What are the pros and cons of being an indoor cat?

Question

What are the advantages of being and indoor cat?

Answer 1

relationship with an indoor cat can and should be more rewarding. A closer bond is made and they become more dependent to you and your family members for attention and for casual play. They will depend on you for stimulation, exercise and a clean litter box. Depending the cat breed, house cats are usually better in pairs, keeping each other company and practicing their hunting skills on each other instead of your ankles.

Answer 2

Cats that live indoors live longer, healthier lives. Statistically, the life span of an indoor cat averages 12 to 14 years, whereas it is only about four years for the outdoor cat. More than 1 million outdoor cats are killed each year by dogs, traffic, and exposure to disease. In the long run, keeping your cat indoors will also save you money in vet bills.

There are many risks that come with letting your cats roam free outside:

- They have a much higher chance of catching diseases and other illnesses such as: Feline Leukemia (FeLV), Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), Feline Herpes Virus (Rhinotracheitis), Feline Distemper, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), rabies, tapeworm, ringworm, heart worm, hypothermia and urinary tract infection

- Ingesting chemicals or poisons such as pesticides, home garden products and car/motor products

- Getting fleas or ticks

- Injury/death due to dangerous traffic

- Eating poisonous spiders, insects or plants

- Injury/death due to cruel humans, hunters or neighbors

- Attacks from dogs, other cats or wild animals

- Other accidental injuries

- Getting lost or stolen

Answer 3

1 NO FLEA PROBLEMS

2. REDUCED PROBLEMS OF DISEASES, CONJUNTIVITIES, INJURIES, BEING HIT BY A CAR

3. CAN CONTROL DIET.

4. LONGER LIFE SPAN

Answer 4

Pros are more attention from owners, safer environment to live in (hopefully), better diet and nutrition, longer life span.

Cons could be lack of exercise and problems with being overweight are seen more in house cats.

Answer 5

Hi khushbu k

Making your cat an Indoor cat are more safer than making them an outdoor cat

Here is some information about keeping your pets indoors

There are a number of benefits to keeping pets indoors, yet there can also be some challenges. For cats, being an indoor pet has significant health advantages. Indoor cats live longer and face much fewer threats from traffic, disease, and other animals. Most dogs will go outdoors routinely even if for only short periods of time. However, there are more and more dogs, particularly smaller dogs and city dogs that spend very little time outdoors. This can be an ideal living arrangement for many pets, but there are some potential issues to be aware of.

The most common problem for indoor pets is getting enough exercise. For cats and small dogs often a few toys and some time spent playing with your pet each day will remedy this problem. For medium size or larger dogs, typically there is not enough space for them to get enough exercise indoors. As dogs typically need some time out of doors anyway this is a great time to take them for walk or to go to the park and play. Depending on your dog’s energy level they may need exercise both indoors and out. If a high energy dog is contained in an apartment or small home for extended periods of time they will often become destructive as they physically need more exercise than they are receiving. If you are planning on having an indoor pet there are certain breeds of dog that are not well suited for indoor living mainly due to their high energy level. Sporting dogs such as Labradors, and other large or active dogs need room to run and exercise. On the other hand, many indoor dogs can be very content as they spend more time with people which as pack animals they often crave. Conversely the opposite situation is rarely good. Pets that live outside typically have a lower quality of life. They suffer from being isolated and may not adapt well to people due to lack of contact. For dogs a good balance can usually be found between indoors and outdoors. For cats, if kept inside from kittenhood they will typically show little interest in going out. Windows, window seats, or enclosed porches can often satisfy any lingering desire to go outdoors.

A related problem to lack of exercise for some indoor pets is actually being overly spoiled. Some pets have everything they could possibly wish for. This can result in not only a lack of exercise, but sometimes too much food or too many treats are given. The combination will most certainly result in a weight problem. Small dogs often adapt to being carried everywhere they go, but in reality this may not be what is best for them. Even the smallest dog needs exercise. Even though the owner is well intentioned, extra treats or giving human food as a treat or a special meal does not help them in the long run. There are numerous health problems that are associated with obesity, so making sure your pet is fit is wise.

One more site gives you inforamtion about the health and happiness of keeping your cat indoors.

http://maxshouse.com/Healthy+Happy_Indoo...

One more which describes life of an outdoor and indoor cat

http://www.family-pet.com/Articles/indoo...

Hope this helps!

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Answer 6

doesn't bring dead birds/mice into the house

doesn't come back dripping wet having fallen into a pond

doesn't leave muddy paw prints on your white sheets

Answer 7

They don't get hit by cars.

They don't get attacked by rabid racoons, possums, and other outside animals.

They don't get lost.

They don't get taken by 'catnappers' (People steal animals for labs for research, teen age boys are mean and take animals I knew a kid in HS who used to wear cats skulls around his neck he killed)

They are healthier less prone to fleas and ticks.

Cats are naturally curious, so they have less a chance of eating or drinking something bad (i.e a water puddle thats got antifreezet in it, or something else that could be dangerous to them).

Many Pros.

Cons

Lack of exercise.

Easily to get overeweight due to inactivity and easily overeating.