are your cats indoor or outdoor cats?

[pstokely]

are they declawed?

[SoCalDem]

1. Indoor...3 declawed and 6 with claws

the declawed ones can beat the crap out of the ones with claws..

The declawed ones are oldsters who were declawed before we realized what it was all about.. Lucky for us, they are all healthy and had no long-lasting problems with it..

We actually don't give a crap about our furniture.. They actually do not claw the furniture much :) They have scratching posts and there is always the wallpaper :grr:,,,

[TSIAS]

6. 3 cats

Not declawed. We let them come and go as they desire.

[sasquatch]

37. You have 9 cats!!

OMG!!

[SoCalDem]

46. We only intended to have the original 3, and THEN

I bottle fed a litter of 5 last August (ended up keeping the 3 we could not place)...and before we could trap & fix Mom, she popped out another litter (which I stole from her at 1 day old and bottle fed also).. We neded up with the remaining 2..Found a home for 2, 1 died at 2 days old, and we ended up with Sara & Sammy...

Before the bottlefed babies, I rescued Willie who was about an hour away from death.. His mother had put him out in the sun on a dirt mound.. He should have been called booger-face.. His whole face was encrusted from eye/nose infection and he could not nurse, so she knew he would die. BUT I found him first and after $177 in vet bills and bottle feeding for 10 days, he got a clean bill of health and he only weighed 11 ounces THEN...

He is now the EvilDUer Uncle Willie, weighing in at 12 pounds and fierce as hell :)

We still feed Mom and her brother outside.. They are feral to the core.. We managed to trap and neuter, but they refused to be socialized..


...and that's how we ended up with so many cats :)

[demnan]

51. SoCalDem

You are good (cat) people!

I have two inside cats with claws which means I don't give a rat's ass about my furniture. My cats provide entertainment for my guests, companionship for me and cooking help (don't ask).

[scucci]

2. My kitty is strictly indoors

and declawed which I would never do again. I never knew how painful it was for them until the past couple of years. Never again.

[DoNotRefill]

3. 3 cats...

stictly indoor, and all 3 declawed in the front only.

[Fixated]

4. ...

2 fatass cats. They are declawed, and according to their memoirs, "lovin' it."

[oldleftguy]

5. My family has a friend name George.

He was immediately adopted when he jumped into my sons lap 14 years ago. My son was in a wheelchair and that cat came from knowwhere. When placed in kitty litter he gives you a dirty look. He goes to the front door and waits and establishes eye contact. He goes outside, does his business and then goes to the back door and meow's till entry. He is a civilized indoor/outdoor cat. :bounce:

[ikojo]

7. Indoor and not declawed n/t

[Girlfriday]

8. Indoor

and not declawed.....oh, and FAT! Those of you with declawed cats have you noticed problems with socializing? The three cats I know that have been declawed are all psychotic!

[SoCalDem]

9. Ours are sweethearts..

Amber, Princess of the Universe,Mommie & her lardass son, Skunkie..

They are the mellowest cats on earth, but they do not tolerate any foolishness from the "youngsters"..
Amber "slapped" Sammy so hard one day, she knocked him off the bed.. He jumped back up and cowered before her, then she proceeded to wash his little face while he kneaded her chest..

The three that were declawed were done when they were very young, and although we now regret it, they have had no problems...except that Mommie & son got ..f.a.t.:):) (I doubt that it has anything to do with the claws )

[mhr]

10. Pictures - I just Love Pet Pictures

eom

[SoCalDem]

11. mine

from left:

Amber,Mommie, Skunkie,Willie,Starvin'Marvin,SweetiePie,ChinnyChin,Sara,Sammy

[REP]

12. Indoors Only and Fully Clawed

One doctor suggested that since I am diabetic, it might be in my best interests to have them declawed (diabetics get dangerous infections easily). I declined to mutilate my cats just because I am sick. It hasn't been mentioned again...not even after Amelia sent me to the hospital when she bit through my thumbnail.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. All three of my cats have been indoor cats

