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i am about to be 10mos old and have been inside the house since i was brought home @ 4wks....
...but lately i've been CRYING all the time to go outside. i even try to sneak out when my mommy opens the door..i think it would b ok to be outside but my mommy thinks im too little..can anyone help us decide if im big enough?? :(
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Outside kitties face so much more danger and have a much shorter life expectancy than indoor kittes. There is no reason you ever need to go outside if you were raised indoors. You just think you want to be outside but you will get over it. I cry at the door too but Mommy only lets me go on the deck with her and that's usually enough to make me happy. Or else maybe you could be trained to just visit the outside with a harness and a leash. If your Mom truly does want to allow you to be an indoor/outdoor kitty, 10 months is old enough to start trying it out as long as you are already spayed.
Cats don't NEED to be outside, but some just want to be out. I reluctantly let Lily outside each day, but not without remembering that my cat Ernie was hit and killed by a car last year. Outdoor cats face so many dangers: other cats, wildlife (coyotes are in just about every state now and becoming very bold about taking household pets left out. They are predatory enough to even take down a full grown deer). An outdoor cat has to have the attitude and smarts to survive outside. If your kitty has been an inside cat all her life, you really shouldn't let her out. If she's crying, she may be bored or if not fixed, in heat. Try getting her somethings to do inside like one of those cat platform scratching posts, or play with her yourself. Nothing is worse than when you let them out and they don't come back...
Hi I have had Molly for 10 weeks (tomorrow) she is 7 and as she is a rescue cat from a home that no longer wanted her I don't know whether she was an outdoor or indoor cat! So I have the same consideration whether to let her out or not, I think you have to use your common sense and think whether the animal would be safe outside, is their busy roads nearby and is there dogs in the neighbourhood I answer yes to both of these and that is why Molly remains in for the moment she seems not to be bothered she spends most of her time on the bed and on the windowsill looking out and seems to be contented, she is not the brightest animal and that is another reason I take that into consideration, I hope you make the right decision for Gessi and yourself and I am sure it will be the right one x
Hi little one! I am an inside kitty ! My Mom knows that it's VERY unsafe for me to be outside at ANY time....I could be hit by a vehicle, I could get lost & not find my way home, some bad people could find me and hurt me REAL bad and just leave me on the ground to die.....so I listen to my Mom real good ! I do take walks tho'.....I have a harness & leash & Mom & I go for walks & I can go where I want and see the world around me and know that I'm safe and no one is going to take me or hurt me 'cause I'm with my Mom! And, the Vet put a microchip in me when I was spayed so if anything happened I can go to the Vet and he can tell by the chip who I am & where I live & who my Mom is!!! Take it from me...it's sooooo much better to be an INSIDE kitty than run the risk of being outside alone with those BIG cars & trucks to squish me or worse, for a human to swing me by my tail & smash me against the wall. My Mom told me about these stories so I could make up mind! INSIDE cat!
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