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Old 03-10-2008, 04:34 PM
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Re: Help needed with letting my kitten outside

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Originally Posted by Kaztee View Post
I have had this dilemma and having lost 4 cats to the busy road near me decided if I had another cat be it moggy or pedigree I wasn't taking the risk of letting them free roam, my conflict was I didn't believe in keeping a cat completely indoors, so I had my garden enlosed and cat proofed. I now have 3 Birmans who are confined to the house and enclosed garden night or day and as they haven't known anything different have adapted really well to this, my 11 year old moggy however would not adapt to this and is still free roaming.

This has proved to be the perfect solution and I would highly recommend to anyone thinking of having a cat and want to keep them safe. I just hope my moggy will eventually be content to stay within the garden and house.
This is EXACTLY what I mean about risk assessing, taking into account your own emotions and also taking into account the individual cat.

I would always try to cat proof a garden rather than set up an out door run (which usually are quite small) if I possibly could. Again circumstances determine choice here.
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