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22-10-2007, 01:22 PM   #11

Re: Is it fair


I am exactly ther same with mine Yola, they only get out when I am at home, and then only for an hour or so....
Apart of course from Chancer, who does what he likes, when he likes!!!



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22-10-2007, 02:30 PM   #12

Re: Is it fair


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Apart of course from Chancer, who does what he likes, when he likes!!!
My old stray velcro cat Ferdy was a bit like that. When he wanted to be off nothing could stop him. However he did prefer a warm cushion to roaming outside 99% of the time



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22-10-2007, 02:54 PM   #13

Re: Is it fair


The furthest mine get to outside is looking through the window



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22-10-2007, 03:04 PM   #14

Re: Is it fair


Tiger goes out in the backgarden the longest he stays outside for is about 3 hours when its very warm.We gave them a choice when we moved home and they decided to stay in allthough lucy got out and she didnt come in for 6 weeks as she was missing many people saw her and she came home on her own and hasnt been out since



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23-10-2007, 03:46 PM   #15

Re: Is it fair


All 11 of mine are indoor cats and always have been. They are perfectly healthy and happy and never attempt to go outside. The fact that they are Persians was the deciding factor for three reasons:-
1) Pedigree cats, in particular, tend not to be as streetwise as moggies and therefore risk getting run over, chased by dogs etc.
2) There is a big market in stolen pedigree cats. People can falsify pedigrees to go with them so don't think the cat isn't worth the same without it's papers. Papers can and are got to go with stolen cats.
3) The long coat of the Persian is not the best type of coat to go under hedges, oily cars etc.
They are less at risk from infections, fleas, worms and of course cat fights. Which even neutered/spayed cats can get up to.
All my kittens are sold with a contract that says they must be kept as an indoor cat unless in a cat run/pen or cat proof garden.
If I was to own a moggy as I have done in the past I would keep that indoors as well. I just feel it is safer and they are not at risk of the horrid things in the world.



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