Almost 50% of domestic cats, based on an international survey, are kept indoors for their safety as their owners are worried about traffic, being attacked by a predator or stolen by thieves. The survey found that in the US and … Continue reading →
The answer to the question is not straightforward because you have to factor in health and welfare as well as happiness.
Continue reading →Indoor cats can get colds if they come into direct contact with infected discharge from another cat who has got a cold. Or they come into contact with contaminated litter boxes, water bowls and human hands. The disease is also … Continue reading →
Of course, indoor cats benefit from the safety of their environment. The other side of the coin to this benefit is that they are likely to lack stimulation and the facilities to express normal behaviour. To make your indoor cat … Continue reading →
I think we have to look at the problem of scared cats with reference to two different circumstances. Cats can be fearful or freaked out on somebody or something temporarily or they can be in a constant state of anxiety … Continue reading →
Russian Blue cats are no more suited to being full-time indoors than any other cats, pure or random bred. It cannot be said, therefore, that the Russian Blue is an indoor cat. If you have decided on getting a gray … Continue reading →
There has been a catastrophic rise in the incidence of feline diabetes. Cats are four times more likely to contract this disease today than 30 years ago1 and as a consequence the U.K.’s first feline diabetes clinic has recently opened in … Continue reading →
Here are some interesting cat facts relating to letting cats go outside or keeping them in. Traditionally, in the US, the preference was to let cats go outside. That has changed. In the UK the preference to let cats out … Continue reading →
Before I write about this I want to say two things: I normally don’t really think too much about enriching my indoor environment with respect to my cat’s needs. I am writing on this subject with reference to an article … Continue reading →
