Cat Forum - View Single Post - are cats really happy being kept indoors

I used to let my 2 ex-strays DSH (Nanya & Baba) to have their total freedom in roaming in and out of the house. It is a long story anyaways..... 3 years back my Nanya girl came back home being poisoned. It happened at 1130pm and she was laying down on the floor flat, jerking, puking and uncontrolled diarrhea. She was very much in pain and her tongue was sticking out. My sister called me and i rushed back home from my appointment. I was totally lost and could not do much to help her. I tried calling for house call but the vet was away and could not attend. I had no choice but to rush her to the Animal Hospital in KL. At the end, she died on the way there.... I was too much pain for me to handle and i had to bury her with my own hands in my garden..... The pain was unbearable and until today i still could not forget her and i can still see the picture clearly in my mind how much she had suffered before she died.....

So now, i would prefer to be safe then sorry..... Especially my current gal Nisha(stray, adopted 1 month ago) is a handicap cat without her right paw. There is no way she can defense herself in the outside world. She cant run fast, she can only hop. I would not want to take the risk again and i dont want incident like Nanya to happen on her..... But it hurts to see her being kept in the room and nothing much to do besides sleep, eat and poop.... I can tell you, she is bored to death. So out of guilt, me and my fiance would bring her out every night for car ride and walk around the housing area. She is a tame cat and she is cool with car ride and walk (me doing the walking and she is in my arms). There are also big dogs roaming around and fears cats, so her freedom is not granted. Not until we buy our own property with a safe environment.

And what happened to Baba? I put him on boarding during CNY few years back in a pet shop and guess what? The pet shop lost my baby king and i cried my eyes out and gone insane!