[domesticzookeeper]

Oof - two 8 month-olds I truly adore cats, but cat adolescence is one of my least favorite stages ever: I usually find myself counting down the days until they turn 3 and round the corner into "active but not bananas"

Originally Posted by twentysixcats

I have been looking at outdoor catios wondering if it would be just enough outdoors to help them?

It really did help my cats when we lived in our apartment Not just because they got the sights and the smells and the sunshine, but also because the openings of their enclosure were large enough to allow bugs inside and they loooved hunting bugs. I started putting them outside at dawn and dusk - right after mealtimes - and one morning my girl Miko must have caught at least ten moths. It was the proudest moment of her life Now my cats were 8 years old at that point, but they really were more settled and happy during those times they were inside.