heffel@shogun.DEC (Tracey Heffelfinger Dtn:354-7431 GSO/F5) (10/01/85)
Dave Taylor wanted to know if anyone else knew of cats who were terrified
of the outside.
^
Yep. Our latest (out of 6) is Nazzie (short for Nazgul). He was dumped
on our doostep when he was 4 1/2 weeks old. He was and is terrified of
the outside. (I think some dogs roughed him up while he waited for us to
get home and find him on our front porch.) He's 4 1/2 months old and I've
tried taking him out in the yard with supervision. The ears go back, the
tail fluffs out and Nazzie heads for the door as fasr as he can! Since
our kitties are indoor kitties (except for Cinnamon. but that's another
story!) we don't mind him not wanting to go outside.
I friend of mine has a cat that heads the other way when the door is
opened! The only times she's been outside are when she was brought to his
house in the first place and when she gets taken to the vet's.
If you can, I'd suggest you let the kitty be an indoor kitty. She's
obviously happy that way and it is undeniably safer for her.
"I can resist everything except temptation" --Wilde
Tracey Heffelfinger
Digital Equipment Corp.
Greenville, S.C.
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