Any contact
with an outdoor cat carrying a disease, or even a rabid animal, means your kitty is at risk.
Not exact matches
Last but certainly not least we
carry a large selection of
outdoor cat houses that are made out of natural cedar wood
with insulation inside the wall panels and the roof.
In urban areas or areas
with a high rate of infection, it seems pointless to confine an FIV positive
cat indoors when a large percentage of
cats outdoors already
carry the virus.
Outdoor cats are fine as long as they aren't delivering 4 litters of kittens a year and
carrying on
with those not so attractive mating behaviors like spraying, yowling and fighting.
If you allow your
cat to go outside, he might come into contact
with wild animals who
carry parasites and disease, as well as other
outdoor cats who may fight
with him, greatly increasing his risk of getting feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV).
As well as
carrying in contaminants from
outdoors or from the litter tray (normal bacteria from the faeces may be beneficial in the gut, but are not beneficial if ingested), some
cats carrying the Helicobacter pylori bacteria associated
with stomach ulcers.