Your Cat Indoors - Briggs Animal Adoption Center

In others, all parts are poisonous. If your catingests a toxic plant, do not delay in gettingyour pet to a veterinarian. Death can occurfrom nibbling even a small portion of apoisonous plant.When your cat must go outside of thehouse- trips to the vet., family move, etc.,make sure he or she is in a sturdy cat carrierand is wearing a current identification tagon a breakaway safety collar. The singlegreatest threat to a cat is the great outdoors.Eliminate this environment and you willhave a safer, healthier cat.Presented by The National Humane Education SocietyKeepYourCatIndoorsFostering a sentiment of kindness to animalsP.O. Box 340, Charles Town, WV 25414-0340304-725-0506 • www.nhes.orgTo help your cat adjust to the indoors, place aperch at a window. A room with a view is thebest distraction. Screened porches makeexcellent play areas for cats. Some people evenbuild large, screened enclosures for their cats,but you don’t need to go to that extent tomake your feline a happy indoor inhabitant.Cats can learn to enjoy a safe, indoor life witha little encouragement from their friends.Peace Plantation Animal Sanctuary, New York12752 State Hwy. 206Walton, NY 13856-2327607-865-5759 • www.ppasny.orgBriggs Animal Adoption CenterP.O. Box 1023, Charles Town, WV 25414-1023304-724-6558 • www.baacs.org

Traffic, traps, poisoning and cruel peopleare just a few of the dangers that cankill or injure outdoor cats. Disease andparasites are much easier to avoid when a catstays indoors. Cats that are not spayed andneutered and are allowed to roam will mateand create MORE cats that will either dieagonizing deaths on the street or be killed inshelters because there are not enough homesfor them. Outside dangers are so prevalentthat the average lifespan for a free-roamingcat is just a little more than one year, whereasan indoor cat’s average lifespan is fourteento twenty years.More reasons to keep Tabby inside:♥ Animal controlpersonnel pickup stray animals– don’t allowyour pet tobecome anadded burdento this agency♥ Cats can getlost♥ Other animals may attack your cat♥ Your cat maycome in contactwith a rabidanimal♥ Free-roamingcats are naturalpredators tocertain wildlifeCats are quite content and happyindoors. To help them adjust,provide them with:♥ A scratching post or cat tree♥ A few safe toys♥ A window perch♥ An empty paper grocery bag or emptycardboard box♥ A radio tuned to a classical musicstation – volume lowWith these items, you will find that you haveeasily created a built-in kitty playroom!You may also want to try one ormore of the following sprouts in apet garden to provide some greeneryfor your feline:♥ oat grass♥ wheat grass♥ rye grass♥ parsley♥ plain grass♥ catnip♥ leaf lettuceNibbling onleaves and grasshelps remove hairballs and aids in the digestiveprocess. Remember, however, to keep allother houseplants out of reach, since manyplants may be toxic, such as dieffenbachia, ivy– all varieties, lilies of the valley, poinsettia,caladium, cala lilies, oleander, primroses,philodendrons and rhododendrons. This listis a collection of common toxic plants. It isNOT a list of ALL poisonous plants. Insome vegetation, only certain parts of theplants are toxic.