Selfish cat owner

Jellicat

Mankysteve wrote: »

Lost a cat to being run over so full aware of the risk thank you. I'm not going to discuss cat being indoors out outdoors in this thread.

It was difficult not to hear her convo yeah i probably should have said something hindsight is a wonderful thing. She sounded more interested in making her life easier than those of her pets.

Being noisy is how you learn things.

Well some of us have had the same thing happen and don't want to risk it again, hence indoor cats. You are fully entitled to your opinion however acting as if there is something wrong and cruel with keeping cats indoors when nowadays it is an increasingly sensible option which cats tend to be perfectly happy with is not on. You made it seem as if there was something cruel about it, when there is not.

hubert_cumberdale

i think everyone should keep their cats inside or walk them on leads

jennikitten

Jellicat wrote: »

What is wrong with indoor cats? Outdoor cats frequently get killed/hurt by running over, dogs or gangs of feral kids. You might feel differently if your cat came limping home with a broken leg or somebody brought a mangled body to your door.

One of my cats has got himself fairly badly injured a couple of times in the past year, but I wouldn't consider forcing him to stay indoors (beyond the time the vet suggested for healing purposes). I have three cats & it would be unfair to punish all of them. Not to mention that all three love going outside & hate bad weather. Snow at the moment means they are driving each other crazy and feeling very cooped up...but it's their choice to stay inside in bad weather, not mine.

Ultimately I believe it's the cat's decision - if they are happy indoors and/or know no different then that's fine. If there's a medical reason they should stay indoors I'm fine with that too. Other than that, I'm happy to let my cats roam free, getting exercise and using muscles and claws they wouldn't use in the house. They have been basically kept as indoor cats by their last owner, and weren't happy at all - they would disappear for weeks at a time when allowed out. Now they are in and out all the time.

twodogsandacat

I can not believe people are being nasty about the OP being nosey.

Pets often don't like going on journeys and it's unkind imo to regular mess them about like this. I should imagine it's very confusing for the cats if they ever get out.

One of my cats cries all the way to the vets and back again. She hates being in the car at all. It doesn't mean I wouldn't take her if she needs the vet to see her, but it does mean I wouldn't put her through journeys she didn't need.

gettingready

Mankysteve wrote: »

Being noisy is how you learn things.

Nope, being noisy is how you can get an ASBO

To learn things one needs to observe - not necasarily judge and criticise what does not fit with one's own idea of "ideal".....

wilykit

OP you say indoor cats are another 'pet hate' of yours. I have an indoor cat because he doesn't WANT to go out. He is 2 years old and often I have left the door open for him because I would never force him to go outside. Sometimes he will venture outside but no further than a metre from the front door and he soon comes back in. I often give him an opportunity to go outside but he simply doesn't want to. So by saying it is offensive is ridiculous.

Stop ear-wigging and judging people you do not know.

Mankysteve

gettingready wrote: »

Nope, being noisy is how you can get an ASBO

To learn things one needs to observe

you also need to be analyse and make a conclusions based upon the evidence and past experiences.

No good in just watching things go buy without learning a lesson from them.

Don't see anything wrong necessary in taking animals on long journeys, but in this case its clear the animals in question simple cant handle the long journey. Its like someone kids getting car because A) there's treatments for that nowadays and the child get new experience and enjoyment at when the designation is reached. A cat's don't really suffer from being in the same place all the time.

gettingready

drawing own conclusions and judging other people are two different things...

mellymeep

My cat Lily has travelled up and down the country many times since she was a kitten, we visit our parents often so she comes with us, she gets a bit stressed when we're in the train station with all the noises but once we get on the train in the warm she curls up and goes to sleep. I think she would appreciate having to cope with noise for a bit than being left in a cattery with strange surroundings, smells and other people taking care of her. She'll always come with me wherever I go, and I don't think its selfish because I have her best interests at heart, she'll be infinitely more comfortable being wherever I am.

Kimberley

Mankysteve, i'm sure the women who you listened to on that Train are not worried about the stress it has caused you to put a thread up about it on here. if you did not like what you heard then maybe you should have moved to a seat away from them. It really was none of your business. I love listening to peoples conversations on public transport because some make me laugh but i'd never make it my business to intervere unless it sounded as if it was abuse or neglect.