Originally Posted by Leah100

Would she take her gold fish down to the lake and tip it in, or let her hamsters' free in the garden? People use this logic about cats, but when you turn it onto any other animal/pet you just get back a lot of 'cats are different, their needs are different, you can't compare'.
I don't see why not? I really think it is just because most of us have grown up with our parents/grandparents letting cats in only at night. Our grandparents ' cats got scraps or learned to thieve from bins. I just think ideas are slowly changing, we live in a different world now.

You can also buy [or make] some wonderful out door cat trees/scratchers