Do you keep your cat(s) in at night?

picklepick

UKTigerlily wrote: »

Foxes are no risk to cats

Tell that to my mums old cat Charlie, he had the shreaded ears and face to prove otherwise.

My two stay in at night, they hardly go out in the day at the minute as its too cold!

geri1965_2

Mine has a catflap, but she tends to stay in most nights now that she's an old lady.

She also gets bullied by next door's cat who waits outside the cat flap, so she's nervous about going out and has pooped in the house twice recently.

mellymeep

My Lily is an indoor cat cos we live in a flat and I'm too scared to let her out round here as we're right by the coach station so its a main bus route out the front of our building.

My family's cats at home in Newcastle come and go as they please, they have the kitchen window open all day, but now they're getting pretty old they'll ignore that and howl for the back door to be opened by their servants. They're kept in the kitchen at night and sleep all the way through it curled up together in the one cat bed, even though they both have their own.

SnowyOwl_2

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

There are far too many dangers outside at night: cars are a danger even though I live in a cul-de-sac with speed-bumps directly outside. I lost a cat in broad daylight to one idiot driver. Plus, this area, even though an urban one is absolutely alive with foxes at night. My boy is absolutely not going out there. No way

I hate letting them out even during the day as I lost two cats on the roads - one at this address (quiet country road), and the other in London on a speed humped residential road. One death was during the day, and the other after dark. I was very very upset and never want to feel that bad again.

However one of my kitties was a stray before he found me and he likes his freedom, so I do let him out during the day. He came home covered in black oil a few weeks ago, which scares me as he was probably investigating the inards of some van or other - lucky he didn't get run over, shredded or driven away. The other two are indoors kitties. If you think that is cruel I don't want to hear it, thanks all the same. They are perfectly happy as they have never known anything else as I've had them since they were wee tiny babies.

UKTigerlily

picklepick wrote: »

Tell that to my mums old cat Charlie, he had the shreaded ears and face to prove otherwise.

My two stay in at night, they hardly go out in the day at the minute as its too cold!

VERY rare, I'm suprised you saw it happen, poor cat tho. Most cats will see a fox off, foxes aren't much bigger than cats it's just their long hair & tail that makes them look bigger, here one came out of the park in daylight at about 6ppm in the summer & the cat saw it off. When studies in a hugely populated cat & fox area were done they found no risk to cats from foxes

RacyRed

The boy comes and goes as he pleases (ex-stray) The girls like to be snug in bed overnight but always want to be out (in their secure outside space) at daybreak to see what the world is doing.

My life would be hell without a cat flap, even though one of them STILL hasn't managed to work out how to use it!

Lilith1980

Our boy Charlie who we got from a rescue centre is an indoor cat - we live right near a main road, at the back of our flat is a building site where they are building some new flats, and our area has loads of wild cats so I'm not risking letting him out!

He's such a lazy lump anyway, we have a big flat on two storeys but he only flits between the living room, kitchen and dining room - he can't be bothered going upstairs!

MrsE_2

IN IN IN

The three nights Ted (RIP) didn't come home he had fights.

Two he needed the vets, the other he had blood on him that wasn't his.

I don't let my cats out at night, I am planning to buy a Pet Porte, but hate the idea of knocking such a hole through a thick wall & I'm still not convinced I want them to be in & out all day.

UKTigerlily

MrsE wrote: »

IN IN IN

The three nights Ted (RIP) didn't come home he had fights.

Two he needed the vets, the other he had blood on him that wasn't his.

I don't let my cats out at night, I am planning to buy a Pet Porte, but hate the idea of knocking such a hole through a thick wall & I'm still not convinced I want them to be in & out all day.

What about putting it in a window or glass door?

MrsE_2

UKTigerlily wrote: »

What about putting it in a window or glass door?

I wouoldn't want to deface my big french doors (& they are the only ones that open onto the enclosed back garden).

I would rather go through the wall than that. Plus it often tends not to work to well in double glazing, especially big panes.