If Your Cat could speak do you think he would ask to be an indoor or outdoor cat?

Answer 1

He would ask for his own door key.

Answer 2

I've never known a cat that enjoys being indoors or outdoors 100% of the time. I know people think indoors is better, but when I see my kittens running, playing, and climbing trees, I can't imagine keeping them inside all the time.

Cats outside all the time get hot in the summer, cold in the winter. I think all cats should be indoor/outdoor. If you don't trust your cats outside, go outside with them and watch them for an hour or so. That's what I do with my kittens right now. They run and play and then they are ready to come back in. They get the best of both worlds.

Answer 3

Just like people, cats prefere different things. Some cats like to hang at home in their safe and secure envirnment, while others always try to dart out the door everytime it's opened. If you cat(s) don't seem to have any interest in going out to the "great beyond" (ie, your back yard and neighborhood) chances are that he/she is perfectly happy with indoor life. However if you have a darting kitty, he/she longs for tall grass to stalk birds in and trees to climb. If your cat comes from a long line of house cats that have been raised strictly indoors, they are most likely happiest there. If you have a cat that comes from a ferrell line, then I'm sure he's wanting to explore the world beyond your living room or bed. If so, and you live in a wooded area, free of heavy traffic, I say let him go on out and enjoy life. He'll be back every day for snuggles, food and water and will never forget where he lives, and be a happier and healthier cat for it. Just make sure you put a flea and tick treatment on him first (frontline or advantage) and that he is up to date on his vaccines including rabies, distember combo and feline lukemia, and is either spayed or neutered. But as long as he has no interest in going outside, keep him vaccinated just in case. But don't worry. He's happy where he's at and rather enjoys being in HIS house. Like I stated earlier, Cats have different personalities, and in a way, do speak to you. They have likes and dislikes just like people. He'll tell you what he preferes if you only listen and pay attention to his signals. Hope that answers your question.

Answer 4

I think mine is content to be an indoors cat. He is not very fond of the outside, we live above a busy intersection and I let him stay on the window sill and watch; he never lasts more than a couple minutes, he just slips down in the room. Nor is he fond of going out on the steps of the block of flats. Oh, he likes to be let out and explore a bit, but he has not gotten father than two steps down or up (two steps, not flights).

I think cats are adaptive; if he had to make it outside, I am sure he would manage. I don't think he would ask for it, though.

Answer 5

Outdoor during the day and indoor during the night. Cause they stand by the back door to be let out first thing in the morning, and like to sleep in the house for the night.

Answer 6

You mean your cat doesn't speak? I'd take it back if I were you!!

Our first cat was a Siamese and we couldn't understand a word she said! She was very frustrated. Eventually ended up at the local chinese (not as a dish, as a mouse catcher)!!!

I Lie, my cat doesn't talk either. But my persian would want to be an indoor cat, as we leave the doors open and she still doesn't go out!

Answer 7

I always thought my cat was quite happy as an indoor cat. However, since we moved to a place where he can roam he's much more of an outdoor cat.

Actually,he's more of a Next Door cat. And a Next Door But One Cat. Big fat cute furry face and big eyes + soppy little old ladies = more snacks and treats for him. Fat knacker.

Answer 8

3 of my 4 cats would say, "I love being an indoor cat, thanks mom for taking such good care of us"!!!

My other cat would say, "Ya know, I would really rather be an outdoor cat in the summer time, but, in the cold months, I sure am glad Im an indoor cat"!

Answer 9

Some of our cats DO speak. One of them in particular clearly says "Out!" when he's standing by the back door.

We have five cats. The one who says "Out" LIVES to be let in and out. He's more than a little neurotic about it. Once, when my wife complained about how frequently she had to let him in and out compared to the other cats, she made a tally list and kept track. Over the period of a week, he really did ask to be let in and out as often as all four of the other cats combined.

Two of our other cats -- our alpha, a huge red bullseye tabby female who is madly in love with me, and our longhaired black and white "cowardly lion" cat with the Groucho Marx mustache -- are the official greeters of our cul-de-sac. Whenever the neighbors are out for a walk (unless they have some Horrible Beast on a string), these two cats will go out to greet them, mew politely, and if the neighbors stand still these two cats will sit by their feet. The alpha cat isn't as articulate a speaker as the cat who says "Out," but she understands spoken English better than the average American teenager. Or at least responds to it better.

But all our cats love going outside from time to time. Our house backs up to a six-and-a-half acre nature park, so there are always birds and squirrels to stalk, bushes to investigate, trails to follow and hidden hollows under the blackberry brambles to turn into secluded little nests. In the winter, they're content to be indoor cats, especially in the upstairs great room with floor-to-ceiling windows facing south. It looks like a cat massacre in there if the sun breaks through the cloud cover in January -- the cats seem to drop in their tracks, sprawled out as if they've been machine-gunned by the sudden winter sun.

Answer 10

He would definitely ask to remain an indoor cat since it has been demonstrated that he will live many years longer.

However, I bet he wouldn't mind a romp in a mouse-filled field every once in a while. :o) or actually >' '<

Answer 11

absolutly indoor because they don't know the outside world. they've lived in the house to long to remeber what it's like out there. they would want to live longer and healthier lives too if they knew that was possible. even when I open the doors, niether one of them try to go out. actually, my female runs and hides everytime I open the front door. my male just looks outside and then walks away to go take a nap. so I say for my 2 kitties, ABSOLUTLY INDOOR!!!!