does a cat do well in a cage?

Question

My mom said no,but I don't think so
(serious answers only)

Answer 1

All my years of working as a vet technician I have never heard of anyone crating a cat. I would not think it is a good idea cause they need their freedom. The are not use to confinment. I wouldnt reccomend it personally. Crate training dogs is wonderful but it isnt for cats. I am kind of curious though as to why your mom wants to confine a cat in a cage though.

Answer 2

All the animal rights activists on here have their panties in a bunch. It's kind of funny.

You can use a cat carrier, even for a few hours at a time, and your cat will be fine. You can also put a cat into an enclosed space as long as there is full room to move around and change elevations. This is what you usually see at pet stores and with pet shelters.

Ideally though, your cat should be free to roam around your house as it pleases. So to answer your question, no, cats don't really do well in cages, but you can cage them if it is necessary and it's not cruel unless you make it cruel. I don't expect all the "OMG my cat is my life" people to like this answer, but the real, intelligent cat owners will certainly understand. The goal is to treat your pet respectfully, and sometimes it is safer to have a sick or new cat in a cage for a while.

Answer 3

No, a cat will not do well living in a cage.
Why on earth would you want to cage your cat?

I could understand maybe keeping it in a VERY LARGE cage for a couple of days if it were sick so that it had time to recover, but to keep it locked in a cage 24/7 is nothing short of animal cruelty.

If you want to have a cat as a pet, it needs to be able to have full ability to roam around the house...NOT OUTSIDE, there is no reason in the world that a cat NEEDS to be outside.

People who keep cats outside or think it's okay to cage them, or people who have dogs chained to a dog house or penned up in the backyard shouldn't be allowed to have pets.

Answer 4

We have three of 14 cats that don't mind being crated. We started a sick male kitten my son brought home and I didn't want him mixing with our other 13 cats until he went to vet that Monday. That was 2 montha ago and he will sleep in the cage at night, all we say is go to your room and he goes in there. We have 2 unfixed female cats as well, we don't need pregnant. All 3 are going This Tuesday to be fixed. Another cat, a rescue, ended up injured by a pit when she escaped and the vet caged her for 10 days, when she got home we had to cage her for another month whil she finished healing. Now 2 years later she will sit at the cage door and demand to go in. She has trouble getting along with my other cats and I guess she feels safer in the cage. My other one goes in the cage when she wants to, it's always open for her. I keep cages on hand for illness or injury. These arent small either, one is 4'hx3w'x2d', one is a medium dog cage big enough for lotter pan, food, water and room to walk around in. The last cage is just a large Super Pet rabbit cage she (the 1 that was attacked 2 yrs ago) choose to sleep in one night and we leave the door open and she'll go in and stay. We keep her food, water and puppy pad (she cant use any kind of litter due to previous problems before we had her involving total declawing by her prior owner). in there for her if she wants to sleep in her cage. With 14 cats right now, we need to have the cages to keep sick or injured cats separate from the rest, but we never figured we'd have some who like the cages all the time. We only lock up the unfixed male at night or when not home since we have 2 unfixed females also (until Tuesday when all 3 get fixed). I never keep any of my cats caged full time unless they are sick or injured and can't be with the other cats, they still get held, played with, and talked to by all 6 in the family. My vet likes the idea that I can care for my cats in the similar manor he does at his office (without the boarding charge) so he can send them home sooner for me to take over their recovery. All in all, I wouldn't go and buy a cage for a cat unless there's a reason for it. My largest cage was $150 and cheapest was $35, so they're not cheap.

Answer 5

No!! thats a really mean thing to do. cats need pleanty of space to run, and climb things. If you're going to put a cat in a cage, THEN DONT GET ONE! how would you like to be kept in a cage?

Answer 6

No cats do not do well in a cage. They like to run around.

Answer 7

No! Would you like to be in a cage 24/7? Also you need to remember that cats are intellligent animals and will need to be stimulated.

Answer 8

do you mean long-term? if so, then no cats generally do not do well confined to a cage for the duration of their life. cats like to hunt, pounce, run, jump, loll around in the sun. they do not do well kept in a cage indefinitely.

if you mean for short trips, yes, they do fine. we took three cats on a trip. the trip took five days...several nights in hotels and such. all three did fine. one is even a geriatric kitty and she did well.

Answer 9

i would not event think of putting a cat in a cage, they need their freedom, why are you thinking of such a thing, i personally would find this a rather cruel thing to do.

Answer 10

I really don't think they do well in cages don't do it