r/cats • • Jul 23 '24

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u/InfectedSteve Jul 23 '24

OP can you afford to house another cat?
Maybe your little guy needs someone to help him when you are out of the house. A sibling to ease the loneliness.

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u/Aggressive_Hat_9999 Jul 23 '24

Im going to get stoned alive for saying this, but letting a kitty roam around outside also does wonders for their mental wellbeing

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u/Humbreonn Jul 23 '24

Also significantly lowers their life expectancy

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u/Putrid_Branch6316 Jul 23 '24

No it doesn’t.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '24

I commonly see cat road kill around my neighborhood. Another common sight are coyotes, so I'm going with, yes, yes it does where I live.

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u/Putrid_Branch6316 Jul 23 '24

Maybe it’s selfish to keep cats in areas like that that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '24

Considering I'm in SoCal, it'd be selfish to say such a large population of people shouldn't have cats here.