer #5 · answered by mjboog2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I did own a cat I lived in the country. No matter how I tried to keep Boots in she would always race out the door when coming in or going out. Cats are natural born predators and they love the outdoors. People do realize this, but cats are unpredictable.
2006-07-19 03:32:47 · answer #6 · answered by charliepea2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 cats and they love to roam outside and they also love being inside. They like to take a stroll outside and explore the bushes and climb the trees and run and play around just like they love to lay around somewhere in the garden or somewhere in the house.
I strongly believe that it's important for cats to be able to go outside. A cat needs to be able to hunt, it's their instinct and nothing makes them more happier that to be able to follow their natural instinct to catch a living prey. you can however take measures that your cats don't leave home to far and that is having them castrated so that they can't reproduce. It can be done at a very early age and it's best done before they become fertile about the time that they are about 5-6 months old.
When a tom cat is castrated he mostly loses the urge to wander of to far to find himself a nice girlfriend to party with and he stays closer at home. it's the same with the pussycat all though she normally doesn't wander of that far only when she''s in heat and looking for a mate.
However I have to mention that where I live it's possible for my cats to roam free because there is hardly any traffic. We live in a little village located in a national park and I have to admit that if I lived somewhere where my cats would be at risk that I wouldn't have had cats because it would break my heart if I would lose them because one of them would get hit by a car.
2006-07-19 05:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by aysha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very difficult to keep a cat from roaming...however they tend to stay closer to home if they are spayed or neutered, hence not looking for love in all the wrong places. My cats use a small doggie door and can come and go as they please. I wouldn't want to have to keep an animal locked indoors all it's life..I mean I wouldn't want to have to be stuck in my house and never ever get to go out. Too much to see, do and explore.
2006-07-19 03:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by Shar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I Dont. As Far As My Cat Goes . Is When She Is Sitting Out Side With Me On The Porch.
2006-07-19 03:31:11 · answer #9 · answered by mks 7-15-02 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My own cats are indoor-only, but I have a small handful of ferals that I feed; I can't keep them inside. It breaks my heart to see a furbaby on the side of the road.
Cats have a reputation for being able to take care of themselves, unfortunately.
I figure they're not quite as intelligent as a human toddler, and I wouldn't let a toddler cross the street on his own...
2006-07-19 03:28:25 · answer #10 · answered by Megan S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