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Old 18-06-2008, 03:00 PM
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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

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Ive always had moggies and they have had full access to the outside world..
they have all been fine, luckily
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since having 'pedigree' cats, I keep them indoors or in their 'run' in the garden if its a nice day..
its 25 ft long, has a shed to sleep in attached, decking on the floor and decking planks as shelves to run along etc..they love to play & watch the birds.. its lovely to see them playing safely xx
Oh, as you will notice.. its got chair in there too for sad old me, I sit in there with them while I have a brew & watch them play...

I want that in my back garden for my cat!! shame i can't though
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Old 18-06-2008, 03:13 PM
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Old 18-06-2008, 03:39 PM
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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

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Haha, me too Bee, we've only got a back yard, though I must say it's been easier to cat proof

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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

Thanks guys
we just built to 'brown' bit of run origionally , but then we decided it was pathetic so I forced matt against his will to build a decent one
I bought him loads of galaxy as a thank you......ahhh the powers of chocolate
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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

That run is fab - my poor cats are stuck inside at the moment and I've had to lock all windows to stop the kids letting them out. As soon as it's possible I'm going to get hubby to build something like that
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Reason for not letting him out at night is because my first cat got ran over and was found next to a speed camare, then i had two more cats. 1st went out at night and was found dead in a garden and then the other he went out at night and never came back. After all I don't let my cat to go outside...

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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

I have been very fortunate ... never lost a cat to a rta or other outside danger before but then, mine do not go out roaming. The neuters only go out supervised with me being present, in my own garden, and they come in again when I return indoors. The queens stay in at all times ... except when they go to the vet or go out on honeymoon.
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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

my cats go outside, when i got them as kittens we were in the process of moving so didnt want to let them out before we moved, once we moved after we had all settled in i let them out, they love being outdoors but also love coming in to have a cuddle.

one of my cats fractured his pelvis last march and he had to have cage rest for 6 weeks it was horrible but he is ok now, he tends to just go in our garden and next doors , where as the other one goes for hours. The one that fractured his pelvis was hit by a car but the vet said it is more like he was run over rather than hit, realised that he had been laying under wooden boards the council had out down as they had removed the kerb for a drop down

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Re: DEBATE: Letting cats out - Your opinions.

I don't own cats and never have but most cats where I live have lived here for 15 yrs onwards with no problem with safety as we're a good few roads away from a busy main road. Although, my friend who lives on a very quiet road has lost TWO kittens outside her house from mad drivers taking advantage of our country roads, using them as race tracks...

My nan's partner has Siamese, very well bred, Pedigree show quality cats who have never gone outside and it hasn't done any of them any harm from being indoors.

If I had cats, I'd want them to know they could be in or go outside if they wished. Cats are very indipendant animals and can fend for themselves but I know from having friends lose cats on roads (and from people actually stealing them!) that you need to have the right environment for them and possibly use some sort of repellant on your fencing to stop them straying further than your garden? Don't know but personally mixed feelings on that one.
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