tonight, I found Emma playing with....a SCORPION! I knew it was just about the time of year that they will be showing up. I hate AZ for that, anyway.... now that it is summer again , what do you think, should I stop letting Muffin outside? she loves it so much, and I am always with her, but I can't be by her side, and I don't want her to get hurt. what would you do? I never should have let her out in the first place, it was just one of those things that started then got to be more often, and I have stopped letting her at times, then when I got the other two cats, I let her out again.... but how do you tell a cat that things are not safe out there? well I think I will just let her on the enclosed porch, thats how I have done it in the past with her and Cookie. It was dumb of me to start this, and spoil her. I don't remember exactly how it started like this, seems like it just got more and more...so, any advice? the enclosed porch is worry enough, the nasty scorpions can get ther too, but not as common, and we have the pest control once a month.