Cats really roam -- check them out w/ GPS

[Teren_Kanan]

Yeah, I've had both and my indoor/outdoor cats are happier. I had an inside cat for 13 years and kept her inside because we were living in apartments, duplexes, and neighborhoods with lots of traffic. After she passed we rescued two brother kittens. We now live outside of town in a small housing development with 1 acre lots on a river that backs up against a pecan orchard. We've got a doggy door for our two labs and both cats who are now 5 use the door as well. They have about the greatest life imaginable and spend their nights hunting along the river and orchard while their days are spent in the middle of our bed and they can come and go as they please. You run a risk letting your cats out for sure, but it's one I'm willing to take because of how happy they are.

Agree with a lot of this.

I have 3 cats atm and they were indoor cats for about 3 years. Last year I installed a pet door on my garage door, and an opening for them to leave my garage, so they are all 3 indoor/outdoor cats now. It's incredibly noticeable how much happier they seem. They LOVE being outside, and still enjoy the luxuries of doing nothing all day on the bed or their favorite sleeping spot in the house and come/go as they please now. My Fiance and I have had a lot of fun watching their territory expand. Initially they wouldn't venture far from the garage opening.. over the months they slowly start going further and further bit by bit. Now I've seen them all over the neighborhood (lot of other cats around too). I've even had one of my cats not come home for 3-4 days (happened twice, same cat), which was worrying, but they always shows back up like it's no big deal.