Help MY CAT IS DEPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

Hello, i moved to this new place a month ago, my cat was very happy since it had a backyard and greens since she's an oudoor cat and she's used to spend a vast amount of time outside playing and climbing trees, until the owners of the house complained about her pooping outside and asked me to leave her inside my room at alll times, so now i can tell she's very sadddd, i can tell by her tail when she's pissed, and i feel she's depressed!! what can i do?? will she die from sadness? not to forget the room is kinda small, will she get used to it? please let me know for u guys who knows, let me know if its dangerous for her... thanks

Answer 1

Being an indoor cat can be good, indoor cats generally live a LOT longer than outdoor cats.

That said, outdoor cats who are forced to stay indoors do sometimes get depressed. That isn't deadly unless she refuses to eat.

Since she is cooped up, you need to make sure to spend a lot of time with her. Make sure she has fun things to play with -- toys, one of those carpeted climbing things they make for cats or a tree branch to scratch and climb, a new cardboard box every week (cat love to hide in things and scratch cardboard -- but they like fresh ones).

Get her some kitty grass (they probably have it at your local supermarket or health food store). And make sure to use flea medicine every month.

ALTERNATELY: Talk with the house owners and see if you can't let her out under certain conditions: 1) you set up a place that will entice her to do her business there and 2) you clean it up every day.