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Originally Posted by master3004
The main problem with allowing cats outside is the ease at which they spread and get diseases. i don't know if there is information on why this is so, but feline leukemia rates are way higher for outdoor cats, and feline transmittable aids is almost unheard of in indoor cats. Plus traffic deaths are always a possibility with outdoor cats
Obv this is an issue but I plan on taking them to the vets fairly regularly. In fact we took them the past weekend and the one that goes out had nothing wrong with her except one flea. As far as tragic death, there is a big field and woods near my house which is where she plays; it's not as if she's running around roads or anything.
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Originally Posted by dnkyhunter31
We let our two cats in the backyard. And they lived to 18 and 19 years each. So I'm not sure if them getting sick at the end had any more with going outside than just old age.
Yeah 18 and 19 is really old for cats, that's obv not because you let them outside. Plus I was more talking about letting them go out whenever and wherever they want, rather than just the backyard. We did this with our cat when I was a kid and it lived until 16.
Just seems a strange concept to me to keep a cat indoors for it's entire life. I didn't even know people did this until last night when I found out it's standard.