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[con_grazia]

Abby, I know you are grateful I took you in during a bitter cold winter and gave you a home. I know you are already very bonded to me and want to make me happy. I'm glad you finally feel like this is truly home.

But if I find one more freshly-killed rat at the foot of my bed, I will have a psychotic break.

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I completely agree with you. My older cat is basically indoors. She goes out into the carport to lie in the sun for a few minutes and the comes in and she is always locked in at night. She never goes further than the carport. This new guy, however - I have no idea how long he was a homeless cat, although he looked well taken care of when he came to me. I try and lock him in, at least overnight, but if I don't let him out he has a ceaseless meow that won't let up and I get no sleep. Clearly he is used to being outside most of the day and night and I have had to learn detachment with him, since I don't know him. So far he has brought me three rodents and no birds, and I'm hoping it's because I'm not feeding them anymore. And while I hate that any living thing has to die, I guess dead rodents does help our city out. I've now closed the cat door and he has to ask to go in or out so I can monitor whether he has anything in his mouth.

Indoor cats definitely do live longer. My oldest is 14.5 and still going strong! She's in great shape, if a little hormonally cranky. ;)