Hi all,
Question I'm hoping you can help with:
My parents have an outdoor cat (non-negotiable) that they are super stingy about letting inside. She kind of came with the house when they bought it. We have food/water outside for her, and sometimes let her in for a head scratch, but then she has to go back out.
Even when it's pouring rain out, they won't let her in. Even when it's super hot in the summer, she is not allowed in because she is so dirty and gets hair everywhere and has marked the walls a couple of times.
However, the cat doesn't seem to mind either... she's weird, she will stand out in the rain or lay out on a chair in the rain getting soaking wet, not seeming to care with this look of "meh". She also lays in pools of water that build up on top of our unused spa getting soaking wet. She will sometimes come to our door soaking wet from rain, come inside for a second or two, and then immediately want back out.
She's currently laying on a patio chair outside, and it's super cold out. I really want to go out and put a blanket on top of her because I feel so bad.
Basically I feel so bad that we have this outdoor cat that is never really let inside, and I feel like a terrible person for not letting her in, and that I should tell my parents they're mean. But I'm wondering if I'm overthinking this. Maybe she's just a happy outdoor cat that doesn't really care about the weather? I don't know, thoughts? Is this animal cruelty?
Question I'm hoping you can help with:
My parents have an outdoor cat (non-negotiable) that they are super stingy about letting inside. She kind of came with the house when they bought it. We have food/water outside for her, and sometimes let her in for a head scratch, but then she has to go back out.
Even when it's pouring rain out, they won't let her in. Even when it's super hot in the summer, she is not allowed in because she is so dirty and gets hair everywhere and has marked the walls a couple of times.
However, the cat doesn't seem to mind either... she's weird, she will stand out in the rain or lay out on a chair in the rain getting soaking wet, not seeming to care with this look of "meh". She also lays in pools of water that build up on top of our unused spa getting soaking wet. She will sometimes come to our door soaking wet from rain, come inside for a second or two, and then immediately want back out.
She's currently laying on a patio chair outside, and it's super cold out. I really want to go out and put a blanket on top of her because I feel so bad.
Basically I feel so bad that we have this outdoor cat that is never really let inside, and I feel like a terrible person for not letting her in, and that I should tell my parents they're mean. But I'm wondering if I'm overthinking this. Maybe she's just a happy outdoor cat that doesn't really care about the weather? I don't know, thoughts? Is this animal cruelty?
