Indoor cat + windows

Chives · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:37

Lol OcUK's RSPCA Wing are out in force tonight.
LOL at all the pathetic "keeping a cat inside is cruelty" , what a load of rubbish.
I have a bengal cat and keep him inside , he is very happy and we often take him out into our large garden under supervision. He will be even happier when collect I Bengal no.2 next month

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^TANK^ · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:37

To be fair if you have a large house then having house cats is hardly cruel, my two little guys love our town house! Not all of us want our cats to face the possibility of being shot at, run over, raped, set on fire or stolen by todays scummy twisted youth

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Chives · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:39

^TANK^ said:
To be fair if you have a large house then having house cats is hardly cruel, my two little guys love our town house! Not all of us want our cats to face the possibility of being shot at, run over, raped, set on fire or stolen by todays scummy twisted youth .

This . I saw a group of chavs throwing stones at the local cat the other day.. why just why??! :mad:

Janesy B · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:39

starfighter said:
so once in how long?

Pretty much all of my cats have taken a bit of encouragement to go outside and didn't got far at first.

But once they get used to it they are fine.

So you forced them and now they probably go out just to avoid being repremanded? If you're going to jump to conclusions and scream blue murder, I can do the same right?

Curio · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:40

starfighter said:
But you take dogs for walks twice a day, the cat is essentially your prisoner. Nice one.

Yeah, because taking a dog for a walk twice a day is the same as roaming free in a pack, right? It's still cruel, if you want to look at it that way.

My cats aren't prisoners. They can go outside if they want - 2 of them just sit there bored and eat some grass, then wander back inside. Cats are happy inside - to most of them it's the good life. We're not talking about wild cats - we're talking about DOMESTICATED cats. The clue is in the name.

^TANK^ · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:42

Chiiives said:
This . I saw a group of chavs throwing stones at the local cat the other day.. why just why??!

Please post pics of your Bengals when you get the other one, they have lovely temperaments don't they

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Spinal2k2 · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:43

starfighter said:
so once in how long?

Pretty much all of my cats have taken a bit of encouragement to go outside and didn't got far at first.

But once they get used to it they are fine.

You have cats, but as i mentioned not all cats are the same. Our oldest cat Casper we have had him 12 years - he goes outside and has from when he was a kitten had his injections etc and was old enough to go outside.

Yet as soon as we close the door within a few mins he will be sitting at the door wanting to be back in. He was never trained to do this we never got him into a habit to be like that it is just the way he is.

All cats are different - all 3 of our cats are different when it comes to indoors/outdoors

Chives · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:44

^TANK^ said:
they have lovely temperaments don't they.

@Tank. Yes they do.
Bengal no.1

@OcUK RSPCA Brigade , does he look sad and unhappy no? didn't think so :rolleyes:

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TheCrow · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:47

Would he enjoy even prefer time outside? Think so

Chives · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:49

TheCrow said:
Would he enjoy even prefer time outside? Think so

No , we once left the door open all day and he went outside for a little , got scared by a car and came straight back in , and as I said he often goes outside in my large garden supervised.

Janesy B · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:49

TheCrow said:
Would he enjoy even prefer time outside? Think so

Why?

^TANK^ · 25 Jun 2010 at 23:50

Chiiives said:
@Tank. Yes they do.
Bengal no.1

@OcUK RSPCA Brigade , does he look sad and unhappy no? didn't think so .

Beautiful markings :cool:

, have a look at my Bengals Pip and Milo in the post Your kitty thread.

daelo · 26 Jun 2010 at 00:36

Jesus mother8888888 boobies, will someone close this thread already, the amount of slagging that is going on is surely against some kind of rule. Also this debate could never be solved so shut up shot already ;D

cheets64 · 26 Jun 2010 at 00:45

Chiiives said:
No , we once left the door open all day and he went outside for a little , got scared by a car and came straight back in , and as I said he often goes outside in my large garden supervised.

Supervised?

Like kids from primary school when they go to the library they are supervised, you have to let your little ones grow up eventually.

Chives · 26 Jun 2010 at 00:51

cheets64 said:
Supervised?

Like kids from primary school when they go to the library they are supervised, you have to let your little ones grow up eventually.

No , he has no desire to go outside our garden and won't go out there without me.

cheets64 · 26 Jun 2010 at 00:59

Oh my days, gives a whole new meaning to the word "pussy"

Chives · 26 Jun 2010 at 09:07

cheets64 said:
Oh my days, gives a whole new meaning to the word "pussy"

Rich_L · 26 Jun 2010 at 09:24

It's pretty entertaining to see geeks getting het up about animal welfare, it at least shows that the levels of blinkered fanboyism exhibited in the hardware forums are universal on other subjects too

steinooo · 26 Jun 2010 at 09:26

I knew this thread would fill up with anti-indoor cat people who think they know everything. Like someone else said, its not all cut and dried and there is such a thing as an indoor cat which have been bred that way. I have a Maine ****

steinooo · 26 Jun 2010 at 09:26

Rich_L said:
It's pretty entertaining to see geeks getting het up about animal welfare, it at least shows that the levels of blinkered fanboyism exhibited in the hardware forums are universal on other subjects too

well put my man. Entertaining but frustrating