Keeping pets in cages - cruel?
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My next door neighbours kids used to have a rabbit in a hutch in their garden. On a nice day when they were in the garden they'd let it out, stroke it a bit and let it hop round the garden.
The rest (like 99%) of the time the poor wretched creature would just sit there, cold, alone, and imprisoned, staring out through the bars.
Same with people that keep parrots in cages and justify it by saying "I let it out to fly around the room sometimes". Big f
king deal!
Bloody cruel surely?
The rest (like 99%) of the time the poor wretched creature would just sit there, cold, alone, and imprisoned, staring out through the bars.
Same with people that keep parrots in cages and justify it by saying "I let it out to fly around the room sometimes". Big f
king deal!Bloody cruel surely?
tinman0 said:
Nope, we have 3 house cats, and they are house cats. Not allowed outside in the slightest.
Reasons are very simple - they get into less fights, less fights means less vet bills, less outside means they don't need inoculating, they are far more healthy and tend to live substantially longer. We have one Si-mix that's putting in a very respectable 17-18 years at the moment. And whenever they get seen by a vet, it's always commented on how healthy they are.
Do you have a wife? Children?Reasons are very simple - they get into less fights, less fights means less vet bills, less outside means they don't need inoculating, they are far more healthy and tend to live substantially longer. We have one Si-mix that's putting in a very respectable 17-18 years at the moment. And whenever they get seen by a vet, it's always commented on how healthy they are.
If so, do you keep them permanently locked up indoors? After all, it'd be safer and they might live longer.
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