Caring for your cat - keeping indoor cats happy 

Oof Oof so sorry for your loss

I'm so sorry for your cat I can understand how it feels

Same thing happened to me a month after I foster 3 stray kittens. Two of them were lost and we believed that they were eaten by a monitor lizard. Since then, we kept the other kitten indoors. Surprisingly, she’s loving it

@@katemc0885 I know that feeling too well...

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NiceMuslimLady 😻😻😽😽😸😸💜💙❤️💚💛👏👏

Why don't you put in a cat flap?

Awwww! Bless you

Wise

She didn't like that I moved her water bowl so I had to move it back. So all is back to her usual place. She's okay. Not everything is for every cat.

Hi Donna. Have you tried placing a few water bowls in different locations around the house? That way she can pick a spot that she prefers and it may encourage her to drink more. There are lots more tips on keeping your cat hydrated in our other video at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nG9hWIS7Ihg.html :)

Cats Protection thanks for all the tips! My kitty will be happier :)

Cats definitely appreciate having edible grass!

@@FisherKot11235 Excellent comment. I agree cats should be indoors, and dogs on-leash for everyone's protection, and cats do take birds. But there is question as to how many birds cats kill. It's been proven that the "facts" are doctored to reflect what the "experts" are saying - just like many things are in our society. Cats have always been around, but human encroachment, pollution, and destruction of habitat since we've industrialized have killed more wildlife than any cats have. Now people are freaking out when numbers are noticeably dwindling, so fingers start pointing. And since cats have a 2nd-class status in many cultures, it's very easy to put the blame on them. But it's US! In 40 years plastics have decimated our oceans and its life. Cats didn't do that. Bird feeders attract more than birds. Dropped seeds bring rodents, which attract cats, who primarily hunt at night when rodents are out. I've seen it. I've also seen the horrible things people do the cats because of idiocy. Or psychotic serial-killers-in-training who torture and kill cats, because "it's only a cat". I like your view on how pets are really us - I agree. Humans can be arrogant. And ... T-N-R WORKS! So does spaying and neutering our pets. But YOU knew that. You have good ideas about things.

No, just don't adopt a cat

For 2 minute intervals

if its for like 1-2 mins itll only be around 10-20 mins lol

1 minute when you wake up, 1 before leaving, a couple of minutes when you get home, after eating dinner, and before bed. That's not much time

Adopt a second cat so they have a budy to play with.

Here in Sweden(or well atleast in my area) cats are the top predators but as you say cars are a threat and people are very mean to cats. Every day i read about cats getting tortured by humans so there's that threat too. Altough my area is safe there too but cars are still a massive threat. I have a rescue cat i've had for 10 years, took care of him when he was 1 and he was so used to being outside that it wasnt possible. But these days he only wants to go outside 2 times a day and he's never out for more than an hour and stays close too. I got a kitten last year and he's completely fine about being inside and it feels nice not having too worry about anything happening to him.

Who would poison a cat? That is cruel, I am pretty sure you can report them if they were intentionally poisoned!

All 3 of our cats and our next door neighbors cat were poisoned by the same person across the street from us. We couldn't prove it, but each time we lost a cat it was found on the curb in front of that SOB's house, they didn't appear to have been run over, he either poisoned them or killed them somehow. Everyone hated this neighbor because he was the only one on the block with a bunch of garbage in his front yard, car parts, washing machines etc. He was a pig. He was finally fined by the town and was forced to clean up his yard. This happened a long time ago, so there isn't anything I can do about it now.

Talon Holst There are people out there.

Kelly S You should build a catio for them! I have that in mind, so they can still breath fresh air secure with a chicken mesh/wiring.

Talon Holst My old roommate got involved with bad people because of drugs and they poisoned his dogs with a bowl of rice with ricin. We didn't realize what they were poisoned with until my roommate mentioned rice, which made me think of and look up ricin because of Breaking Bad. People are cruel.

Why can't house cats go outside alone in Iran? If it's not to do with law, what awaits cats there? Just curious; it's a very different environment to the UK.

Mine had the same thing a few weeks ago but it soon disappeared on its own

I'm pretty sure it's just a domestic short hair but I could be wrong

Hi Khushboo. We'd recommend cats are neutered at four months of age - it has a range of health and behaviour benefits, as well as preventing unwanted litters which contribute to the overpopulation problem :)

There's no reason NOT to neuter a cat

False . Cats can be very contented indoors and they are safer . They are vulnerable to other animals outdoors as well as diseases . I have 2 cats who have no desire to be outdoors . If you love your cat you do what's best for their safety

eric wright but outdoor cats often kill animals without any need to kill them. It can have a pretty bad effect on indigenous birds and other animals in some places

Also according to statistics indoor cats live for 4-6 years longer

This is all hypothetical but what if I live in an apartment, where do I let them play outside? In a park? Wouldn't they run away?

eric wright well my cat that was only 2 years old just got driven over, so i wont let my next cat outside

It woundnt matter if there were no cars .

Bryan Gray My cat is pretty small and a lot of the neighborhood cats are large and vicious especially at night and people in my neighborhood drive horribly so if i let her out she's likely to get killed. Plus there are Coyotes in my backyard. So indoor is where she will stay

Are you sure that she'll come back in the morningr?

Heaven Rodgerss Similar situation here. I live in a ghetto part of my area and hear gunshots and people speeding regularly. It's not a risk I'm willing to take, so I started buying him more toys to play with while I'm at work.

My cats grew up indoors, and are afraid to go outside. So it would be much more cruel to kick them out, bc they don't want to. I tried to pick one of my cats up and take him outside to see the outdoors, and he was so scared, he even scratched me and escaped in the house. He could went for the street out of fear and then what. It all goes down to what is your cat used to. If he grew up outside it is certainly cruel to keep him indoors, but my cats were very young when I found them and struggling for their lives, so they got used to being inside.

T M0321 aww that was sweet of you :) my cat is the opposite and was dumped and lived outside for a while and eventually moved in with her kittens lol once she was spayed I let her back out and tried to keep her in more but she gets stressed and meows her ass off if I don't let her out but she always comes back and I live in a semi rural area so she gets a lot of rats lol hard to keep them her inside! She was born on a farm in a barn so lived outside since she was born so hard to keep her in more than half the day!

I've also had cats for over thirty years and in London. Not one has ever been run over or poisoned or beaten up or any of the other things people are talking about here. Obviously I'm not saying it doesn't happen and you have to do what's appropriate in your local area but "ideally cats would be allowed outside" seems completely logical to me.