Reply #267: It is pricey..but we do it anyway

[Vektor]

Also, all are kept up with vaccinations and get regular exams. Ideally, I would love for all my cats to be indoors, but this cat arrived on our doorstep full grown, and ever so slightly feral, and we took him in. If he were a kitten that we could raise indoors, I would totally do that. I keep him in as much as I can. I definitely subscribe to the "cats should be indoors" school of thinking and all the ones we have besides him never go out. But, since he wasn't our cat to begin with, and adopted us, and will not tolerate constant confinement, I let him out sometimes in the daytime. He never leaves the property, interestingly. He is really good about just hanging out on the back deck, where we can readily see him. We've had him over three years now, and with no problems.