I do not relish the thought of them getting run over, eaten, frozen, poisoned, starved, shot, the list is endless in my neck of the woods. The little half-feral girl I have now, I rescued from having to deal anymore with all that. Poor little kitty was living all on her own. She's now safe, but hiding behind the couch after enduring dental surgery on Tuesday.;(

The only one that was declawed was my perfect Rhiannon. I have no idea why that was done to her as she was such a personality that she often seemed quite human. She did bully my other cat, though, even though Angela was older, bigger and was not declawed. I took both of these cats when my uncle died because his unpleasant wife was just going to drop them off at some shelter. I was never sorry. Both were nice cats, but Rhiannon was the light of my life. I lost them both too soon, of natural causes.;(

You don't have to ask me twice. My Rhiannon :-)

[FireHeart]

14. Indoors n/t

[VOX]

15. Indoors, always -- two "special needs" cats...

Both are rescues -- Rosie, a 6-year-old blue-point Siamese female was declawed by her original owners, who moved back overseas and did not wish to subject her to the strict quarantine. She is remarkably sensitive and intelligent, and was clearly affected by the abandonment, although she has adapted pretty well.

Dobbs, our 3-year-old Snowshoe male, lost his left rear leg to an animal bite when he was a kitten. (Only he knows his story, and he's not telling.) The rescue group found him wounded and hiding, and the vet had to amputate the limb to save him. The vet said that in order for Dobbs to have survived his ordeal, "he had to meet me halfway," which he surely did. He has made a beautiful adjustment, is full of life and silliness, and is my hero.

Only last week, an animal regulation officer informed us of coyote sightings in our neighborhood, and a cat who lived next door was killed by coyotes. Obviously, the poor cat (who often slept in our rose garden) would be alive right now if he had been kept inside, out of harm's way.

Our cats are quite content indoors, they are spoiled and indulged at every turn, and they are never bored. At times I envy them!

[Zuni]

16. indoor with claws

She goes out sometimes, but I live in a crowded area and I do not want her to get hurt.

She also doesn't seem to have much of a killer instinct.

[Jen72]

17. Outdoors and with claws.

my cat spends most of the summer sleeping under hedges.
She actually sleeps indoors most nights, by her own choice, we have a catflap.

[trof]

18. indoor-outdoor

He goes both ways.
We keep a litter box for emergencies, but he (by far) prefers the great outdoors for eliminations.
Not declawed.
Pretty good about not shredding furniture.
Shreds tree bark instead.
And the occasional mouse, vole, bird, squirrel.

[dofus]

19. Two cats, both have all their claws.

They are mainly indoor cats, but we've trained them to stay in the back yard when we let them outside for a little while on nice days. And we did that by chasing them back every time they'd hop the fence into a different yard.

[rock]

20. 3 cars, all outdoors

All fixed, none declawed. Two spoiled, working on the other.

[scarlet_owl]

21. Indoor and fully clawed

We live in an apartment, so she can't go outside. She's too stupid to take care of herself anyway.

[xJlM]

22. Both

They go where they want, and do what they want. They kind of think they run the place. When I'm not at this chair at the computer, there's one who keeps it warm for me if she's in.

[newyawker99]

32. Hi xJIM!! 300 posts

:toast:

[xJlM]

39. Hi back

Don't know what 300 posts means, except I'm unemployed and bored. Got way too much time on my hands...

[5thGenDemocrat]

23. This is John's friend Polly...

John has 8 cats and out of the 8, one has his front claws removed...he arrived that way. All the cats are both innys and outys. I have told John that I was going to get a chair and sit at the front door and do nothing but open and shut the door for these "kittys. What he doesn't seem to understand is that I am serious.

[Lindacooks]

24. Indoor always

We designed and built our house with 'air lock' entries - at least two doors between the indoors and outside so the cats can't get out accidentally.

All of our cats still have their claws, except one who came to us declawed.

I have seen too many cats dead on the side of the road to EVER let ours outside.

