we have an almost 5 month old male kitten....I couldn’t believe the “stream” he let loose in his cat box last night as I put him in his room for the night....he’s getting, ahem, cut in about 3 weeks...and NO, he does not, and will never, go outside (if we can help it.)
Good for you.
I know you love your kitty, and are/will be a wonderful parent/owner to it, but I believe keeping a cat isolated inside, never to feel the green grass under it's feet, never to know the thrill of the hunt, is immoral.
Yes, I know the lifespan for outdoor cats is several years less than wholly-indoor cats, but it is the quality of those years that I think is important.
I see sadness in the eyes of my neighbor's cat as it sits in her window, watching my cats frolic, and I also acknowledge fulfillment in my cats when they stalk geckos or slink through my corn.
It's a quality of life thing, and a moral one: God created these beasts to hunt, kill, and eat prey. By imprisoning my cats, I feel like I am thwarting the design of God, Kinda like when i got my Mom's Pinto wagon up to 92 PH and the motor blew up: It is just not meant to be.
Also, my cats kill and eat cockroaches, and I HATE cockroaches.