so are your cats inside or outside? do they like it?

Question

mine are strictly indoor cats for numerous reasons. my female is scared to death to go outside, she runs when anybody opens the doors to outside. my male kitten just looks out there when the doors open and then walks away to go take a nap. so my cats are perfectly happy staying indoors and they will remain that way. oh, and cats CAN NOT fend for themselves and they don't need "fresh air" or to "roam". so what are yours? just curious?

Answer 1

My cats ares inside cats. One must... MUST understand that if it is an outside cat, the cat will (WILL) eventuially be killed either by a car, a coyote, dog and even might be kidnapped. Everyone that I know/knew who had an outside cat..lost it eventually... Sadly, I knew of two different cases (both ELDERLY WOMEN WHO LOVED their cat) lost them because they allowed them to go outside.. I warned them each OVER and OVER again to NOT let them go outside but they said oh, they just go close and will come back... Both cats (at two different households) were gotten by Coyotes

Answer 2

My cats are indoor/outdoor. They are spoiled rotten and house trained. They don't use a litter box indoors. But they have one in the garage though. When they want out, they meow at the door, (one will even try to open the door, but has never been successful with the door knob yet.) During the summer they prefer to be outside mostly. They LOVE to help me in the garden...and love to help dig in the freshly tilled soil. In the winter they take up residence on the back of the couch. When they want in, they jump up on the window ledge and meow at me through the window. Now I do have to say, I live in a very rural area. There is not another house in 3 miles, and my house sits 1/2 mile off the (gravel) road. If I lived in a large metro plex, they would stay inside.

Answer 3

All my cats are indoor cats. i have tried to let them out but they just meow at the door constantly. I guess if the cats are bought up indoors they don't miss the outside world and do in fact become scared of it as its all new. I think keeping cats indoors is best anyway. They are away from harm like cars, other animals and human cruelty and poisonous plats etc. My cats are very happy. To put them outside now would make them very unhappy.......That would be a very cruel thing to do to them. I'm happy that they are happy being indoors away from the dangerous would of outside for them.

Answer 4

My cat is an indoor fellow and has been since he was 3 maybe 4 days old and his mom didn't take him when she moved the rest(she was feral cat someone dumped off/:) My sweet hubby built a 16' x 32' enclosure onto the house for him and my dog to be able to "go out in the yard" whenever they want to through a pet door on our screened porch...it has cedar tree trunks supprting the trusses and he used hardware cloth instead of sreen.......we call it "the critter room"......he is also leash trained and loves to go for walks....he can also go out and sun by our fish pond (525 gal) which has a wood fence around it........Yes he is very spoiled....I also have 3 foster kittens that I am trying to find homes for so sometimes we have quite a show as they all get used to each other:)

Answer 5

I recently moved to an acreage from the city - while in the city my 2 cats were indoor cats but had access a secure outdoor cat run through a window (fenced with chicken wire and 2x4's)
now one goes out and the other is strictly an indoor cat - she was declawed before we got her

there were 3 cats left here by previous owners all are neutered but none use the litter box so all are outdoor only cats - we have a barn they sleep in in the winter

I never advice city people to have "outdoor" cats unless they have proper fence

Answer 6

My cats are primarily indoor cats. But they like to sit outside in the garden and nap under the foliage. There really isn't any hunting going on, either. I had about 20 birds rolling around in my son's sandbox the other day (it's a really big sandbox) and my cat was sleeping under a hosta not 15 feet away. Both cats like being with us more than anything else -- and if we're outside, they want to be too.

Answer 7

My kitten is supposed to be an inside cat, but she always gets out someway or another. I think it's because when I got her she was an outside cat. I got her from my best friend and she lives on a farm. Whenever I'm outside she comes to the screen door and cries for the longest time, and when she gets outside she runs away from me because she wants me to chase her. So she's suppose to be an indoor cat but she was born an outdoor cat.

Answer 8

My kitty is indoors, when I got her as a kitten she was in a house with a garden, so I was a little worried, but I lived on the top floor, so there was no way for her to go outside, the guy I got her from figured it wouldn't be a problem since she was so young. But I knew I was moving soon, so I figured I could look for a place with a garden if that proved to be a problem. Now I live on the top floor again, but with a large roof garden. If I take her up there she is fine, but I have never actually seen her go up on her own.

Answer 9

My cat is both, she goes in and out using the cat door all day long, she is just as likely to roam the neighbourhood making friends as she is curling up on the sofa.

I close the cat door about 9pm and after that she stays indoors for the night, usually sleeping in my bed.

She goes absolutely nuts it she can not go out for a few days, after she was speyed and had to be keept inside fo a week to heal she nearly tore the house down. She is the sort of cat that needs room to be a free soul, just like her mummy...

Answer 10

When I moved to my new house twelve years ago I had six cats. It was my first place that had a garden I could enjoy planting and grooming. So I got cat fence in. I couldn't let that many cats run all over the neighborhood, worry every evening till all six had checked in, etc.

It was a challenge to put it in for various reasons and I was very motivated. I wanted to be outside and I wanted to be able to enjoy having my cats with me when I worked in the garden.

It is confinement and they like the garden. It's a pretty sterile environment because the birds know not to visit! I don't have any mice for them to chase and catch. Occasionally a little lizard or tiny snake has appeared. One of my neighbors kept reptiles and he released a gopher snake because he had a rat problem. I went out one day to see this rather large snake (they look like rattlesnakes) curled up in striking position with two of my cats, one on each side, having a Mexican standoff!

Answer 11

My cat cat outside and in. I have my kitchen window open for her so she can do what she likes but at night time I close the window so that she does not go out at night. Fresh air is good for cats and I think cats like to walk around and see new things as in doors they cant really do much.