Coriander is an indoor/outdoor cat. She spends most summer days outside, and nights inside almost always. She usually sleeps all day in winter.
My family and I are moving into a new, much larger, two story house on the same property, and moving the other (it is a modular) out of the property. I would really like for Coriander to be indoors, with the exception of harness/leash outside. My brother is not so thrilled with the idea. He thinks it's cruel for the cat to be indoor when she was previously indoor/outdoor and threatens to let her out. My family says she'll have to stay in my room. but i don't see what is wrong with the idea. The cat will eventually want to stay inside, right? She is also a 4-H cat and goes to shows time to time. She has come home with a broken tooth, numerous injuries including at least two to the ears and areas of body she doesn't like you to touch, as well having gone missing for over 36 hours. . . twice.
The house is not boring. We have parakeets and fish. It might be possible eventually to have an inclosure, but we're short on money. I have found bear poop, and there have been cougar sightings not far at all from our house.. and the neighbors are pretty mad that the cats are killing their birds...
So, do you guys find it cruel to keep a cat that was previously indoor outdoor, permanently indoor?
My family and I are moving into a new, much larger, two story house on the same property, and moving the other (it is a modular) out of the property. I would really like for Coriander to be indoors, with the exception of harness/leash outside. My brother is not so thrilled with the idea. He thinks it's cruel for the cat to be indoor when she was previously indoor/outdoor and threatens to let her out. My family says she'll have to stay in my room. but i don't see what is wrong with the idea. The cat will eventually want to stay inside, right? She is also a 4-H cat and goes to shows time to time. She has come home with a broken tooth, numerous injuries including at least two to the ears and areas of body she doesn't like you to touch, as well having gone missing for over 36 hours. . . twice.
The house is not boring. We have parakeets and fish. It might be possible eventually to have an inclosure, but we're short on money. I have found bear poop, and there have been cougar sightings not far at all from our house.. and the neighbors are pretty mad that the cats are killing their birds...
So, do you guys find it cruel to keep a cat that was previously indoor outdoor, permanently indoor?