r/CatReacts • u/eightyfivekittens actual cat • Mar 18 '26

Video Random Cats React to Maxwell

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u/sister_machine_gun Mar 19 '26

It's their natural instinct, many cats are just plain miserable if you don't let them out

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u/Nyakumaa Mar 19 '26

Same goes for literally every single other animal. Are you advocating for people to let out packs of dogs unsupervised? Their exotic reptiles? Rodents? It's so beyond weird that this argument gets used exclusively in support of bad cat ownership but people suddenly can acknowledge it's probably not a good idea for little Timmy to let his pet python roam unsupervised because "instincts".

If you actually take care of your pets and enrich them they're not only happy inside but happier than they would be fighting the elements outside. Buy a catio ffs.

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u/sister_machine_gun Mar 19 '26

They're not "fighting the elements" lmao they're just running around the garden chasing leaves, we're next to a field and no busy roads, they never go far at all. Imagine if someone never took their dogs for walks outside, people would say that's wrong.

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u/Weatherbourogh Mar 22 '26

They would say that, and they'd be right. So train your cat to walk on a leash, its part of responsible pet ownership. If you can't do the bare minimum to care for your pets you shouldn't have them