From indoor only to indoor/outdoor? What do you think?

Bengals are Crazy! >

lotsa leopard- love

Purred: Thu Mar 26, '09 3:29pm PST


	Hullllooo crazy BENGALS! Well, we are all going to be moving in a couple of months. From an apartment where we are indoors only to a home with a backyard! Yaaay! Now, we would love some advice from those who are in the know on this subject...also, we'll have a new furry family member, a GIANT calico we call the "Land Manatee"....she's a little territorial but in time she'll learn to love us too. Please, send advice! thanks, Hobbes and Lucy

King of the- Hunters.

Purred: Fri Mar 27, '09 12:19pm PST


	Hi there, Hobbes and Lucy, I was and outdoor cat and now I'm an indoor cat. This is not a good thing. I was soooo happy when I could go out, but now because of my illness, I have to stay in. I get very frustrated and even a little depressed sometimes. Meowmy says it's dangerous outdoors - ticks, fleas, cars, bigger cats (some with contagious diseases), alligators, etc. Have you convinced your meowmy that you will stay in your back yard (even fenced in)? We know better, don't we? We are sooo smart. We always find a way to get out. I think that if you have never known the freedom of going out, you won't miss it, but once you try it, you will never be happy being indoors all the time. And just think of how your meowmy would feel if anything bad happened to you.... I know she loves you very much. There are some cages for sale (not sure where) that are made just for kitties to be able to go out in the grass and feel the breeze blowing their whiskers, but those people make them so that we can't escape. I'm not sure how much they cost. I'm lucky that we have a large cage around the pool, so that even though I can't go in the grass, I can still be sort of outside. I hope this helps - sorry I got so loquacious, but I've been there, and I'm purring that your meowmy will make the right decision for you. Greyson

lotsa leopard- love

Purred: Wed Apr 1, '09 10:53am PST


	Thanks, Greyson! meowmy knows that it's healthier and better for us overall to stay indoors...the problem is that our new sister Lo the Calico is indoor/outdoor in the summer time (a little bit...she stays really close to the porch) so we can't be locked up inside while the door is open...SO, we're going to be introduced to the outside gradually and meomwy is thinking that an enclosure might be the way to go, like what you described... We might be too scared to go outside at ALL! we'll see... keep the advice coming, efurybody! Edited by author Wed Apr 1, '09 10:55am PST

I live to drive- mom nuts!

Purred: Wed Apr 29, '09 10:56am PST


	Well, mom tried a leash with me and I acted like I was tied up. I fell on my side and pretended that is was so horrible. My sister Chloe does well on her leash. But she isn't a bengal so she doesn't know how important we are! So mom got me a stroller. It is fun to sleep in and she brings me out once in a while. I talk to everything I see. I think an enclosure is the best thing. We have a sunroom and I can see lots of stuff. When I got loose from my leash, I was so over excited it was easy for mom to catch me. She also takes me for a walk in her arms down to the mailbox. I see birds and bunnies in the yard and howl at them!

lotsa leopard- love

Purred: Tue Oct 27, '09 3:03pm PST


	Well, everybody - we've been in our new home for almost 6 months now! Wow...we have an enclosed garden and although we've had a few "fence jumping" incidents, we are happy to stay within a few feet of mommy who is ALWAYS nearby. We love the garden and eating the grassies, we got to see a hummingbird the other day - she buzzed us! how fun.. so, so far so good! over and out, Hobbes and Lucy



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