kilikini wrote:
"Janet B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:13:55 GMT, "kilikini"
, clicked their heels and said:

You can't have an indoor/outdoor cat without
infesting your house with fleas, mites and ticks or whatever. I
just don't see the point.

kili


While my cats stay in, for their safety and wellbeing, the above
comment is absurd. Dogs go out every day and don't infest houses
with fleas, mites and ticks, and cats are no different.

My cats can go on the deck or patio with us, but never unattended
outside, and I don't trust the dog behind me not to come over the
fence at them, so close to the house or not at all. Skipjack say not
at all - he will stay in an open doorway.

As far as cultural differences, the US is a very different place from
many other countries. The population (human, feline,, canine, wild
animals) just can't be compared, nor that vicious beast, the
automobile.



Ha! I've had dogs before that were indoor/outdoor dogs. I'm sorry,
Frontline doesn't cut it. I gave my dog frontline 2 times a month
and I'd still pick about 200 ticks off of him and he was infested
with fleas. I gave him baths weekly. The products don't work. Try
to live on Maui and see if you don't have the same results.

kili

kili, dear... do yourself (and rpca) a favour and cut out the cross posting
when you reply. There are some real fanatics on h+b who like to lord it
over everyone, them being "experts" (ha!)

Needless to say, you are correct. I don't know about other folks, but my
dog - Sampson (RB) - was an indoor dog; he only went out to use the potty.

Jill