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Move to a farm and get some outside cats, they shit in the woods but come home overnight. If they don't they get eaten by foxes etc. so they better. We never ha

Move to a farm and get some outside cats, they shit in the woods but come home overnight. If they don't they get eaten by foxes etc. so they better. We never had a litter box until the cat turned 15 and started to become less willing to go out in the snow. Ok, moving to a farm just to get some outside cats might be slightly overdoing it but there's loads more reasons why you want to live on a farm, preferably somewhere out in the woods so you might as well enjoy the cats which come with the territory.

zemvpferreira 1y ago
Around here (Portugal) plenty of people have outside cats in the city and suburbs, it’s great. However there’s a chance they’ll decide not to come back to you.
- pandemic_region 1y ago
  See, I am the only house owner in the street without a cat. Guess whose garden is very frequently visited by literally all the cats? Isn't there some plants to repel them? And no I'm not getting a dog
  - diggan 1y ago
    Go to your local gardener and ask for plants that repels cats/has scents cats don't like and plant them where you notice they use as a bathroom. Some people plant plants with thorns/prickles too, which seems to help a bit after the cats learn it hurts. Most obvious solution otherwise is to have a fence if you don't have one already.
    - amanaplanacanal 1y ago
      What kind of fence keeps out cats? They are pretty good climbers and jumpers.
      - diggan 1y ago
        A fence where the top part protrudes outwards towards the side of the invaders. Aka "anti-cat fence".
- hilbert42 1y ago
  "However there’s a chance they’ll decide not to come back to you." That's good reason to own a dog. ;-)
  - the_third_wave 1y ago
    Some dogs like to roam just like cats, we had one of those. Dog gone again, call the next farm, dog there? Nope, not this time. Explore the forest to find him a few kilometers off eating from a moose carcass, joy. Once home he vomits up half a moose which he wants to eat again. Yes that's dogs for you.
antidumbass 1y ago
Do they groom themselves of ticks?

zemvpferreira 1y ago

Around here (Portugal) plenty of people have outside cats in the city and suburbs, it’s great. However there’s a chance they’ll decide not to come back to you.

pandemic_region 1y ago
See, I am the only house owner in the street without a cat. Guess whose garden is very frequently visited by literally all the cats? Isn't there some plants to repel them? And no I'm not getting a dog
- diggan 1y ago
  Go to your local gardener and ask for plants that repels cats/has scents cats don't like and plant them where you notice they use as a bathroom. Some people plant plants with thorns/prickles too, which seems to help a bit after the cats learn it hurts. Most obvious solution otherwise is to have a fence if you don't have one already.
  - amanaplanacanal 1y ago
    What kind of fence keeps out cats? They are pretty good climbers and jumpers.
    - diggan 1y ago
      A fence where the top part protrudes outwards towards the side of the invaders. Aka "anti-cat fence".
hilbert42 1y ago
"However there’s a chance they’ll decide not to come back to you." That's good reason to own a dog. ;-)
- the_third_wave 1y ago
  Some dogs like to roam just like cats, we had one of those. Dog gone again, call the next farm, dog there? Nope, not this time. Explore the forest to find him a few kilometers off eating from a moose carcass, joy. Once home he vomits up half a moose which he wants to eat again. Yes that's dogs for you.

antidumbass 1y ago

Do they groom themselves of ticks?