Long time no see. I'm here mainly because I'm on a self-imposed ban from instagram and twitter, so I don't have anywhere else to unload my thoughts and hope some friend, acquaintance, or stranger gives me some good advice or that this just helps me settle my mind.
I'm in a big predicament at the moment. My cat was missing for 3 days, 3 horrible days that I was worried sick she had been stolen, ran over by a car, chased and attacked by a dog, lost without knowing how to get back, not being able to eat anything and drink water, being really cold because it's winter, etc.
Luckily and thank God, the universe, circumstances, or whatever, she was locked inside the neighbor's house. They left without noticing she was there, closed the window she enters through and left for a couple of days, so she had no way out and we had no way to know if she was there. As soon as they arrived and saw her, they came over to let us know she was there.
Since the afternoon she didn't return at the time she usually does I started worrying. I called her constantly not caring the neighbors thought I was crazy, and looked for her around the house. The next day I printed flyers, posted on social media, hired a service that creates localized ads on facebook, and the following 2 days I went looking for her late at night, and at 4:00 am. I cried my eyes out, wasn't even able to fully enjoy the company of my nephew and the rest of my family during Christmas because I missed her and I was worried she was suffering.
She's an indoor/outdoor cat. After I adopted her, I had the intention to make her an indoor cat; but my mom, without asking me or listening to me constantly asking her not to, let her out all the time, so that's what she grew up used to. Lately, she'd been spending more time indoors than outdoors, but still her routine include spending some time on the front yard, observing people and animals from the top of the wall that surrounds our house, walking on the sidewalk in front of the house, and apparently going into the neighbor's house through their window.
After this horrible experience, I really want to turn her completely into an indoor cat. But, just after one day of keeping her indoors, I feel like I'm making her suffer because she really wants to go out. I just bought her some toys that I'm hoping will make being indoors more interesting. I listened to some podcasts, and read some blogs that said that that's what I need to do. But I really can't imagine it will ever be more interesting than what she does outside and enjoying the trees and everything she sees. I want to protect her, but what if it's really selfish of me to not let her be the way she is and enjoy being outside like she does??? I know the responsible thing is to keep her inside, but it's really hard to keep her from what she enjoys. š£ I can't fully transform the house and create a completely interesting environment for her because this is not my house. When I move I'll be able to keep her inside all the time, but even then I'm not sure she'd be as happy as she is here, because here she's free. That's the thing, I feel like I'm depriving her of her freedom.
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