for the cat people out there.
Since we've had shadow and silver, we've let them out in the morning to roam where they will and closed them in before dark. They've both come home a couple of times with evidence of tussles with other cats but nothing that required the attention of a vet. However, about a month ago silver came home pretty beat up. He required stitches on his belly and both sides of his neck. After dealing with the shock of his condition, taking him to the vet and taking a big hit on the pocketbook, we decided the guys will no longer be free range cats. Hence, the Catio.
Good idea. I live in Central Florida. I would not let my cat out at night or daytime for that matter. We have coyotes in the area and the feral cats are now missing.
Scottty wrote:
Since we've had shadow and silver, we've let them out in the morning to roam where they will and closed them in before dark. They've both come home a couple of times with evidence of tussles with other cats but nothing that required the attention of a vet. However, about a month ago silver came home pretty beat up. He required stitches on his belly and both sides of his neck. After dealing with the shock of his condition, taking him to the vet and taking a big hit on the pocketbook, we decided the guys will no longer be free range cats. Hence, the Catio.
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This is very nice now that I can view the images on my desktop. Jackson Galaxy, the cat daddy, has recommended catios for people and the cats love them.
And yes as the other member pointed out, coyotes will get them and other predators so you did a good thing.
You have a good heart.
Bruce.
…43 days of captivity…the people inside my house are growing weak…?
Good move...hope they have long happy lives.
Good move...hope they have long happy lives.
Your cat may have been involved with animals other than other cats. My best guess would be possums or rats. We had an indoor-outdoor cat that was the best, and he, too, would come home scraped up, but healed. In fact, we had an entire block of indoor-outdoor cats. That stopped when coyotes moved into the huge natural park nearby. While we had Tigger, we never saw any rats. Afterwards we had to find the small holes in our older house that needed to be plugged up. An attached garage was not a good idea!!! Thankfully we've moved since then.
Yes! Good for the bird population, too.
We have a lot of cats go missing around here. Too many predators.
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