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In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> cybercat > wrote:
>
> >"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>
> >> cybercat > wrote:
>
> >>>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> >>>> It's mostly that I've never met an indoor cat who was happy
> >>>> with the situation.
>
> >>>then you have lived a very sheltered life.
>
> >> Somehow, I doubt this. ;-)
>
> >I know hundreds of people who have happy, healthy housecats. So WTF are you
> >talking about?
>
> Almost nobody I know keeps a cat trapped indoors, and the handful
> that I do, the cat is always trying to escape.
>
> In one case, the cat did escape and tried to climb a fence after
> a bird. Unfortunately the cat forgot that in addition to being
> trapped indoors, it had also been declawed, so it couldn't make
> it up the fence, fell, and broke its pelvis. Fortunately it
> was treated and survived.
>
> (This is a cat I had lived with, several years previously, when
> it was a perfectly happy indoor/outdoor cat.)
>
> I'm curious about this "hundreds of people" you know with indoor
> only cats... you must be connected with some slice of humanity
> that I have nothing to do with. Such as cat breeders. That's
> my first guess.
>
> Steve

We have several cats, all indoors. Not only are they not interested in
"escaping", they are afraid of the ourdoors. Kept indoors from the time
if is a kitten, cats don't know the difference...

and are perfectly happy living indoors.

And they live longer.
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