My cats have never been out

On 19 Jun, 16:26, "Spot" wrote:
Do NOT let them out. Why would you risk their lives now?

Celeste

"*carmen*" wrote in message

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Hi there
I have two cats, 4 and 5 years old who have always lived inside in a
flat. Now we have moved to a house with garden and a forest behind and
we were so looking forwards to leave the cats to enjoy.. but I am
scared they panic or get lost or a bigger aninmal attacks them (or
them attacking a bigger animal) ... Any suggestions?
thanks
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ignore this person, they are obviously deranged

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:59:04 -0700, Fred G. Mackey wrote:

I'd be interested in what your definition of "destroyed" is.

Ripped my curtains to shreds, knocked everything of the top of the
cupboards (you know, the space between the ceiling and the top of the
kitchen cupboard?), knocked anything on a flat surface off breaking many
items (even the top of the refrigerator). When I came home from work one
day and found him dangling from the top of the curtain rod in the living
room (the windows are nearly ceiling height, (I live in an old home and the
ceilings are 9 feet off the floor), I said "enough" and he went outside.
He's been a great cat ever since. He needed space to run and he needed to
hunt.

I'm not paranoid enough to keep a cat that needs to go outside in, and
today Rusty is more than 16 years old. Oh, and we've never seen a case of
the plague either.

Patty

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On 19 Jun, 16:26, "Spot" wrote:
Do NOT let them out. Why would you risk their lives now?

Celeste

"*carmen*" wrote in message

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Hi there
I have two cats, 4 and 5 years old who have always lived inside in a
flat. Now we have moved to a house with garden and a forest behind and
we were so looking forwards to leave the cats to enjoy.. but I am
scared they panic or get lost or a bigger aninmal attacks them (or
them attacking a bigger animal) ... Any suggestions?
thanks
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He has a point UK or not

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:05:01 -0700, PawsForThought wrote:

I find that usually people who say their cat destroyed their house are
people who haven't trained their cats properly, or who haven't
provided appropriate scratching surfaces for the cat.

They've always had "appropriate scratching surfaces" and have never clawed
up furniture. We had our last sofa for 20 years (longer than the cats) and
it was never scratched or clawed. I guess I could have kept Rusty from
climbing by chaining him to the floor.

Patty

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On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:59:04 -0700, Fred G. Mackey wrote:

I'd be interested in what your definition of "destroyed" is.

Ripped my curtains to shreds, knocked everything of the top of the
cupboards (you know, the space between the ceiling and the top of the
kitchen cupboard?), knocked anything on a flat surface off breaking many
items (even the top of the refrigerator). When I came home from work one
day and found him dangling from the top of the curtain rod in the living
room (the windows are nearly ceiling height, (I live in an old home and
the
ceilings are 9 feet off the floor), I said "enough" and he went outside.
He's been a great cat ever since. He needed space to run and he needed to
hunt.

I'm not paranoid enough to keep a cat that needs to go outside in, and
today Rusty is more than 16 years old. Oh, and we've never seen a case of
the plague either.


So you are willing to take a chance with your animal's life. Some of us are
not.
You must be so proud.

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Do NOT let them out. Why would you risk their lives now?


The same reason anyone would. Sheer stupidity.

*carmen* wrote in news:1182252902.974664.262180
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Hi there
I have two cats, 4 and 5 years old who have always lived inside in a
flat. Now we have moved to a house with garden and a forest behind and
we were so looking forwards to leave the cats to enjoy.. but I am
scared they panic or get lost or a bigger aninmal attacks them (or
them attacking a bigger animal) ... Any suggestions?
thanks
Carmen



You will get endless arguments about whether to keep them in or out.
Whatever you decide, you must at least teach them their property (with a
leash and harness), so that they will know where they live in case they get
out accidentally due to burglary, fire, visitors, etc. We get so many
flyers here looking for lost indoor cats it is heartbreaking.

Bobble

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On Jun 19, 12:59 pm, "Fred G. Mackey" wrote:
Patty wrote:

My cats have always been outdoors. I've never been paranoid
to force them to stay inside. I will admit, I did try it with Rusty when
he was little, but gave up when he was nearly a year old. He virtually
destroyed my house because he was so hyper.


I'd be interested in what your definition of "destroyed" is.

I find that usually people who say their cat destroyed their house are
people who haven't trained their cats properly, or who haven't
provided appropriate scratching surfaces for the cat.


It's true. And like "Patty," they all argue about the All Powerful
Nature of their Ferocious Cat.

Horse ****. Even lame humans like Patty have the edge that a
large forebrain and opposable thumbs give all humans.



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"*carmen*" wrote in message
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Hi there
I have two cats, 4 and 5 years old who have always lived inside in a
flat. Now we have moved to a house with garden and a forest behind and
we were so looking forwards to leave the cats to enjoy.. but I am
scared they panic or get lost or a bigger aninmal attacks them (or
them attacking a bigger animal) ... Any suggestions?
thanks

Carmen! It sounds so nice. You need to do two things for your kitties
to enjoy the outdoors: enclose them so that they cannot escape and nothing
can get in to them, and supervise them. I think I would go with a tall
"invisible"
kind of fence around the periphery of the garden, and I still would only let
them go out when I am out there working or relaxing. (Because they can
climb, as can other animals.)



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"*carmen*" wrote in message
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Hi there
I have two cats, 4 and 5 years old who have always lived inside in a
flat. Now we have moved to a house with garden and a forest behind and
we were so looking forwards to leave the cats to enjoy.. but I am
scared they panic or get lost or a bigger aninmal attacks them (or
them attacking a bigger animal) ... Any suggestions?
thanks

Carmen! It sounds so nice. You need to do two things for your kitties
to enjoy the outdoors: enclose them so that they cannot escape and nothing
can get in to them, and supervise them. I think I would go with a tall
"invisible"
kind of fence around the periphery of the garden, and I still would only
let
them go out when I am out there working or relaxing. (Because they can
climb, as can other animals.)


Cyber has a good idea about the fence but to prevent them from getting over
the fence they make a top that can prevent animals from coming in and out