I agree with you. I feel so bad not letting my cat outside but I want her safe and germ free…too may fox in our neighborhood.

It’s actually abuse to let your car wander out
Doors.

Nature , is cruel. For humans and for other animals. One of the great pleasures of pet ownership is to keep Nature at a minimum. I’d be thrilled to be cared for by affectionate overlords if it were an option!

Would like a couple thoughts

First, I would separate the two cats for awhile if Tulip is scratching that hard. Our cats wrestle every now and then, but never hard enough to injure each other, so I think it’s an aggression issue with Tulip. Slowly reintroduce them over a week or so and see if that helps.

Secondly, you could look into getting nail caps for Tulip. I believe they’re called Soft Paws. They do need to be changed out as the cat’s claws grow, but they’ll keep her claws from doing damage.

I just adopted a 2 year old cat for my 94 year old mother who lives with me. Tulip (our new kitty) scratches her and it’s terrible on such thin, aging skin! I don’t want to take Tulip back to KC Pet Project. What can I do?

Yeah, once upon a time, before cats were domesticated, they were suited to the wild. Nowadays, however, domestic cats are safer (although it’s debatable whether they’re happier) when kept strictly indoors. If a cat has been kept indoors their whole life, it’s no wonder that they wouldn’t know how to survive if and when they got out. 🙁

I also wonder where people come up wit the line, it’s nature to let a cat be in the wild. How can you say you love your fur baby in one breath then expose her to the wilds of nature?
My Vet agrees. He has to treat those poor babies who are attacked by wild animals that roam.
Our cat who got out by mistake was attacked and also had to have his leg amputated.
Sure there are feral cats that have no choice but to fight to survive , but why would a loving pet be Putin that position?

Cats are only a fraction of the natural predators in the great outdoors, and it’s virtually impossible to accurately estimate how many birds they kill per year. As of 2014, 70% of domestic cats are indoor only. With a (very) roughly estimated US population of 10 billion birds breeding each year (20 billion during migration season), and the number of birds killed by cats being, at most, a shakily estimated 3.7 billion (and that includes stray and feral cats, not just owned cats that are killing), I’d say it’s actually a good thing that cats are keeping the population in check. The repercussions of NOT owning a cat, being the loss of life through euthanasia due to cats not being adopted, is of far more concern to me. Nature can take care of itself. As Dr. Ian Malcolm said in Jurassic Park: “Life will find a way”.