I have one cat who's indoor/outdoor and the only reason is because he wasn't initially my cat. I get worried every time Dragon disappears for a couple days. I'm always worried he'll never come back, or I'll find him dead. We're also in the process of looking to buy a house and I'm afraid whenever we do move, Dragon will be outside and won't come back til after we're gone. We also have a psycho neighbor and it makes me paranoid thinking that he'll poison Dragon or something. If it were up to me, I'd keep him indoors, but I really don't have the heart. I keep him in a couple days at a time but he's miserable. Sits by the door and cries, doesn't eat... Neither Joey nor Katie are outside cats, altho Katie got out once... obviously! hehe Now, none 4 kittens are going to be indoor/outdoor cats. I worry about disease, sickness, dogs, fights, all that good stuff.

Plus, I'd rather not have to vaccinate my cats. I've had a couple get very very sick and die due to the vaccines and I'm not willing to take that chance again. Dragon is vaccinated, obviously, but none of the others are. I'm just glad my ex (who Dragon initially belonged to) was smart enough to NOT have him declawed. She was silly enough (in my opinion) to enourage him to go outside, but at least he has the means to protect himself.