[curse10]

25. Indoors, and definately not declawed

declawing is inhumane.

[Skittles]

26. Clancy is a monitored outdoor cat

he likes to sleep in the bushes outside my apartment.

Declawing cats is cruel. If claws bother you that much, get a f***ing dog.

[dmr]

27. 3 indoor that we got from cat rescue

and 3 outdoor that adopted us.

We have an old man, Red, who has special needs, is declawed, and is the boss. The other two are young, sassy, clawed, nuts and juvenile delinquents. We recently adopted our third, who is appropriately named Isabel, she is a good playmate for Michigan, who use to sit in the window and moan at the outside kitties - he vandalized (chewed) my blinds when I wasn't looking. Isabel, a true hurricane (hurricat) has chewed and shredded the bathmat to smithereens.

The three outside (Nutmeg, Morgan and Esther) are sweet, but very feral. We have friends who rescue cats, they came out and trapped the three, but they are too wild to adopt out. They have been given a clean bill of health from the vet. The three compete (and play) with the ducks who waddle in on our front porch as their home base.

[nuxvomica]

28. One, indoor and clawed but with numerous scratching posts

Despite the scratching posts, some of the furniture has indeed been clawed.
I always tell folks this about de-clawing:

We don't know what happens after death but it's possible we may go to heaven. We don't know if cats go to heaven but you gotta assume it's more likely that cats go to heaven than that sofas go to heaven. So which should you be nicer to on Earth?

[Raenelle]

29. Indoor. All 5 are fixed; none declawed.

Actually, I let them go out in the back yard, though I watch them and never leave them out if they're not in my vision. One of them, Maggie, keeps going out in the front yard, so I rarely let her out at all--only if I go out with her, and then only for about 5 minutes.

They are all getting up there in years. The youngest is 10; the oldest 14. I used to let them out whenever they wanted. Then in 1996 one of them got hit/killed by a car. That was devastating, and I just don't let them out by themselves anymore.

[meti57b]

30. strictly indoor and I would never declaw a cat.

[BrotherBuzz]

31. Both

Our cat has chosen to reside in the mudroom with its crude homemade cat door. I call the mudroom a Sally port 'cause our poor border collie dog, Sally, has to run the gauntlet to go in or out. Our cat is old, wicked, and fully armed with claws, but Sally remains undaunted in her obsessive herding attempts.

[SOteric]

33. One of each.

I have a 5 year-old cat who loves to go out. He taunts dogs for sport, he pounces out of bushes at passers-by, he chases squirrels and once in a while he brings me a fiercly won pine-cone. He's a beautiful cat with a friendly, outgoing disposition and my neighbours all love him. I've raised him from a kitten. He's in full possession of his claws if not his sanity. He is slightly, and rather endearingly cross-eyed. He spends his nights curled up inside with me.

I also have an 18 year-old cat who goes out only once a day, basically to say that he has. Then he quickly comes trotting back inside for a nosh and a 24-hour power nap. He adopted me as an adult. People he lived with in his kittenhood declawed, abused and then abandoned him. He now seeks to achieve a lasting world peace through snogging, snoozing and consuming fishy-flavoured substances from a tin.

[corarose]

34. I keep them in the basement with the lights off

Once in a while I will toss some food and water down to them.
Just kidding!

I have 3 cats and I live in a High Rise in Downtown Chicago and believe me that don't go outside at all.
I have two sons Little AL and Valentino and I have a daughter who's name is Ramona aka Sammy aka the Queen.

[ironflange]

35. 3 cats, all female (fixed)

All have claws, we think declawing is just plain mean. I regularly clip the claws of two of them, they don't mind too much, but the youngest on squirms and fights so viciously that I have to leave them long. Luckily, she only scratches on her post and an old rug in the basement. Speaking of basement, that's where they spend the night -- they each get a bit of tuna at bedtime and we never hear from them until the morning.

