Thank you for your note on indoor cats. I’m a vet and I know that letting cats outside can be really dangerous but one of my cats REALLY loves being outside. Mostly he likes to roll in the dirt but he fights. He STARTS fights. So I’m always very hesitant to let him out but I do because I feel bad. So this kind of reassured me :) also I love that your cats name is Trash Bag. (Sorry I posted this under anon. You don’t accept messages if you don’t follow the person writing them!)

drferox:

You’re welcome. I switched off messages long ago because I was being inundated with people asking pet care questions on a daily basis, and while I do want to help everyone it was becoming an impossible, full time workload that was no good for my health.

Anon, why not give your cat a dirt box to play in, if he really likes dirt? Maybe just as an occasional treat rather than a fixture. Most grocery stores sell big foil roasting pans for under $5, you could get one and put some dirt in it for him to roll around in. He might not get the idea, but it’s worth a shot.