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> If cats escape from their house, either the owners behave like royal a-holes with them, or very likely they were not spayed/neutered. Hard disagree here. Al
by fullstop 3y ago
> If cats escape from their house, either the owners behave like royal a-holes with them, or very likely they were not spayed/neutered.
Hard disagree here. All four of my cats are spayed or neutered and the one is determined to go out and explore. She will sneak behind your back and fly through the door as it closes. She looks peaceful and sleeping across the room, but don't let that fool you -- she springs to life and flies out the door when you least expect it.
She once escaped through a basement window, about 6 feet above the floor with no objects below it, through a gap which was just a few inches wide. I got her back about three days later by setting up a motion activated camera and a bowl of food outside.
I've fostered over 50 cats now so I feel like I know and understand their behavior pretty well by this point.
- squarefoot 3y ago> All four of my cats are spayed or neutered and the one is determined to go out and explore. We don't disagree here, I never wrote that neutered/spayed cats don't want to explore, that's normal behavior for every feline out there, but that those who aren't can suffer a lot from being forced home. For cats which aren't spayed or neutered it isn't just about exploring anymore but satisfying their urge to mate, and they won't return until that need is satisfied, if they do.
- fullstop 3y agoMy choices were being an ahole or the cat wasn't spayed / neutered though.