I feel bad for my cat =(

So i got a kitten a few months ago and i love her to death! even though she keeps me awake at night at times its always worth it to see her passed out on my bed cuz its so cute lol. Anyways lately instead of running around all the time she just stares outside the window and my guess is that she dreams of being outside so bad or something. I would let her out but i live in an apartment and pets arent exactly allowed and she is also an indoor cat and i dont want her getting anything from outside. So is it normal for cats to look out the window like this or should i try to find something else for her to do since she cant go outside?

Yes, cats look out windows. They also look at walls, light bulbs and just about anything else.

if you keep it inside any longer its going to get sick. if you love it.................. set it freeNengo_Flow

I live in a house, I only see my cat when he's hungry, otherwise he is always out. That's why I hate cats.

I live in a house, I only see my cat when he's hungry, otherwise he is always out. That's why I hate cats.

tjricardo089

Yep, give it a nice perch by the window and put a bird feeder outside....they love it.

My ex had 2 cats, they stared outside all day. I got brave enough to let them out once. The first noise they heard was a car going by and both ran back for the door to get inside. Indoor cats may love looking outside but don't necessarilylike being out there.

My cats do that all the time. They like it. I have a perch by the window so they can sit up high and watch things go by.

My cats do that all the time. They like it. I have a perch by the window so they can sit up high and watch things go by.

kittensRjerks

Cats tend to do that. Its a territory thing.foxhound_fox

I guess that makes a lot of sense then. For example i took her to the vet today and on the car ride there she is freaking out lol. I never knew a cat could shake so much and while we waited for the vet to call us i had bear hug her cuz her shakes would not calm down.

I guess that makes a lot of sense then. For example i took her to the vet today and on the car ride there she is freaking out lol. I never knew a cat could shake so much and while we waited for the vet to call us i had bear hug her cuz her shakes would not calm down.

killblade37

Ours looks out the window quite a bit. Of course they'd all love to run around outside, but for instance with ours, we got him from the animal shelter where he wound up because he was a stray. So I have reason to believe that we would never see him again if we let him out. That's the case with most of the cats around our neighborhood - their owners let them run around outside, there used to be five or six of them around, now there's one left.

Even if they do stick around, they tend to get in fights and catch all sorts of diseases. Of course you can get them vaccinated for most stuff, but not rabies and that sort of thing.

I know how you feel, I got a kitten about half a year ago and it's like it's getting harder and harder to entertain him, letting him out is not an alternative either. I'm considering getting him a buddy though.

However, all indoor cats probably sit by the window, I usually feel pretty bad but some argue that you should think of it as them watching TV instead. I watch Psych and think: "man I wish I could do that and do this and be like that" and maybe it is the same for the cat, it doesn't necessarily means the cat is tired of its life!



Edit: Maybe worth mentioning if someone hasn't already; you can always get a suit and a leash and walk the cat but beware; it is possible the cat may start crying about being inside after having tasted too much of the outside. Also, you have to make sure the suit isn't escapable, my cat managed to escape this summer. He suddenly started panic like crazy and if you've seen a panicking cat, you know that's some hardcore **** and it somehow managed to escape. Gotta say I was really scared, since it happened in a forest, I am simply too paranoid to walk him since then.

Poor thing, though thats pretty normal. I just let mine go wild at night. :Plbjkurono23

Your cat is living a life you could only dream of. I'm envious of mine.

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"]Poor thing, though thats pretty normal. I just let mine go wild at night. :Phydralisk86

I live in a house, I only see my cat when he's hungry, otherwise he is always out. That's why I hate cats.

tjricardo089

the only reason people here are saying its normal for cats to look out windows for several hours are people who have their cats prisoned in their house

Or, you can be the perch for the cat. Like I was for mine.

My cat was too scared to step even a foot outside. No idea why. Is it normal for your cat to sleep on top of the fridge? Crazy cats :oNiKva

It's normal for a cat to sleep on anything it can get up on. They seem to like to be above it all.

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"]Poor thing, though thats pretty normal. I just let mine go wild at night. :Phydralisk86

YA...i think my cat would be a whore! lol jk but then again...she is 5 months old so maybe that is too young for her to be a whore? lol but im constantly scared because i just dot know if she would run away and never come back or get hit by a car or something.

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"]Poor thing, though thats pretty normal. I just let mine go wild at night. :Phydralisk86

I'd welcome the kittys :D