My girl is becoming more of an indoor/outdoor cat, she loves going outside but really likes it when people are out there, then she will explore the backyard and only the backyard. She enjoys rolling on the cement and hehe long walks through the grass... hehe we plan on getting her a flea collar and she's fixed, she doesnt seem to want to go far from the backyard so we are not worried about her straying off she's really good at staying near the house, she really likes going outside, so we put on her collar and let her go outside for awhile... she probably wont be seeing any other cats and we always check on her when she's outside alone so she'll be good right?
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IMO, I have to say that I would not let her outside unless she is supervised on a leash. I personally do not like to see cats go outside because there are too many dangers out there that they can get into. I have had cats all my life and they have never went outside. I did take jessie out on her leash for about 15 min at a time once in awhile but that was it. My punkin was a stray I found outside and was a year old when I got her. She was perfectly content with being inside all the time even though she had lived outside for so long.
Can I suggest you don't use a flea collar but instead keep her regularly treated with Frontline or similar, from your vet? Flea collars have been proven dangerous and even life threatening to cats. Get her a breakaway soft collar with a tag on it in case she ever does get lost.
Flea collars are one of the most useless products on the market for pets. It is only works for treating fleas in the area where the collar is (the neck) and is such a concentrated amount of poison in that area that cats (and dogs) do absorb the poison into their systems through the skin, of which cats are much more succeptible.
I also do not like to see cats outside, between cars, stray or loose dogs, wild animals, and diseases (Felv,FIV,FIP) it is just not like it used to be when I was a kid. An outdoor cat run is an excellent idea, because even though she may not wander now as she gets more comfrtable with outside she will go farther and farther away from the house.
I also do not like to see cats outside, between cars, stray or loose dogs, wild animals, and diseases (Felv,FIV,FIP) it is just not like it used to be when I was a kid. An outdoor cat run is an excellent idea, because even though she may not wander now as she gets more comfrtable with outside she will go farther and farther away from the house.
I would not let her outside unless she is supervised on a leash, I use Frontline on my dog and my cat.
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Cats are much safer if kept inside.
Not to mention cheaper. At my clinic for yearly shots for an indoor cat are $28.00, for an outdoor cat is is $42.00 (includes the Felv vaccine). Not to mention treating cat bite abcesses from fighting which can range anywhere from $100.00 to $200.00 at a time.
Strange, all my cats are indoor/outdoor and they've done the opposite. After neutering, Wawa did wander off the first couple of days, but since then he's never set paws beyond the property. Joji has been with me for more than 10 years (in her younger days, she was THE outdoor lover). Skinny stays more indoors, goes out for short periods and QT is happy climbing trees (she's the lookout)
BTW, I agree about the uselessness of flea collars. Like Jenny said, better Frontline or something like it.
I could not have said this any better myself, after losing one of my cats last year b/c he got hit by a car ,I would not let her out ,she will eventually go farther,and I would not wish that pain on anyone ( He was an indoor cat that pushed open the screen to get at a chipmunk).I also agree with the flea collar issue they are highly toxic!
