IZZIE 
I DID NOT WANT ANOTHER CAT BECAUSE FOR 30 YEARS I WOULD NOT GO AWAY FOR VACATIONS. I AM NOT SORRY THAT WHEN MY CAT HAD TO BE PUT TO SLEEP THREE MONTHS ...

my cats made the choice for me! 
neighbors moved and left their 2 outdoor only cats with us. i tried to move them indoors,its safer.but my 2 indoor cats never learned to get along.i always ...

Does indoor mean unhappy? 
I have an indoor cat, and I really love him. All I want is for him to be happy. The problem is, he's declawed --and, aside from that, we live near plenty ...

Smokey 
I remember as a child going to the SPCA to adopt a kitten which I was able to pick out for my 11th or 12th Birthday. Brought him home (neutered) and took ...

Cats and roads do not mix nor do prisons :o) 
We got our cat who was half Persian and half something else from a cat home. He scratched you if you over-petted him and was left in the home for 9 months ...

Thank you!  
Thank you so much for this article. I have been struggling with the idea of putting my indoor cat outside. I talked to my vet and she made me feel horrible ...

My Cat Tyler is an Indoor Cat 
I recently (about 4 months ago) adopted an adult male cat we estimate to be about 9 years old. His name is Tyler. His original owner was a woman who worked ...

Don't Fence Me In! 
Last weekend we went to the home of my nephew and his wife for a family get together and a barbecue in their garden. My brother and his wife were there ...

Indoor or Outdoor, That's the Question.... 
Amica
Amica came to live with us just about a year ago. An American Shorthair mix in beautiful grey and black. She was not a true "feral" cat, but ...

Zeke the Hunter! 
We got Zeke 14 years ago as a wedding present. Zeke was a beautiful cat. He was a Siamese.

We lived in So Cal in Dana point in a canyon. At every opportunity ...

Tragedy of an outdoor cat 
I had two cats who were unfortunately declawed that lived outdoors. They were very happy basking in the sun chased mice and whatnot.

Then my mom's father ...

Jungle Cat - Muffy, the Panther 
I'm a grown man with a black male cat named Muffy. He is not burdened by the implications that mere humans put on his name, for he is, in his own mind,...

Outdoor Kitty 
Cats should be outside! My first 2 cats I owned, I declawed them and kept them inside. I felt guilty for their quality of life.

My current cat is an ...

Fenced in Kitties 
Over my lifetime I have had many cats. When I was a child, our cats ran free. Several were run over by cars.

When my husband and I lived in Colorado,...

Indoor Cat and Happy. 
I am a fanatical believer in keeping cats indoors. Yes, there is another point of view and I'm sure that those that let their cat out love their cats as ...

Mr. Bended Whisker 
About a month ago I was playing some videogames when I heard a meowing just outside my door, so I opened the door and there was this little fella of about ...

Our Indoor/Outdoor Tonkinese Kittens 
We have two beautiful Tonkinese kittens who are indoor cats with supervised outdoor play time. Before we bought them we did a lot of research about the ...

Tragedy hit us on Tuesday...might review our indoor/outdoor routine 
Hi,

We got two lovely kittens (2 brothers) 7 months ago, both turned 9 months on 28th November. We had both of them neutered, vaccinated etc as soon ...

Sometimes, YOU don't get to choose! 
Maybe it's because they were born outdoors and lived outside for their first 6 weeks, but I have never been able to convince my cats that they want to ...

Jack and cowboy - inside or outside cats? which one? This is my opinion 
Well my husband and I just bought two black cats from a shelter about a two months back. We were told by the shelter "You need to keep them as indoor cats....

Indoors only = stressed, mentally unstable cat!!!!! 
About 10 months ago, we got a kitten at the local animal shelter to 'replace' our 15 year old cat who had just recently passed away (and, who, by the way,...

Fess the cat was always outside. 
Fess would follow us to the end of the street, he would never try to cross with us or turn the corner with us if that was the way we were going. The us ...

He's Gonna be an Outdoor Kitty 
I didn't decide to get a cat. He just showed up, as a tiny kitten, mewing and meowing at the door. The vet said (at that time)that he wasn't a tiny kitten ...

