This makes me so sad. We moved a couple of months ago, to an entirely new city. Brand new manufactured home which suits us in our retirement. Our 15 year old, never-outside-for-even-one-minute-in-their-entire-lives kitties made a remarkably successful adjustment to their new house, which was a great relief! But now, a very young (maybe six months) little male tabby with white footsies and a pinky nose and the sweetest mew and buzz-saw purr has showed up, rolling over and flaunting his soft white belly and telling us he has chosen us. NO no no no….our elderly kitties can’t do this at their age and tolerance…and we can only have one litter box. We have gotten him (and his buddy Siamese who is also young but is owned next door) an outdoor feral cat house with an electric, heated bed. He was fixed yesterday, got shots, micro-chipped, and ear-mite dosed. But I live in terror of the horrible things I’ve seen happen to so many outside cats! We have never had any cat who lived outside.
This makes me so sad. We moved a couple of months ago, to an entirely new city. Brand new manufactured home which suits us in our retirement. Our 15 year old, never-outside-for-even-one-minute-in-their-entire-lives kitties made a remarkably successful adjustment to their new house, which was a great relief! But now, a very young (maybe six months) little male tabby with white footsies and a pinky nose and the sweetest mew and buzz-saw purr has showed up, rolling over and flaunting his soft white belly and telling us he has chosen us. NO no no no….our elderly kitties can’t do this at their age and tolerance…and we can only have one litter box. We have gotten him (and his buddy Siamese who is also young but is owned next door) an outdoor feral cat house with an electric, heated bed. He was fixed yesterday, got shots, micro-chipped, and ear-mite dosed. But I live in terror of the horrible things I’ve seen happen to so many outside cats! We have never had any cat who lived outside.