Not exact matches
A good idea to start is to
think like your
cat —
think about what she normally does
outdoors, and try to imitate the environment and behaviour indoors.
A major consideration for
cat lovers
thinking about letting their
cat venture
outdoors is safety.
If you're feeling skeptical
about this, it's helpful to
think about how long
cats have been living
outdoors.
I
think people have to be realistic
about what choices are available for the
cats and whether their own situation makes it more practical to have indoor
cats or
outdoor cats.
For Felix's life to have become what it is today it took many people both at the ARL and Mass Audubon opening their minds to new ways of
thinking about what makes a good home for a
cat and what can be an appropriate situation for a
cat to live an indoor /
outdoor lifestyle.
Have you
thought about whether you will elect to keep your
cat as an indoor
cat, as a
cat with a home base going outside, or a «
cat about town» who may drop over to the porch for a treat now and then but lives on your farm or rural property as an
outdoor kitty?
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.
There was a great deal to
think about on the long ride home from the
Outdoor Cat conference earlier this week.
The common
thinking about cats is that their numbers are increasing and that there are tens of millions of
outdoor cats, but it is very possible that the number of
outdoor cats is falling.
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If you
think your
outdoor cat isn't killing multiple birds and rodents (besides the ones you know
about), you're deluding yourself.