That's exactly how mine always were, lifespan and otherwise. Of course, we were always in a rural area.
Oh, and I should clarify that since he's a male, he was neutered, not spayed. :) On 9/6/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All of our cats are outside/inside cats. They come running home every > night. We sometimes saw the last cat over a half mile form home > roaming the neighborhood. > > He was eventually killed by a car, but he was 16. > > > On 9/6/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, we have a cat - got him about a year ago (born Oct 7, 2005). > > > > He loves to hunt bugs in the house, like any cat, but we are thinking > that > > he'd be so much happier outside hunting real animals. My question is > after > > a year of being an inside cat, is there a worry that he won't come back > once > > we let him out? We live in a somewhat urban area, with a busy road out > > front. Yet, there are plenty of cats that roam the neighborhood, and > they > > all seem to do fine. He loves to try to escape at any chance he has, > and we > > are not home all that much, so he'd be entertained while we are away. > > > > I've always had cats that were on their own, so I'm of the thought that > they > > are born hunters and should be allowed to do what they want, but my wife > > thinks he'll just run away and never come back. Thoughts? > > > > BTW, he is spayed and up-to-date with all his shots. Of course, we'd > put a > > collar and tags on him. > > > > Ray > > > > -- > > --------------------------------- > > Ray Champagne > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