My cats 
I much prefer outdoor cats, as I have two. my friends who have indoor cats are amazed at how gentle and relaxed my two cats are, because they are both ...

have kitten, who escapes ..she does not want to stay indoors.. 
My kitten is 5 months old. She is crazy about the outdoors. Since I brought her home at two months..she has escaped numerous times. how do i let her ...

Outdoor Cat at Heart 
My first cat, Bootsie, was a stray when she came to us. She had good sense when it came to the road and traffic and loved being outdoors. One night when ...

my cats are outdoors by day and indoors by night 
I have had three cats of my own to date but my family have had cats all along, all of which were outdoor cats, and none came to any trouble apart from ...

Dangerous encounter, but still believe in the outdoors . . . 
I live in North Florida on a lake. I've always had indoor/outdoor cats, bringing them in at night to be on a screened porch, believing that their quality ...

my out door cat 
my cat is outdoor. hes only allowed in the back yard, and has lots of food and water there. he has a cat house (like a dog house) for when it's raining,...

Tragedy in kindness 
I always thought I should give my cat freedom. I imagined what it would be like to not have an expansive horizon as an adventurous feline. Of course,...

Both Sides for Bells 
In the twelve years that I've had my cat, Bells, he's experienced both lifestyles. To summarize, I feel he's healthier and happier with his outdoor time....

Max Loved The Outdoors. 
My emotions over this debate have recently resurfaced as I am searching for a new kitten to add to our family after losing 3 of my three twelve year old ...

The indoor/outdoor cat debate. 
I just wanted to thank you for your page devoted to the indoor/outdoor cat debate. It was refreshing to find a "voice" that echoed my viewpoint.

I'...

Outdoor Indiana Kitty 
My cat, Kee, is an outside cat. I think it is a wonderful idea because I don't have to purchase a litter box and he just adores going outside. If my cat ...

I wanted her to be an indoor cat! 
Nikki, my 3-year-old female cat, was perfectly content with living indoors as a kitten and was very loving and sweet. I wanted her to remain an "indoor ...

You won't believe this one.. 
All right let's start off with:
My passion for animals is unimaginable
I love them all; scaly, bald, furry, you name it.

So an adolescent cat shows ...

Reluctant Indoor Cat Owner. 
These are interesting questions.

I am on the whole a believer that cats are healthier if allowed access to The Great Outdoors, being allowed to bask ...

Outdoor/Indoor Cat--Still Undecided 
I live in the woods in Northern California with my relatively new husband of five years. He had two dogs when we first got together. He was a total dog ...

Bird in the Bed. 
It is just after 6 am. I am normally a very heavy sleeper and would usually still be snoring away for several hours on a Saturday morning. However, my ...

Where is Charcoal 
My Charcoal is 2 and a half. He is a beautiful uneutered male. He has always been so reliable, coming in at night when called, and going out in the morning ...

Outdoors for the better. 
I got my cat when I was 2 years old. He is 16 years old now. He has always liked being outdoors.

We used to live in a very rural area where he learned ...

My cats are staying inside. 
I would not dream of letting my three cats roam outside. For one thing cats have disappeared from this neighborhood, they have been taken. I could not ...

My cat would kill me if I made her stay inside! 
My 10 year old cream tabby (part LaPerm) loves being outdoors - she is my little huntress. But I am more comfortable when she's outside during the day ...

Our sun loving outdoor cat. 
Our cat "Barnes" was not allowed out of the house until he was around two years old. In fact we did not intend to let the little terror out he managed ...

The Great Outdoors 
Our Milo is an 8 yr old rescue cat and we knew he was an outdoor cat before we got him. There's just no way we could confine him indoors without him going ...

Inside Now Out 
I have several cats and lately one i have had for a few years is just behaving badly...not playing well with others and she is urinating on rugs. This ...

Cats are meant to be outdoors 
I grew up in England where nearly all cats are outdoor cats, meaning they come and go as they please.

Cats love to go outdoors and explore the jungle ...

Trix our cat goes outside. 
Trix goes outside pretty much when she wants to. We have never tried keeping her in the house and I doubt that we could.

She is not adventurous so mostly ...

Outdoor Cat Bella 
My cat found my family and I. She was a stray and one Sunday morning, my mom told me to come down stairs and there was a cat on our outdoor couch.

She ...