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RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

SuperCat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:11:27 GMT

Well she is beautiful!

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

Cynthiaa89 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:04:43 GMT

I believe my cat is just a mutt, her mother is a funky grey color and has short hair, and her father looks like her, just not as much hair. I guess she's just a "domestic longhair" but,to me, when I see Siberians, they remind me of her so much. I guess it's just that face.

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

SuperCat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:31 GMT

Cynthia -- they do look similiar! There is just something special about Orange cats!

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

Cynthiaa89 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:53:31 GMT

I think SuperCat could be Kirara's daddy. Lol.

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

SuperCat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:07:18 GMT

If my cats showed no desire to go out, I wouldn't start. Your cat won't miss out on what she doesn't know about (I wish nobody would have ever let me taste chocolate! LOL)

If you're bound and determined, just let her sit in the opened door -- she might go just outside it, but turn around and come back in. She'll decide on her own time how far out she wants to go and when.

My cats always go out but they leave their tails in the door so i can't shut it. If they decide they want to stay out, they pull their tails out of the door. If they want to come back in, they back up into the room.

PS: cats don't "need" grass -- it's just a treat for them.

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

Cynthiaa89 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:57:54 GMT

She actually loves being outside when we take her. She doesn't enjoy it as much as she likes being inside, but it seems like when we do take her out she's just in a better mood and she becomes playful afterwards....Her sister is 4 months old and we have been letting her go outside since she she was 6 weeks. When we let the little kitten out, Kirara just sits in the window and stares at Kit playing. It's kind of sad, so that's why we started taking her out in the first place...We're not trying to convert her to an outside cat or anything, I love having her inside...and clean...but I just don't want her to miss out on anything. I think she might have been better off if we had just let her go outside to begin with, but in our last place we lived right off of the highway, now we're basically in the woods...Far from roads. They're both up to date on flea medication and all that good stuff, too.

What should you do if your cat just knocks the cat grass over and doesn't want anything to do with it?

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

Ocimom — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:49:53 GMT

IMO if a cat/kitten has been indoors all their lives, its not a good idea to start letting them out. Most of my cats have been 100% inside cats from the time they are born - they don't care if they can't go outside since they've never experienced it. And its a lot safer inside.

WHY do you want to put an inside cat outside if they have no desire to be outside?

RE: Indoor cats, outdoors.

PeaLoki&Gabe — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:35:38 GMT

Why are you 'introducing' her to the outdoors? If she's never been outside then she probably won't want to go outside. Inside is much safer for her to be. As long as she gets cat grass and sunshine there's nothing outside that she's missing out on. You have less worrry about fleas and other parasites with her as an indoor only cat.

But if you insist on taking her outside: make sure she is current on her flea medicine. Get her a figure 8 harness and retractable leash.

Indoor cats, outdoors.

Cynthiaa89 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:48:59 GMT

I am not sure how one should do this kind of thing, so that is why i am asking my fellow cat lovers opinions. I am currently trying to introduce my cat(Kirara) to the outdoors. she has been an inside cat her whole life. She is only a year and a half. How should i be going about this?