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If I had indoor cats I would try and acclimatise them to the outdoors with a harness or being allowed to wander around the garden so that they don't panic if they do escape.
 
crinkleshoes said:
Cats are outdoor animals... even the "domesticated" ones... mine get so upset when they can't go out for a few days... as have others we've had in the past, it's like night and day in their behaviour, you can clearly see the unhappiness of being stuck inside.
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This is the difference, as has been said many times. Your cats are obviously outdoor cats and as such know what they are missing out on and pine for it. House cats that have been house cats since birth don't crave the outdoors like that, some haven't the faintest interest bar staring out of a window. Don't judge others based on your own cats as just like people, they are all different.
 
ubern00b said:
This is the difference, as has been said many times. Your cats are obviously outdoor cats and as such know what they are missing out on and pine for it. House cats that have been house cats since birth don't crave the outdoors like that, some haven't the faintest interest bar staring out of a window. Don't judge others based on your own cats as just like people, they are all different.
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exactly.

our two have the run of a 3 bed house, they have plenty of areas to loon around, hide and climb etc. they're happy as larry.

im not even sure floyd would go out even if he had the option, he's afraid of strangers for starters. not an overly confident cat outside of his normal surroundings/humans.
 
I would be particularly worried about a person who never wanted to leave the house, ever... wouldn't you? I'm not isolated to the behaviour of just my own cats, either.

The key to my response was the person stating one of their prime reasons for keeping their cat(s) inside was due to the remote possibility of someone/thing other hurting their little one. A severe case of media-fed fear frenzy that's rampant in this world at the moment ;)

All that does is conjure up images like this:

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There is always a big debate over keeping cats indoors or outdoors and on another forum there is huge debates over it. I personally keep my 2 Maine Coons as indoor cats but I have got them used to harnesses to go outside. Now the first time I took them outside my mum was with me which was good as they were terrified, didn't like the opening of the front door one bit and one of them ran off upstairs. But then they had never been let loose outside and only ever been inside so that's understandable. Not every cat wants to desperately be outside. My 2 are much better now and are having a good explore of my garden but are still not wanting to go outside of my garden as bikes, running people, dogs etc scare them. So will take it slowly and hopefully they will go outside the garden, if they don't fair enough.

I don't see why people have to bash people for keeping indoor cats as long as they are well cared for and have nothing against people who let their cats outside on their own. Each to their own imo.
 
It's a waste of time and energy trying to convince each other what is right and wrong, I choose to keep my cat as an indoor cat and there's nothing anyone can say that would change that.
 
ubern00b said:
Now that's just too adorable for words :D
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Skunkworks said:
I'd also be worried about a person who sleeps 20 hours a day, licks their own genitals in public , craps in a box, and brings me dead animals.

Cats aren't people.
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Yeah, in my experience... cats like being outside more than people :p

Again, seeing as it would appear some did not actually read my comments in the way in which they were intended... if the cats wish to stay inside by themselves... why would I ever question that?

It is people forcing them to stay inside under the guise that some random offender might abuse/torture their poor feline that I disagree with... a few rare reports of this type of thing get media attention and suddenly everyone is terrified the same thing will happen to them. THAT is my point in alternate words... Human fear-based restriction of an animal that may well want to go outside given half a chance, but no... fear-based over-protective nanny culture wins again :p
 
We have an indoor cat - we adopted her when she was 3 and so she had always been that way.

She is incredibly scared of pretty much anything - we have tried taking her outside in a basket/on a leash and it terrifies her to the point where she does the weird belly crawl thing straight back into the stairs.

We live in an Edinburgh tenement, and so sometimes when the doors open she will venture out into the communal stairwell - but never far, and if there's any noise at all - a door opening, or a loud voice, she will be straight back into our flat and under the bed (or the safety zone, as we call it!)

We are planning to move soon to a house with our own garden, and if she wants to we will let her venture outside, but I suspect she wont want to.

Also even if she did go out, we would be worried that she would get so terrified that she would panic and just run off trying to hide.

Here's a picture! I am not in charge of collar or ribbons. Also the picture is a bit poo.

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crinkleshoes said:
It is people forcing them to stay inside under the guise that some random offender might abuse/torture their poor feline that I disagree with... a few rare reports of this type of thing get media attention and suddenly everyone is terrified the same thing will happen to them. THAT is my point in alternate words... Human fear-based restriction of an animal that may well want to go outside given half a chance, but no... fear-based over-protective nanny culture wins again :p
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Ah, I didn't cotton on that was your point initially. To talk for myself here, my "fears" are not based on rare reports or an article or two in the Daily Mail. They are based on numerous reports from numerous people on various cat rescue centres Facebook pages as well as reports in my local rag so it happens a lot more than you seem to give credence to.

Yes, I admit that there is an element of fear mongering but it's natural I guess.
 
crinkleshoes said:
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Yeah, in my experience... cats like being outside more than people :p

Again, seeing as it would appear some did not actually read my comments in the way in which they were intended... if the cats wish to stay inside by themselves... why would I ever question that?

It is people forcing them to stay inside under the guise that some random offender might abuse/torture their poor feline that I disagree with... a few rare reports of this type of thing get media attention and suddenly everyone is terrified the same thing will happen to them. THAT is my point in alternate words... Human fear-based restriction of an animal that may well want to go outside given half a chance, but no... fear-based over-protective nanny culture wins again :p
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Winston has lived indoors for the whole of his 2 year life. His breed is lazy, and specifically bred to be indoor cats. Whilst he is in a 1-bed flat during the week, he gets multiple hours of direct attention EVERY night, cuddles, strokes, scratches, hide and seek, Da Bird, lasers pointers, aquariums on the big tv, the whole shebang. Most weekends he visits his 'cousins', in a large 4 bedroom house. 4 other dogs that he runs around and plays with, and an elderly cat who doesn't like him much.

He is extremely healthy and very happy, gets spoilt more than most cats.

Would you let a pedigree cat (who isn't even athletic enough to jump up on to the work surfaces in the kitchen) out when you live on a busy main road, in an area with patches of South London chavs, and that has numerous urban foxes?

Every time we have been to the vets we have seen print outs about pedigree cats that have been stolen in the area.

Just last month my manager was upset as her 3 year old Bengal got run over and killed, and she lives out in the country.
 
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