I have two indoor cats.
We do not let them outside because of the feral cats in our neighborhood.
We would not want to risk them getting into fights or getting fleas. Even though our cats are strictly indoors, they often try to get outside when we open the front or back doors. I always question why my cats would try to escape because they have a good life. They have free range of my home, food, water, air conditioning, heat, toys, and cat beds. Yesterday, I was going out to my backyard to put covers on the chairs to prepare for the storm. While I was opening the sliding door, my cat Gilbert ran out under my feet and he was so fast I could not catch him. He then proceeded to sprint and jump onto the roof of my shed and over the fence into the woods. I immediately started panicking because it was a cold, rainy day and I knew the storm was coming. My husband and I tried to call Gilbert for hours. We put food outside, told the neighbors, and printed lost cat fliers. It got dark early last night and we were searching for Gilbert in the woods. It was rainy, windy, and chilly. All I wanted to do was find Gilbert and go back into my heated home. Unfortunately we did not find him after searching the woods for hours. I took a hot shower and warmed up in my house with central heating. A few hours later, Gilbert showed up in my neighbors yard. He was freezing, wet, and dirty. We got him cleaned up and he was happy to be back home in the heat.