Are your Cats Allowed Outside?

[molucass]

Our 3 cats stay outside most of the time.. They stay on the front porch and sleep, or occasionally go into our elderly neighbors yard to sleep on their back porch. They do get to come in sometimes too though..
We have 4 dogs and they all stay in the house, and Bandit has a high prey drive, so we have to make sure he isn't in if the cats come in for a visit.
I go sit on the porch sometimes with the cats to pet them and give them treats and etc..

Besides the fact that Bandit would hurt them if he got the chance, my 1 yr. old niece is allergic to the cats.

[catlady1945]

No way!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

The only time T & P go outside is when I'm there with them, and they are either on their leashes or in a little enclosure/fence I have for them. They, under no circumstances, are allowed outside on their own. This is the way it has been for them since they were kittens and even though now and then they get a brilliant urge to go out, that is quickly squashed. Just too much traffic, other cats, idiot people, bad people and too many dangers in general.

Even though going outside might take care of some of Meka's restlessness, I really can't recommend it. Just too many dangers....

[carole]

If you train Meka to stay indoors from the start, she will just get used to it, I have indoor/outdoor cats which is the norm here in my country, indoor is almost unheard of , except in breeding pedigrees, however they are kept in at night times.

Ash is almost impossible to keep indoors, but Lexie I have accustomed her to doing so, and even though she can go outdoors during the day, she only spends a limited time outside, she is curled up fast asleep beside me right now in the computer room in a alcove.

I would strongly recommend keeping kitty indoors if you can, it is something I wish was possible here, if I ever shift house it will be a top priority to have an enclosed outdoor facility, it just cannot be done easily here.

[PayItForward]

Inside/outside of course, here are some outside summer pictures to show you why.

Georgie boy



Milly enjoying my blankie


Milo also enjoying my blankie


Treacle’s photo was taken at dusk


BamBam loves the Dannylions


Continued….

[PayItForward]

Continued....

Tigs running like a mad cat


Sandy likes to drink out of our paddling pool



Annie is inside only for the foreseeable future, until she settles in properly.

Group picture, whenever I am in the Garden I have an escort of kitties. Here is
Left to Right…George, Treacle, Bramble, Milo, Sandy, Milly, Tigs.

Another group picture
Here is Front to Back …Max (Neighbours kitty) George, Treacle, Milo.


My happy inside/outside cats
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Cruisetime,
Before you decide whether or not to let your kitty go outside, please look carefully at your neighbourhood. Are the roads busy ? Are there cat predators/cat hating weirdos locally ? If the answers are yes, I would keep your cat inside but if your area is safe having an inside/outside cat is a very good idea.

But before you let your cat set a paw outside read this article.
http://www.lostmycat.com/introcatoutside.html

[Corinna]

Our cats are outside (their chioce) in the day but all are rounded up at night and in beds. Winky the old guy (15) was a barn cat and we used to live in the country so he had to get out 1st thing in the AM and bring me a mouse in an hour of getting up.Now hes a little slower about getting out. But with this Montana winters most of them stay in . Winky is the only one who will not use a box (must do business outside) .
Forgot we live in front of an Seinior apt ment building (across back ally) so the kids come home smelling of tuna and old ladies. They can't have animals so I guess they share ours. They look out for them, last winter I couldn't find Winky (always comes when called) I was out in my robe looking when a window opened and one of the ladies said he was still napping. I said it was time for him to come home as his dad(my son) wasn't feeling good and needed his nurse. She opened her door and handed him to me. He has helped me meet lots of neighbors.

[sirrahbed]

Mine are indoor only as that is all I have known to do plus mine have all been declawed. The two kittens will keep their claws but I plan to keep them indoors - neighborhood is too busy. They do all have access via a catdoor to an enclosed patio that is screened in and they *think* they are outside At least, I think that is what they think since they chase birds and bugs, etc and it has a carpet like grass.

[animal_rescue]

mine are indoor/outdoor.... we do feed a stray that only comes in during storms though because when he's in our eldest male cat*Collin* sprays the house!(Collin in neutered but will still do it anyways)

[BitsyNaceyDog]

6 of my 7 cats are indoor only. Scampers is the only one who goes outside.

[prechrswife]

Our 3 are indoor only. My mother-in-law's cats are indoor/outdoor, but they live in the country, far off of a paved road.

[tricollie4me]

Bonnie is an inside cat -- she does, however, sit impatiently and whine at the screen door when we potty our pup, occasionally trying to scoot out the door in order to explore our garage; she also sits right in the path of the glass patio doors so that we have to nudge her aside to go in and out. We did recently get a leash for Bonnie so that on warm days she can explore the world from the safety of our wood deck only. She loves to stretch in the sun (really? cats like that? lol) so we wanted her to be near us when everyone is out back. We've only tried it once, one of us keeping hold of her leash and an eye on her antics, and she was adorable -- she is a fairly mellow kitty and is highly tolerant, so we're hoping a brief, leashed foray into the big blue marble will be nice for her every so often.

(Interestingly, I had thought leashes and harnesses for cats were silly; now I understand how practical these can be for the right cat under the right circumstances. Bonnie's safety always comes first, however, so we'll have to see how she does!)

[moosmom]

Mine are ALL indoors because I live on a VERY busy street. The only one I do take outside is my Sphynx (hairless cat) MooShoo. He goes for rides in the car (weather permitting) and I'll take him outside in our fenced in back yard.

PIF,

Great picture of Sweet Annie, not to mention the rest of your kitties!!

[catcrazylady]

Indoor only for all twelve. My neighbourhood is not a safe place for them to go outside. If I lived in a safe place I would probably let them out in some type of penned or fenced area but thats not possible here.
Since most of mine came from outside they are not always happy about the situation but I would rather have them ticked off and alive then squashed in the road.

[kimlovescats]

My kitties are indoors only, except for an occasional playtime in our specially cat-fenced yard!!! My hubby and I added a special topper to our privacy fence, and it works great! However, we still do not leave them out there when we are not home to do a head count! Thankfully, because all of our babies spend 95% of their time indoors, they generally are very anxious to come back inside, after a bit of rolling in the sun and grazing in the grass! We only have one who really is hard to coax back inside, that is Roxie, but she is terrified of anything beyond the fence. She still has to come back indoors though, so we have to go out and "catch her" to force back inside!

You probably have seen alot of my pictures here recently of my kitties enjoying the outdoors, but I always try to make reference to our special enclosed yard, so people don't think that I find it safe to run totally free. I do realize that some of us have much safer areas, but I am just too scared to take any risks with mine! I will attach a pic of our fence topper here for you to see.

Kim