"kilikini" wrote in message
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I don't want my cats outside because cars don't stop for them, we have
raccoons (rabid), possums (rabid), rats (rabid) not to mention the fleas,
ear mites, feline leukemia, feline aids.........why WOULD you let your cat
out? Seriously? Do you like paying for vet visits? My female cat, Chloe
is very happy to be where she is; she's SUCH the sweetheart, my male cat
is
a devil in cat's clothing. I'd love to let him out just to get the
dickens
out of him, but at what cost? You can't have an indoor/outdoor cat
without
infesting your house with fleas, mites and ticks or whatever. I just
don't
see the point.

kili


I think you might be overstating this just a wee bit. I live in the US (and
have lived in England as well) and I let my cat out. Of course, we live on a
very large tract of land in the suburbs and he has never strayed off the
lawn, which gives him a couple of acres to roam around. He doesn't have
flea, ticks, or earmites. In fact, he is completely and totally healthy and
happy. My cat is innoculated and always has been. Yes, there are animals
that carry rabies in our town, but he has a yearly rabies shot (recommended
by our vet who thinks it's safer for outdoor cats than the 3 year shot) and
he's such a scardy cat that he would run under the house if he ever came
across anything wild anyhow. He doesn't go out at night ever, he's only out
a couple of hours a day in the warmer months and then asks to come in.

I've kept him indoors when we lived in a less safe place and he rewarded me
by peeing all over the house. You want to know why I let him out? Because I
am sick to death of roaming the house with a blacklight trying to find out
where the damn cat peed. When he goes out, the peeing stops. Period.

Marjorie