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Why Should Your Cat Be Kept Indoors?

  • Fleas and cost of flea treatment monthly
  • Ticks (carry Lyme Disease) and cost of tick treatment monthly
  • FIV (Feline version of HIV which can develop into full blown Aids)
  • Feline Leukemia transmitted by fighting with other outdoor cats
  • Feline Herpes from exposure to other cats
  • FIP (A particularly nasty deadly disease picked up from other outdoor cats)
  • Toxicidia from your cat digging in the dirt and picking up the parasite and bringing it inside
  • Picking up intestinal worms
  • Infected wounds/abscesses and eye damage from cat bites/scratches incurred during cat fights that need expensive vet attention
  • Hit in traffic/ran over
  • Lost
  • Stolen
  • Taken/eaten by predators coy dogs, coyotes, fisher  
  • Attacked by other neighborhood cats (possible injury and very stressful for your cat)
  • Attacked and possibly killed by neighborhood dogs
  • Attacked by mean people
  • Taunted/teased/abused by neighborhood children
  • They won't accidentally or intentionally, be poisoned by antifreeze. 
  • In the winter, they won't crawl up into a the hood of a warm car to stay warm and then be hurt or killed when the car starts again or moves. 
  • They could get trapped in someone's shed or garage. On really hot days or really cold days- that could be dangerous (heat stroke, frostbite). 
  • Keeping them inside you'll notice UT and gastrointestinal issues sooner because you can monitor their urine and stool via litter box.
  • And finally, if you keep your cat indoors you will be able to spend more time with your cat since he/she will be around more.
Kingdom Animal Shelter
1161 Portland St.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819


Kingdom Animal Shelter is a non-profit
certified 501(c) (3),
animal rescue organization. 
Please contact us at [email protected] for our 501(c)(3) ID.

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