Thread: Cats are the best!, we have 10 of them. 3 dogs also.

Originally Posted by decraew

I absolutely adore cats (not a dog person), but I think they should be kept indoors as I also like birds. This is not an issue in rural area's but my region is basically built full, and species of birds are disappearing because of people not keeping their cats indoors. Not that cats are the sole reason but they are a main factor, sadly. There's just too many of them outside.

Also, it's safer for them to be inside, as many get run over by cars.

Good luck if your cat decides they're going out.

We recently job lost a cat due to old age - Inky, big black cat with malformed vocal cords who couldn't meow, he made a sound like a gasping, asthmatic Cobra. We have another two cats, one stays inside exclusively, and the other will venture out onto the deck, but as soon as the sky gets to big, he comes running, terrified back into the house.

Inky, well, we tried to keep him in when we got him, when I was shaving in my bathroom, he'd dash into my bathroom, leap onto the sink where I was shaving, straight razor in hand, and dash for my window. He was thwarted for about three weeks due to the screen.

The screen lost the battle.

Anytime the door would open he would dash. Eventually, we learned, if the cat is going outside, there is little to nothing humans can do about it.

If you want to protect the birds and other wildlife, solution is easy - simply put a little bell on their collars - takes away their Ninja stealth, ambush abilities.....