indoors or outdoors???

**Sevaede** · 08-07-2006, 10:21 PM

My cats are indoor only. We live right next to a busy highway and a busy street is on the other sides.

Too many things die around her.

**critter crazy** · 08-07-2006, 10:23 PM

I love my cats to be indoors!! but my hubby likes them out!! grrrr....The only cats i would have outdoors are maybe stricktly barn cats, but i am not sure if i would even like that!

**BitsyNaceyDog** · 08-08-2006, 08:58 AM

My cats are inside only cats. I wouldn't have it any other way.

My RB cat, Scampers, was an outside cat, but we didn't want her to be. She was my husbands cat before we got married. When my husband was a kid his parents when through some rough times and they moved in with his Aunt, Scampers had to stay else where and she became an outside cat. A few years later his parents got their own house again and they got Scampers back, but by then she was used to being an outside can and she preferred it that way. When my husband and I got married we took Scampers and once again tried to make her an inside cat, but she wouldn't have it. She was older though and she didn't go too far, she stayed between our backyard and the neighbors backyard. She came in at night though.

**k9krazee** · 08-08-2006, 09:53 AM

My cats are indoor/outdoor cats, but definately not my choice. We tried when they were younger to keep them in, but they fight and fight to get out. They stay in the yard for the most part and they do come in at night.

I know the dangers of outdoor cats all too well

I lost my Jewels many years ago, she ate some Ivy that the neighbors had in their yard and died and my cat Lucky was just hit by a car last year

If it were up to me we'd only have indoor only cats...but my parents would rather them be indoor/outdoor...

**Miss Z** · 08-08-2006, 10:02 AM

Both my RB cats were indoors and outdoors. They used to love being outside, chasing each other through the bushes, roaming in the park, I could never have deprived them of that. My cats in the future will continue to be both indoor and outdoor cats.

**lv4dogs** · 08-08-2006, 10:16 AM

My cats are indoors/outdoor cats. They can come & go as they please.

I live in a park, back from the main road, for the most part my cats stay in my yard only, unless something spooks them or the like. I respect my neighbors & ask them frequently if my cats are bothering them in any way, they are tested & vaccinated for FIV & LEUK and have the proper flea & HW prevention.
If any of these things were to change I would keep them inside only.

I did try to keep my cats indoors only but they were feral rescues, keeping them inside only is full time chore. lol

**Cataholic** · 08-08-2006, 10:28 AM

Inside only. They do make the break now and then, but, between my screaming, and Jonah's screeching, they return post haste!

**lute** · 08-08-2006, 09:59 PM

i would prefer PiddyBob stay in the house, but the parents have allergies. she comes inside when they are gone and when it's cold and hot outside.

**sanford8916** · 08-09-2006, 07:05 AM

Both my cats stay inside. Belle has escaped a couple time. But they are spayed and up to date on all shots!

When I was growning up we had so many cats over the years but all were outside so we would only have them for a couple years and then never know what happened to them!