Breeds of cat happy to live indoors?

pinkcandyflossprincess

friday cat, yes i see your point of view clearly there but as a bengal you have provided a great outdoor safety area for them to enjoy and let off steam. i see a lot of bengals coming into rescues sadly as people dont research this breed enough. obviously they also carry the perils of theft sadly too..ive also seen too many cases of that:(
my mom has a burmese and he is the most complex cat ever, however when hes up high hes the happiest fella alive, he totally rules moms street through and brings home cats for partys:eek::rotfl:
cats like bengals do need to climb, hence a garden or a space like you have does provide a great outlet for their needs.
persians do cope well indoors but again have their own quirks, daily brushing, bathing etc i think makes them slightly more human dependant. if i was to go on purely sense with my cats id say our black and white "moggy" is the most normal of the lot and does cat things and is very quick to pick up games and preform tircks etc, my boys (one half persian and the other a full chinchilla persian) are both a penny short tbh but very entertaining to watch, ie jumping onto window sills and falling off repeatedly as they are just so clumsy:o
I say in all honesty though that a bengal wouldnt be my first choice for a purely indoor cat, or a first cat , my daughter wanted one and we did think about it but i didnt feel i had the experience at that point after researching cat breeds and all their different special traits.
Im not slating bengals, i think they are really beautifull but maybe im not worthy enough to be a bengal slave just yet:o

to the op.. If you are seriously looking for a cat that needs to be indoors only then i think the most rewarding home would go to a Fiv ...you could be literally saving a furrballs life and i have read so many amazing stories from people who have given an Fiv cat a chance so thats something you could consider. x

Fridaycat

pinkcandyflossprincess wrote: »

I say in all honesty though that a bengal wouldnt be my first choice for a purely indoor cat, or a first cat , my daughter wanted one and we did think about it but i didnt feel i had the experience at that point after researching cat breeds and all their different special traits.
Im not slating bengals, i think they are really beautifull but maybe im not worthy enough to be a bengal slave just yet:o

to the op.. If you are seriously looking for a cat that needs to be indoors only then i think the most rewarding home would go to a Fiv ...you could be literally saving a furrballs life and i have read so many amazing stories from people who have given an Fiv cat a chance so thats something you could consider. x

Agree with your comment about Bengals not being the first choice for an indoor or first cat, they do have some idiosyncrasies that aren't for inexperienced owners

Great idea about an FIV cat, too :T

Gintotmelinda

Hi all I have found your replies really helpful-Ihave never thought of trying to adopt a blind cat or FIV so will look into this.

Thanks

Gintot

bethie

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that is a happy thread!


I have two indoor cats, both were adopted without any trouble.

one had always been an indoor cat (not too sure of his back story!) and the other was in an RTA and had a fractured pelvis.

if you have room, go for two! not much extra work, and they can keep each other company.

katy2

I have two ragdolls they are very contented pair of house cats, 2yrs old and don't go out. Plenty of toys, cat trees, company of each other and our two dogs, no stress at not getting outdoors.

The previous moggie cats I've had, have all had outdoor access and I don't think any of them would have been happy being restricted to only indoors.

Would add, ragdolls are much more than normal cats, very interactive, love human company and are actually more like little dogs.

valk_scot

I have three moggies, they're all indoor cats. My previous two got run over within three months of each other and within a year of them first going outside. So the decision was made for future cats to be inside only cats. I'm not 100% happy with this, I'm sure most cats would prefer to go outside when they wanted but in our case it's just not suitable. So I chose rescue moggies because there's never enough homes for unwanted cats and kittens, it made me feel happier about keeping them in.

Having said that it's a big house and there's a huge attic with sunny Velux windows to snooze under and lots of spiders to hunt. I'm at home all day, I make an effort with new toys and games for them and I talk to them and let them play with what I'm doing, like chasing a brush or peekaboo when I'm making the beds. I also firmly belive an indoor cat needs a pal, we initially got a 3 month old kitten but within a week or two he was getting really dependant on me and crying every time I even went into another room. So we got him a friend from the rescue, a one year old male cat. They are best of pals but they're 4 and 5 now and I could see a time ahead when one might die and leave the other very lonely. So we recently got another boy kitten and they're settling in well together. None of them seem to worry about going out, they sit and chatter at the birds in the garden sometimes but they never try to get out the door. We're one floor up btw, there's three doors between the main floor and the outside. They can't get out accidentally. The windows don't open wide enough either, I've got them on child security locks. (We can get out if there's a fire though, I'm not daft.) You would have to consider how to keep a cat in, it wouldn't be so easy if you were on the ground floor and the door opened into the street or garden for example.