Indoor vs Outdoor Cat Debate: split from derailed thread

[Cyrus]

Hey, that cat is crazy(at least according to wallgreens). It's going around attacking people, for no reason whatsoever. That cat is even on medication. Why is it out running around? Lewis' owner is a idiot. HAH his name is LEWIS! Did you see the pics of him??

But, one crazy cat is not enough reason to stop all cats from going outside.

My apologies for the insult, the devil made me do it.

You mean moonbear told you to!?? Moonbear!

She theorized that Lewis may be acting in self-defense. "One day he came home covered in eggs because someone had egged him and another time a woman sprayed him with a hose. They have been tormenting this poor animal."

That's probably why the cat's crazy. It's neighbors are Moonbear!

 

[Kazza_765]

I grew up with cats and we never let them outside. We got our current cat as a kitten, and it has always lived indoors. When she gets restless, she let's us know, and we play with her. If no one is home, she fights with our dogs. She does not seem at all discontent with being "caged" inside.

Our fist ever cat we did let outside, but he was attacked quite severely by other cats to the stage that he was terrified of anything that moved. Eventually he wouldn't come near us, we had to leave his food outside for him, and one day he just never came back.

We often have dead birds left in our backyard having been killed by neighbourhood cats. Having three dogs, any faeces they leave goes unnoticed or gets eaten so that's not really a problem for me, but not everyone has dogs.

A friend of mine used to own a pet duck (an unusual pet for suburbia ill admit), that lived in their backyard. After a year or so it was killed by a neighbourhood cat. Why should cats have the right to leave their property to attack and murder other pets that are doing the right thing by staying in their own backyard?

 

[DaveC426913]

My cat going out at night; however, is not out of control (In the sense of causing trouble). She did not go out and cause problems for the neighbors.

How do you know?

Sure you speak neighbourese, but do you speak squirrelese, birdese or petuniaese?

Perhaps that red-breasted robin singing at your kitchen window is really saying "Your monster killed all my babies."

 

[tiger 1015]

just read a bit so i don't know if you said this already

Cats are happier outdoors because they can roam free! I let my cat roam free because i am in the country. But if you are in the city , there are all those fumes and polution and all that junk and thoses strays (with flees and so on) and the chance of your cat going in the road and ... And if you don't neuter your cat u can have kittens like my cat (witch i love!).But you might not be able to handle that many cats. Your cat is safer indoors but is Happier outdoors! so your better off in your back yard building a mini barn and a 6 foot fence lol.