Outdoor cats suffer fewer stress related problems.
It's pretty common that
outdoor cats suffer from ear mites, but it's also easy for an indoor cat to be infected, too.
Outdoor cats suffer a much higher incidence of injury, parasites, and disease than cats kept indoors.
PARASITES:
Outdoor cats suffer from fleas, ticks, ear mites, and worms to which indoor cats are not generally exposed.
Not exact matches
What's more, feral
cats who are used to living
outdoors suffer from stress and disease in these facilities.
It's true,
outdoor cats rarely
suffer from boredom.
Every year, thousands of unwanted
cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters or worse,
suffer tragic deaths
outdoors after being forced to fend for themselves.
In turn, it's an almost inevitable consequence that more indoor
cats tend to
suffer from FLUTD than those with the freedom to roam
outdoors.
Ring worm is common in ALL
cats, indoor and
outdoor, although they rarely
suffer from it.
Outdoor cats are generally less likely to be overweight, claw at your furniture, urinate in the home, or
suffer from stress related problems.
Free feeding without TNR contributes to the deaths and
suffering of
outdoor kittens and
cats.
While Williams» views on feral
cats may not sit well with their advocates, there's evidence that bird and mammal populations are
suffering more than originally thought because of these
outdoor feline colonies.
You should let your veterinarian know if your
cat has been involved in an accident or
suffered some other form of trauma or has access to
outdoors where they could have
suffered an injury without your knowledge.