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Caturday: Little Kitty Exploring Outside for the First Time (Original Post) catbyte May 2021 OP
Super cute EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #1
Mine are strictly indoors, too, but I do take Rosie out on a leash/harness because she loves catbyte May 2021 #3
Beautiful markings Bayard May 2021 #2
That cat is both I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #4
My favorite part is this beautiful kitty... 3catwoman3 May 2021 #5

EYESORE 9001

(25,936 posts)
1. Super cute
Sat May 8, 2021, 01:52 PM
May 2021

I would like to let my cat outside to explore, but it’s my fervent belief that cats lead longer, healthier lives indoors. Once they get a taste of outdoor life, it requires constant vigilance to prevent escape. My cat, having never been outside, doesn’t attempt a jailbreak.

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
3. Mine are strictly indoors, too, but I do take Rosie out on a leash/harness because she loves
Sat May 8, 2021, 04:20 PM
May 2021

to roll around on the grass in the yard.

I lived in a garden-level apartment (half underground) after my late husband had to enter a nursing home. Something got into my normally staid, beautiful gray and white kitty, Nigel, and he had an attack of the zoomies. I had a small window open and he ran right through the screen only to find himself on the lawn. Horrified, I ran outside to try to capture him, but I didn't need to run. I rounded the corner and there he stood like a statue, crying, more horrified than I was. I scooped him up and carried him in. He was limp as a dishrag. He never went anywhere near that window again, even though I always kept all the windows closed after that. I miss him, too.

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