Outdoor cats face dozens of dangers, including cars, other cats ready to fight for love or territory, and exposure to fleas, ticks, worms, as well as sickness or death from eating spoiled food or household poisons.
Outdoor cats face greater threat of accident and / or illness, and average roughly 10 years.
Whether they live in the city, in the suburbs, or in the country,
outdoor cats face a multitude of risks.
Cats that roam free outside live an average of only 2 - 5 years, which reflects the precarious environment that
outdoor cats face.
For instance,
outdoor cats face more hazards than indoor cats, so their nine lives may not last quite as long.
Not exact matches
Cats love to loll in the sun
outdoors or in windows, so the same goes for them — sunscreen on the
face, nose, and ears, especially.
Cats who are free to roam outdoors have less of a home base, and face all kind of dangers on a regular basis: cars, predators, other cats, exposure to disease and poisons found from waste or natural substan
Cats who are free to roam
outdoors have less of a home base, and
face all kind of dangers on a regular basis: cars, predators, other
cats, exposure to disease and poisons found from waste or natural substan
cats, exposure to disease and poisons found from waste or natural substances.
When
outdoors,
cats face the risks of being exposed to infections from other animals, getting into fights, being attacked by predators, or being run over by vehicles.
If you're the owner of an indoor -
outdoor cat, you may be
faced with a situation in which your kitty is suddenly missing.
As
outdoor cats are
faced with much more life - threatening situations.
Fairminded Fran does a nice job explaining what feral
cats are and the plight they
face living
outdoors.
Just think about how most
cats tend to look when they're sitting on the examination table at the veterinarian's office or when one
outdoor cat comes
face - to -
face with another unfamiliar
cat.
The good news is that with a little effort on your part, your
cat can have everything she needs to be safe, happy and fulfilled, without leaving her to
face the dangers of the
outdoors alone.
However,
cats with unpigmented (white) or lightly pigmented skin of the
face and ears (pinna) that spend time
outdoors in a sunny climate are predisposed to developing SCC.
Cats that spend time
outdoors face greater risk of injury and illness, which can cut their lifespan to about four or five years.
FACE defines Community
Cats as unowned stray and feral (unsocialized) cats who live outdoors in our neighborhoods without a particular home or ow
Cats as unowned stray and feral (unsocialized)
cats who live outdoors in our neighborhoods without a particular home or ow
cats who live
outdoors in our neighborhoods without a particular home or owner.
The public awareness campaign educates people about the dangers
faced by
outdoor cats, and why it's important to keep
cats from roaming unsupervised.
The conditions
faced outdoors by both stray and feral
cats can be very difficult at times.
Those who want to populate an
outdoor pond with them will also
face issues, as sliders don't stay put and may be eaten by a coyote, raccoon, opossum, dog or
cat.
Most South African
cats are indoor -
outdoor cats though breeders are making buyers aware of the hazards that their
cats can
face there: rampant burglary / theft, cars, dogs, pigeon fanciers and their weapons and also razor wire.