As far as his weight, the vet says that he is overweight, but seems to be
very healthy otherwise, so he was never that concerned about it.

I kept an eye on his today and he was fine in the yard, ran around a bit and
stuck to the dog house. He even laid out in the grass and slept a bit.

At this point I am not to concerned about his getting out of the yard. The
fence is six feet high and there is no way that he can jump anywhere high
enough to get over it and there is nothing for him to jump onto in the yard.

Thanks for the input.

"Laura" wrote in message
news:i9zrg.128116$iF6.119893@pd7tw2no...
well hoping your talking about a cat not a car. lol but if that's the only
option it's better then putting him to sleep. Although he is probably too
fat to do much outside you have to be careful of diseases like upper
resopirotory that he can get even if he has all of his shots Also
because he has never been out he probably doesn't know what to do so keep
an eye on him for awhile to make sure he is aware of cars and busy roads.
maybe tie him on a harness for a week or two just so he will learn that he
has to stay in the yard then after that release him and he should do okay.
He needs a warm heated place for winter though.

~Laura
"123456789" wrote in message news:rQurg.13$hb3.0@trndny04...
I have 3 cats. One of them is a 28 pound cat that I found when he was
just
a few weeks old. That was in August 2000.

Recently, he has started peeing and pooping in places other than the
litter
box. The vet says there is nothing medically wrong with him. My wife
always hated the cat and was always ****ed at me for keeping him and not
letting someone else take him. This latest peeing and pooping adventure
was
the last straw for her and he put her food down! We have a 14 month old
and
she (and I) don't want out son crawling and walking around the house
through
cat **** and crap, so she gave me three options:

1. Bring the cat to the vet and put him down, which I am not going to do.

2. Give the cat away. That's no good, no one wants a fat cat that ****es
and carps in the house.

3. Put him outside. That is the option I took.

I have a big dog house out in the back years, and a fully fenced years
(six
foot) which the cat is to fat to jump over. He had been hanging out in
the
dog house for the most part.

I know many of you will say I am cruel for putting him out, but I wanted
to
know if anyone has ever done the same? How did the cat take to outdoor
life?

Any comments about making an indoor car and outdoor car would be
appreciated.