Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: kage69
Give her a collar with more bells on it.
You should really keep your cats indoors though. They tend to live longer that way, and you don't have to worry about fleas, ticks, etc.
Everyone's living situation is different, so I wouldn't say ALL cats should be outdoors. But no way should ALL cats be kept indoors. They're animals, they need to be outside. My dad's cat is going on 15 years old and he still spends all night outside, and he's still an excellent hunter. He taught himself to eat the animals, not just drop them on your doorstep like most cats. He's perfectly healthy, and it's because he is an outdoor cat. A flea collar deals with fleas and the occasional trip to the vet for worms isn't such a big deal.
I agree... I rescue cats. The abused, neglected and abandoned ones... I get them healthy, fixed and vaccinated and try to find them homes... the ones that no one will ever want (missing paw, or tail or going blind or whatever) will live here forever...
We have 10 cats right now... and six of them where outdoor cats to begin with. From the junk yard, or a farm or just showed up at my door... There is no way in the world that I can keep these cats indoors all the time... I open the backdoor while I brew the morning coffee and six of them go out into the fenced in backyard... we cut a hole in the back door of the garage and put food, water and blankets in there for them. They come home for lunch, go back out, come in for dinner, go back out and finally have a 10:00PM curfew and they all sleep in for the night. The four that have never gone out, will never go out.
I tried keeping them in... they were miserable, destroyed the house and all fought. I cut all the trees in the back yard right back so the birds cannot nest in them... I put barbed wire around the trunk of the trees about four to six feet up, and I made sure the fence keeps them from other people property.
I cannot remember the last time any of them brought home a dead animal, but I do know that there is at least one skunk and a family of possums that they have made 'friends' with.