Cat Lover/Pet Lover Extraordinaire: At Your Service

I have to say that one of the main issues I have with having a cat is the smell. Not that that is something I have to deal with; I am an experienced enough cat owner to know how to keep the smell from ever occurring.

Once it starts, it is hard to get rid of, so I prefer to avoid traveling that route at all. Then again, I have only one cat right now. What about the people who provide loving homes to numerous felines at once. How do they combat the ever-offensive cat smell?

One way is to let your cat roam free. There are pros and cons to this idea. The pros are obviously that you can have cats as pets without having them all in your home, but then again there may come that day where they don’t ever come home. As the owner of an outside cat, that is a risk that many people take.

I have a cat that refuses to leave the lanai. She thinks she is an outside cat; for all she knows, she IS outside. That is okay with me. She slips in the door when she has to use her litterbox but in most cases, she spends all of her time outdoors. Of course, this completely eliminates the possibility of having any offensive odor at all. Most people that come over don’t even know I have a cat!!

Personally, I like to know where my little one is going to be and letting her roam free is too much worry for me. There are too many changes that have to be made for me to feel comfortable letting my favorite feline become an outdoor cat, and since she isn’t even displaying the slightest inclination to be any more outdoors than she already is, I don’t even address that issue.

Some people tell me that it is her natural instinct to want to be outdoors. I say she is domesticated and her natural instinct is to be inside and use a litter box. I could be wrong.

There are numerous reasons to decide to let your cat roam about. Personally, it is not for me and I don’t think it’s for my cat either. We prefer to know where the other is at all times.

What about you? Do you let your cat roam outdoors or do you prefer to enjoy his or her company inside ONLY?

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