Leaving pet cats outdoors at all is bad for them and bad for the ecosystems they touch. It's not an American thing. It shortens the average lifespan of cats dramatically to spend time alone outside.
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Python swallows pet cat whole in family's backyard.
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Wow a Dice man reference in 2020."You know what me and dis python have in common?" "We both eat da pussy, AYE!"
Fully understandable and she is used to being outside all the time so it might be harder for a cat like that to accept. Once they get a taste they really want to explore outside.
Outdoor and feral cats are invasive ecological disasters that are responsible for billions of killed wildlife every year. Australia has a big problem with outdoor and feral cats killing wildlife, so good for the python getting a meal out of this one. Cats can also easily get killed by traffic or predators. If you love your pet and care about wildlife, keep your cat inside.
Edit: This is also a big problem in Germany, since you live there. You contribute to song bird populations getting decimated, congrats.
Eh, not a fan of letting cats out due to effects they can have on the local wild life and potential danger they can find themselves in as this cat found out. Sad for the family, but that's just what can happen when you let your pet roam around.
Would be crushed by the muscles inside. Even then again snakes wouldn't swallow prey alive, too much risk. Better to suffocate and then swallow.
Shit happens, but the prob like it more than be confided to a apartment.
pythons don't swallow animals alive, they construct them to death first with their bodies. If that python swallowed that cat alive it'd be getting torn up inside from that cats claws
Theoretically, seconds, but snakes do not swallow live prey as a rule.
I am sure they would rather explore all day than be in a apartment. The problem is the risk of getting hit by a car and other issues (not giant freaking sneaks where I am at thankfully).
Not a python, but we've had two cats killed from Coyotes in AZ. :( It's so sad when this stuff happens.
(I'm going to hell, one of my kitties looks exactly like this on top of it)
I don't know anyone who has indoor cats. They're wild animals, they like freedom, and don't want to be confined to a small apartment. Is it riskier? Sure, but should I also not leave my house because somebody could hit me with a car? Cats are not that supid, and they're fast - I live in a small town, so no car is going more than 50 kph. And I don't know about their harm on the ecosystem, all they do is bring back dead mice a few times a year, and I don't see any negative in that.
My grandma also has an outdoor cat that is 20 years old. Surely it didn't shorten his lifespan.
My grandma also has an outdoor cat that is 20 years old. Surely it didn't shorten his lifespan.
That looks like a toy that would be sold in the checkout lanes at the supermarket
I put a hard no on larger snakes. Not just for the dogs, but also due to space limitations.
We have a male ball python (banana morph, and a handsome fella), and she's considering a western hognose next. Both of which as far as I'm aware are much too small full grown to be a threat to a 9 and 12 pound dog. She was recently looking at rescuing a 7 foot boa that I was adamantly against. Sure, it probably won't eat one of them, but I don't know enough about snake defenses to know if it would just constrict a curious dog. Most google searches didn't really help, and "keeping it in a separate room" doesn't work for me since snakes should not be underestimated and do get loose.
How sad, that is an awful way to loose your pet. Also, why I keep all my cats inside unless they are on a leash and I am "walking" them. Only 1 of my cats loves to be outside and so he goes for walks when it is warm. I never understood having a pet and then letting it roam around.
I pondered existence as I sighed, locked my phone and put it down.
Regardless it's an American cultural thing which isn't done in the UK and Ireland or Europe in general.
It's fine to admit you don't care about your cats or the ecosystem enough to give them enriched indoor lives, but don't pretend anecdotes about grandma's cat overrule the statistics.
Oh, they have an enriched life where they can enjoy their freedom without being confined to a small space, don't worry.
Yeah, I was so confused when I came into this thread and saw those comments. Rightly or wrongly, I've never known anyone keep their cats inside...
Eh horseshit.
Grams has had cats for over 30 years, completely outside. They never got sick and died, they multiplied. And they've never been alone. Don't know about ecological impacts either because there are plenty of animals around her property.
