Indoor or outdoor cats

[carole]

You are fairly new here, and this has been a topic which is rather sensitive to say the least, especially for people from my country and the Uk, where it is considered normal to have indoor/outdoor kitties,it is a cultural thing, infact some consider it cruel to keep a kitty indoors permanently, I am not of that opinion, and since coming to PT believe it really is a good idea,but only if I can provide an safe outdoor area as well, and one I hope I maybe able to carry out in the future, for now it just is not possible, however my kitties are strictly indoors at night times.

An ideal situation would be to have cat fencing, which I have seen here on PT, which means one can keep your kitties indoors and outdoors, but they cannot leave your section and no other kitty can get in, purrfect IMO, but oh the expense,but that is something I consider ideal, I don't like the idea of a kitty being inside permanently, but I realise in some parts of the states, this is the only safe option, I say whatever works for you and your kitties.

P.S the one point I want to raise, there are still some risks to having a kitty indoors as well, mainly the risk of fire, and being trapped, and things falling on them and getting hurt, that has happened here on PT, and of course can happen at any time, but I think a little more likely if the kitty is indoors all the time, and maybe a little bored, I guess one just has to weigh up which is the higher risk in this case, the fire one really would worry me though, also how do the kitties keep cool in the heat, I know if my house is locked up during the daytime and then I come home it is unbearable until all the windows are opened up, does everyone have air conditioning then?