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MineralMan

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19. Where we used to live, our cats could go in and out as they pleased.

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:54 PM

Jul 2012

When we moved to St. Paul, MN, we decided to convert them to indoor cats. Surprisingly, they didn't seem to care that much. They were in new surroundings and didn't show a lot of interest in venturing outdoors. One of the ones we moved here died of old age a couple of years ago. The two we have now spend a lot of time on a bench at our front picture window, watching all the wild critters we feed. They seem happy as can be.

Incidentally, when we lived in California and had a cat flap, we had two cats who lived into their mid-20s. I built the cat flap myself, and made it too large, so the raccoons also came in and out as they pleased. They didn't do any damage, and got along OK with the cats, so we pretty much ignored them. Once in a while, I'd come out of the bedroom in the middle of the night, and there'd be a cat and a raccoon asleep on the couch. Interesting times.

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