Cat owners: do you let your cats outside?

There are no such things as "cat owners." Dogs have owners; cats have staff.

Depends of cat. I had different cats and some of them wen outside some of them not.

In my experience, cats in the yard are happy. That is their nature.

Yeah, that nails it exactly!!

You will be missed, Merry Andrew, as you were definitely part of the brotherhood of worldwide cat "staff". It's hard to believe you're gone after posting about cats just a couple months ago.

I let my cat out at 5 today, and he didn't return until almost 7:30 when it was getting dark. Little tomcat had me on pins and needles!

if at all possible keep your cat(s) inside only. Too many things can happen to them outside from fights to being run over, poisoning, loose dogs or other animals killing them, diseases.

If you have a situation when the cat is so miserable inside that it makes you miserable keeping it in and you are on a very traffic free quiet street or in the country it might be safer.

I've heard outside cats live an average of 4 years. People can set up or have an area set up outside that is enclosed somthe cats are safe but enjoy the outside.

One f my cats has always been inside only. The other was a somewhat feral stray cat I had soayed, got her shots and tried to keep inside but screamed non-stomto go out and she is now i side outside-in after dark.

Halloween make sure your cats especially black cats in for a good week before Halloween. There are some sick people out there.

Good advice, especially on black cats and Halloween. Other than that, mine do go out whenever they want.

Oh yes. I don't know how it happened, but somewhere along the line in my life, I became the official doorman for my cat. I don't like it, but it's a fact.