They are semi-indoor cats. We've just moved to a new area, so I built the fence high and smooth, so they can't jump it, and believe me they tried. Worked well until tonight, when our youngster (see above) got out somehow. We finally cornered her down the way; she was panic-stricken by that point. We have a mystery to solve now.

Here's one of mine, the big and slightly chubby Queen of the House:

http://www.ratemykitten.com/ratemy/kitten?image=72053

Also have a plain black and a fuzzy tortie (the youngest)

[corarose]

40. How many cats do you have?

I clicked on your link and all of the cats are so gorgeous.

Check and see if you have a small opening under your fence.

[ironflange]

42. 3 cats

Hmmm, that should be a shot of only one cat, with a piercing gaze.

Fence is secure. We think she may have finally gotten up enough nerve to jump from the deck railing to the fence. She can't go out unsupervised any more!

[Wickerman]

36. Our rescue Kitty is declawed on the front

and because of that stays inside - though he would dearly like to be outside and often sneaks out onto the deck if the door is kept open a nanosecond too long. Then, he never knows what to do.

[sasquatch]

38. two indoor; a whole bunch outdoor

Harlon and Maisy still have their claws, but they are fixed. I couldn't tell you how many outdoor cats I have. I live on a farm and there are a lot of old VW buses out back that the cat's live in.

[DS1]

41. Does "Rambo" mean anything to ya?

:evilgrin:

[Capn Sunshine]

43. Definitely outdoor.

This one comes by once every three months or so to eat a neighborhood chihuahua.

[FauxNewsBlues]

44. Indoor 5, outdoor 1

The outdoor one came with the house. No declawing. I use softpaws on my worst scratcher, the other 4 just get regular clippings.

[kwolf68]

45. Indoor

and they have their claws...and they have a wild streak in them, so the couple times the female has gotten out she's been fine.

I am convinced female cats are more intelligent than male cats. My female cat opens doors while the male cat just meows at it hoping someone will let him in.

[BurtWorm]

47. My two cats spend all their time indoors

in an apartment in NYC. They find plenty of places to nap and watch us weird humans going about our business. They are not declawed. I think they're pretty happy.

(Perfect, the girl cat, incidentally, just celebrated her third birthday this past evening.)

[davidinalameda]

48. 3 indoor

one declawed--mine

my partner's two cats aren't declawed

[LWolf]

49. My 2 cats are bidoor. Or something.

They have their own kitty door in a window, and come and go as they please. That usually means that they are in when it's cold or hot, out when it's nice. They are definitely indoors at bedtime; they wait for me on the bed. I never lock them in or out.

They have all of their claws. Except for Lucy; he lost one in a brawl with a neighboring tom who came poaching last month.

They generally stay in the yard when they are outside, but they've been known to hunt the field next door; about 50 acres or so. My tom was a stray and did a lot of wandering before I neutered him. Now he stays home and guards the place.

[annonymous]

50. Both indoor and outdoor.

Any cat I have owned has been both indoor and outdoor. I have only owned one cat, Hellah, that was front declawed but he came to me that way. He recently died suddenly of kidney failure. He was 14 years old. My current cat, Mammacat, is a stray that came in our backyard this summer. She has 3 kittens that are feral, but we haven't had much luck catching them. Mammacat is now spayed and has all her shots. She also has her claws. I don't like declawing cats.

[Piltdown13]

52. Timmy is an indoor kitty

I've moved too often (grad student always in search of the best deal and sanest landlord) and lived on too many busy streets to let him out by himself. However, he is harness-and-leash trained, so when it's nice out we sometimes go for "walks" in the evening. He's gotten to where if you just show him his leash he lies down on the floor and purrs, waiting for you to put it on him. :-)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

53. Two Indoor Cats-With claws

both males-I adopted them in May. I would never let them out in the city-too many cars and other dangers. Noah is 6 yrs. old, mostly white with black markings and a little black nose. Reno is 7 yrs. old, all black and is the alpha kitty. They are both sweethearts. People abandoned them when they moved-left them in the apartment. The boys generally get along, though occasionally fur flies.