He wants to go outside, but after 14 years in Brooklyn, he very well knows that he cannot. I relate to his sense of adventure, but I love him too much to simply let him run off into the wild.
He wants to go outside, but after 14 years in Brooklyn, he very well knows that he cannot. I relate to his sense of adventure, but I love him too much to simply let him run off into the wild.
The desire for freedom is built into the wild parts of all creatures.
My cat was feral. Once I gave her a safe home she decided there’s no reason to ever go out to that scary place again.
Human interpretation of animal behavior is fascinating.
What is there to interpret? I leave the door open and she just sits there looking and smelling, but has no desire to go out. When I take her out she b-lines it straight back inside. She can be inside and if she sees a cow she comes running to me to hide. Its just a cow, slow and vegetarian. There’s no interpretation, my cat desires safety and security.
OK. I didn’t say you were wrong or bad or whatever else has led to down voting me for saying I think how people interpret behavior is fascinating.
The way you phrased it implies strangeness, otherness, or even wrongness.
Well OK then.
Super interesting. I didn’t know cats could revert from being feral.
I can’t say that she did revert. Her behavior would be better explained that way. She grew up in the streets and was looking for a safe place to live, which is how I got her. She tried to make our machine shop her home. Outside is was constant competition for food and space. I gave her that and she decided to trust me. So now we’re just feral together.