Tell that to my cat. Convincing her that she’s freely allowed to explore the house outside of my bedroom let alone the outside world would give her a heart attack.
She is the most cuddly active playful cat I’ve ever owned.
As long as the bedroom door is shut and everything is PERFECTLY quiet.
This is why I have a harness and one of those extending leashes. I pretty much let him go where he wants on hour-long walks; the leash is just to keep him from genociding the local fauna or running into traffic. It also reduces his urge to sprint outside the moment a door opens.
The first time one of our cats got out, she got as far as hiding under the porch until we could coax her back inside.
The next time she didn’t even make it outside. She got into the (unheated) garage and just spent the night there until we found her.
That second night it was -11F (apparently -24C). I don’t blame her for not wanting to go further but it’s still annoying that she chose being out there over all the delicious bribery we left around the house to tempt her back in! (She was fine when we found her and has no apparent lasting issues from the experience, though she hasn’t tried to escape since.)
“I hate birds and small mammals and I want my little prince to be able to murder as much indigenous wildlife as he wants because otherwise I’ll have to provide adequate stimulation like for a fucking dog or something else that requires responsibility”
Almost like it’s in their nature to explore and naturally have territories of up to 10 acres and so are not best suited to being strictly indoor pets
Tell that to my cat. Convincing her that she’s freely allowed to explore the house outside of my bedroom let alone the outside world would give her a heart attack.
She is the most cuddly active playful cat I’ve ever owned.
As long as the bedroom door is shut and everything is PERFECTLY quiet.
Cats are an invasive species and kill over 15 billion birds and small mammals per year. There’s nothing ‘natural’ about that.
Your cats freedom means the ecological destruction of your surroundings. Choose wisely.
This is why I have a harness and one of those extending leashes. I pretty much let him go where he wants on hour-long walks; the leash is just to keep him from genociding the local fauna or running into traffic. It also reduces his urge to sprint outside the moment a door opens.
Funny trying to use a harness with my monster leads to him really trying to get out of the door.
Then I guess your walks aren’t long and satisfying enough for your cat.
You can tell when it’s time to end the walk. They start laying down and don’t protest when you pick them up to carry them back to the car.
‘Invasive’
It’s been five hundred years. Pretty sure this is a pointless distinction by now
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Except they are genociding local bird populations…
Our cat is afraid of the corridor
The first time one of our cats got out, she got as far as hiding under the porch until we could coax her back inside.
The next time she didn’t even make it outside. She got into the (unheated) garage and just spent the night there until we found her.
That second night it was -11F (apparently -24C). I don’t blame her for not wanting to go further but it’s still annoying that she chose being out there over all the delicious bribery we left around the house to tempt her back in! (She was fine when we found her and has no apparent lasting issues from the experience, though she hasn’t tried to escape since.)
“I hate birds and small mammals and I want my little prince to be able to murder as much indigenous wildlife as he wants because otherwise I’ll have to provide adequate stimulation like for a fucking dog or something else that requires responsibility”
Thank you. I knew my comment would piss off the smug holier-than-thou types that don’t even realise there exists a world outside of North America 😊