My cats have never been out

On 25 Jun, 13:48, dgk wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:46:11 -0700, bookie
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On 24 Jun, 08:25, "
wrote:
On Jun 20, 9:47 am, bookie wrote:

i think if i had an apartment I would really think twice about having
a cat, maybe a really REALLY old cat, one that was FIV or something
who could not go out at all, and only then if I had a huge flat for
said puss to run aronud in and I woudl have to invest in lots of cat
gyms and climbign frame for them. i certainly would not get a kitten
or young cat in a flat, not really fair on them, they would go stir
crazy.

This is why a lot of people find your posts to be rather judgemental
on the topic. You are assuming than an indoor cat cannot be happy.
Since many of us do have have indoor cats, we can assure you (not that
you would believe us) that our cats are very happy.

We have 5 cat trees in our house, and our cats have plenty of toys and
things to do.

When I got Jay Jay, he was an outdoor cat. He cried and pawed at every
door and window for a week. It was pitiful. He was very unhappy. But
you know what? After a week, he stopped. I have had 2 1/2 years now,
and he has never attempted to get outside since that first work. He
figured out pretty quickly that life inside is pretty nice. All you
can end food. Endless supply of clean water. Lots of comfy perches.
Lots of toys. Lots of massages. No fighting. No dangerous dogs or
wildlife. He is much happier living the good life.

You make it sound like indoor cats are being abused, and that simply
isn't true. Most of them have no idea what is outside. My Kira would
actually panic if she saw me outside in the yard through the door or
window. She was used to me going out the front door, but did not find
it acceptable that I should be outside. She would cry and pace until I
came back in. The outside was a big bad place, in her opinion. I could
leave the front door open, and she has no interest in it.

At our house (with 2 dogs and 3 cats), only one dog shows any interest
in the door. My dog is a formerly outside dog, and she hates to go
outside.

different strokes for different folks, and we have an animal welfare
bill here now which could be interpreted to mean that keeping a cat
indoors is breaking the law depnding on your interpretation of it

That would mean that folks living in apartments couldn't have cats.- Hide quoted text -

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probably depends how you woudl interpret the new act/bill. I am not
sure I would want to have a cat in a flat anyway, would probably just
have to console myself with a hamster, unless it were a ground floor
in a house conversion, to me it just would not be fair on the cat
although i am not sure one of my cats woudl notice at all as long as
her bed and favourite sofa were in there too