[Slings and Arrows]

Reason #462 why inside furbabies live longer.

[GOP Poet]

Exactly. My new cats are inside 24/7. We have to play with them more often and make sure they have lots of cat furniture :-) especially around the windows, but it is so worth it after losing my first baby furball to a car. Never again will I let my cats out.

[Monkey Face]

Whyohwhy do people allow their cats (and dogs) outside at night, in mountainous areas, known for puma populations? Idiocy lives.

No matter where I have lived, my dogs were always walked (never chained during the day) and my cats were never allowed outside, period.

[TheOldLady]

We let our first kitty outside for one night the day we took her in from straying. After tossing and turning worrying about her, we brought her inside and never let any of our cats out again. All 12 of the cats we've had in our nearly 30 years of marriage have done just fine inside.

[Fawn]

So would people! LOL

[azishot]

What a sad story. We live in an area that has lots of coyotes and some bobcats. Really bothers me when I see the neighbor’s cat roaming around all hours of the day and night.

[PERKY2004]

We enclosed both of our covered patios so our "inside-only" cats could enjoy the great outdoors (well, the patio) in a safe and protected way. They have access to their "catios" through cat-doors in our sliding glass doors ... we've got cat condos and shelves out there for them. We had the catio enclosures built and installed by a local guy who builds custom-built aviaries.