Are there some areas that are more harmful to cats? Sure. This isn't some evergreen rule though. Cats roaming city streets eating from garbage cans or whatever is completely different than having them live in open terrain and woods.
I'd rather the cat be happy and live a few years shorter than forced to be inside bored all day.
I seriously can't ever tell if your posts are serious or an ERA parody.
Science tells us we should do a lot of things.
Coming into a thread where it's very obvious that people don't live their lives based upon the prevailing scientific research and saying, "People still actually do this?!"
It's like a bad joke.
I grew up on property with outdoor/ indoor cats. Now, living in a city, my cats who were rescued, are indoor cats. Are they bored? I personally don't think so because I play with them daily and provide areas that are for them to play, they love to run all over, when they're not sleeping or laying down with me.
Some of you, while entitled to your opinions, sound like you don't know what you're talking about.
Some of you, while entitled to your opinions, sound like you don't know what you're talking about.
Best cat I ever had was an outside cat, a feral stray, but friendly. She'd come up on the porch where my dad would feed her. A lot of mornings she showed her appreciation for us with an offering- a squirrel head, a bird wing, or a mouse tail. Of course, being an outdoor cat, she would constantly be having kittens. She had one litter, and we brought one of the kittens inside. She had a second litter, and one brought another in. Fixed them both. Then she had a third litter. One day, they all disappeared, her and her kittens (they were almost grown and independent by that time). Someone must have shot them all, or a fox killed and ate them. Unfortunate. My parents still have her two offspring, though they are getting old now.
I don't think you can argue that being outdoors is conducive to a long lifespan for a cat. Especially in places with gators, or big snakes. I'm not a cat person by any means but if you like your cat you probably want to keep it indoors.
I don't think you can argue that being outdoors is conducive to a long lifespan for a cat. Especially in places with gators, or big snakes. I'm not a cat person by any means but if you like your cat you probably want to keep it indoors.
These pet cats that are being let outside.... who is cleaning up their shit? Are they shitting on random people's properties with no care in the world, or are they exclusively shitting in their litter boxes at home?
Having an outdoor cat almost always leads to some kind of tragedy. Not worth the heartache. Not against letting cats outdoors but they gotta be supervised.
The first article is full of anecdotes and stuff that should considered common sense, I don't see much science. You mean to tell me that my cat is more likely to get ran over if he's confined inside? Or eaten by something? Like no shit.
That still doesn't change the fact that the implications change drastically from cities to rural areas. Most of those cats lived far beyond what this article is claiming.
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this makes me so very thankful that my cats can freely go from inside to their outdoor enclosure where they are safe. they can climb a tree out there and do cool cat shit without worrying about them getting hit by cars, getting in fights with other cats, killed by coyotes, eaten by giant snakes etc.
I'm sure staying inside your whole life would increase your life expectancy as well.
My cat is an indoor cat; but I have no issues with people letting their cats live their lives to the fullest instead of sleeping 16+ hours a day.
I thought this was in Florida reading "Sunshine Coast" thinkin it was down there (where those big snakes are pretty much wrecking the eco-system). It's Australia! Why even have outdoor pets over there? How many pets get killed by dingos, and funnel-web spiders over there?
More than likely. Sometimes its bigger animals killing them, but a lot of the times I see it being them getting run over. They even say outdoor cats live shorter lives than indoor cats naturally (probably stress and more likely to catch diseases).
Aren't they invasive? I hear they round pythons up and put them down in Florida.
That's the thing, they're not wild animals, they're a domesticated pet that have a massive impact on the ecology around them for a false benefit.
Cats do not need to get outside to thrive and be happy, and in fact, most indoor cats live longer, and can be just as stimulated inside as they can out.
Pretending that your method of cat ownership is better, even though it has been proven to be worse for the environment and the cat itself, is just ridiculous.
Having just moved to Pensacola Florida thats actually a fear of mine with my dogs,
especially living like a block away from a state park that absolutely has gators.
I saw at least five outdoor cats while I was in Ballyvaughn. There's an entire documentary about Turkish street cats called Kedi.
You people are literally all jonathan franzen
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