"She's an indoor kitty..."

much like... humans.

When I'm really angry, I pee in the laundry basket.

I would like to apologize to Ally and M.White for losing it, being rude and sarcastic and, as I say, generally being an arse. I'm sorry!

"i am not scared of bugs or foxes or vets with clippers"

There are plenty of indoor kitty's in the uk, my friends had one when they lived in the stockbridge area of Edinburgh, now though they're living in the middle of the countryside and he's turned into a right little mouser, much to their annoyance. There certainly isn't much declawing in the UK, so I think Dr C is on the mark - indoor cats in built up areas only.

I'd like a cat, but we live in a first floor flat, and letting them in and out would be a pain in the butt. Plus my mum would never forgive me as she's got really bad asthma.

We live in a main road, which has never been a problem, but a few years ago one of our cats was run over (though the driver was actually nice enough to stop and give us a ride down to the vet). After this, we made sure only to let the cats out the back door, even if they were pawing at the front door, and it's not happened again (thank god). Of course he finds his way out the front pretty quickly, but I think it's made the whole area in front of the house seem a little more alien and unwelcoming so he'll be cautious when he gets out there. I've often seen him out and about when I've been over the park or walking down to town and he's the same old cat, he'll still recognize his owner and come up to me for a fuss.

He's pretty tough too - a couple of months ago I heard a racket out the back and saw him pwning a fox! He was batting it in the face with his claws and making the most godawful shrieking noise. Eventually the fox limped off silently, so Dr. C OTM re: foxes (and re: a lot of things).

with our cats it just seemed unnatural to keep them in. if they die or whatever, oh well! i mean, i care, but having a lethargic, overweight depressed cat vs. a happy, rascal cat is worth the risks.

if the cat's not into tho, that's cool.

now spaying and neutering.... that's a different deal and i probably sound hypocritical, but uh unless you live on a farm or want to deal with giving your kittens away, it just seems unwise. being a cat lady/dude is the fast track to health code violations and getting on the news for being a FREAK!
m.

But tagged kids are SO much easier to find say if you leave them somewhere, like the supermarket.

http://www.facebook.com/ilovecatz?v=feed&story_fbid=111773784896

I think they should punish those who declaw their cats by chopping off their fingertips up to the first knuckle. After all, that's pretty much what they're doing to their cats when they have them declawed.

it´s a crime and they should be punisched... it´s cruell!!!would you live without fingernaigels???

nothing wrong with keeping a kitty indoors, but declawing is pretty cruel imo.

fingernaigels

my cat has nails.
he also has a bunch of mosquito bites on his ears from going outside. they are all gnarly little bumps the poor man :(

ppl who declaw their cats drive me nuts. it's not THAT hard to teach a cat to quit clawing the furniture, and if you can't bear being scratched a little once in a while you probably shouldn't own a pet in the first place.

I would never declaw but my cat srsly does need a claw trim - even when retracted her claws poke out a bit. She has a habit of gently patting my face with her paw to say "me me gimme pats" but she cant help but scratch me even when she's extra-careful, which she tries to be! Its so cuet <3

we take our cat out for walks in the apartment courtyard a few times a week, letting her climb trees and chase lizards, etc., and that seems to keep her happy. i can't imagine just putting her outside without supervision -- every cat owner i know who's done that ends up losing their cat sooner or later, to cars or coyotes (i live in the southwest).

Yeah same, my cat would bolt (and has tried to) when Ive let her out back. THough I'm sure she'd not go far, I'm too concerned to try. Also, our new house is raised up and looks like a determined cat could squeeze under there... and then get stuck, knowing my idiot cat. And she'd get into biffo with a possum.

i can totally understand keeping your cat indoors if you live in an urban area. my family has 3 cats, all of which are allowed outside as they please (this is the suburbs) and they come back just fine - your cat will come back if it likes you. my one cat is pretty badass and likes hunting a lot so we won't see her for days at a time sometimes but we know she's fine

keeping it inside if you live in a safe, suburban community is fuckin cruel tho

my friend tried this.
went well for about 2 weeks until his neighbour asked him to come out and clean his cat up off the street.

keeping it inside if you live in a safe, suburban community is fuckin cruel tho

oh fuck you!

we've had our cat in the house for 12 years now and she's fine.

and yeah letting your cat outdoors is great until they come back with some disease or get run over. which happened to our previous cats and it's why my family has kept our other cats indoor.

i mean, just fuck this whole "keeping them indoors is cruel because they can't unleash their inner jungle beast and be happy" romantic bullshit.

i mean, not that i''m saying it's bad to let them outside or anything, just, i just really, really resent the insinuation that i'm being cruel to my kitty, who has overall been a pretty healthy, outgoing, very sweet and happy cat.

it's not like they're orcas or wildebeest. they're cats!

declawing is some bullshit though.

Anyway, I'll bow out before I embarrass myself further.

Remember to spay and neuter your pets!