My cat MiMi was a stray and she had been living as a homeless cat in a colony behind my apt bldg about 4 yrs ago. She was always outside and even when she did come in to eat and sleep (she adopted me) she would venture out everyday even for a while.
When I moved a few years ago she still went outside but then one day she changed her mind. She has no interest in going outside at all. She seems content and happy and not neurotic at all. I encourage her on diff occasions to come outside accompanying her but she wants nothing to do with “OUTSIDE”
Agreed, which is why I prefaced my statement “for cats who have a hankerin’ to roam.”
MiMi sounds like a fine feline who knows how to communicate with her person.
My cat, Jean-Marie (male cat, French name), requested water in a particular locatioon that was inconvenient for my wife. He fell ill one day, and could not go down the stairs to his bowl. He got his wish, and acted so grateful that she gave in and put the water where he initially requested from that point on.