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EdgeMaster posted...

Not real sure what the big fuss is about letting your cat outside... also couldve done without the examples of animal abuse..

depends on where you live and what what kind of neighborhood youre in. Had outdoor cats living in a place without coyotes, neighbors werent shitheads and had a fairly good size property.

Most of the time my cats cats were outside napping under elephant ear bushes or in a sunbeam or killing moles and snakes, leaving them on the door step for me.

They never ventured too far, came in and out during the day and were always inside at night.

wouldnt have an outdoor cat if you do have coyotes, live in a shitty area with lots of passing traffic or in a concrete jungle. If you have a decent sized backyard and your neighbors dont abuse animals, your biggest concern is probably coyotes.

I dont know. My old neighborhood was a nice, quiet one. No coyotes or any type of predator animal. Not much traffic. Chill neighbors. We had a big yard. It was a nice suburb. As mentioned, my first cat contracted feline leukemia from another cat.

Then my brother brought home another cat a few years later that he also let outside. He wouldnt venture far. Hed always come home the same day. Until one day he didnt. I went around looking for him and asking people around. Some guy said he saw him and fed him granola. He seemed very nervous when I asked him about the cat. To this day, I think he took him. Who feeds granola to a cat? He was a year old. Then years later, my brother moved out and got yet another cat and tried to keep him indoors. One day, the cat escaped through the front door and he never saw him again. That one was about 3 or 4.

So not much luck for us with cats being outdoors. Even in a neighborhood with no coyotes/wildlife. And theres no way to avoid shitty animal abusers. They can be anywhere.