julie100

Planning to emigrate to Western Aussie and bring the cat. Problem is I spoke to several locals over there whose cat had been bitten by a snake and either killed or if lucky survived with antidote. Planning to live in a fairly rural area.
Is this really a problem?

eddie007

i'm not taking beloved felines becasue they kill things and bring them into the house... not that i mind dead things.... its the angry still alive not poisonous to cats but deadly to me things that they might bring in that worries me....

i can never remember whether Australians keep their cats in doors most of the time because of the threat to indigenous wildlife or becasue of the threat OF indigenous wildlife...

Wendy

Trust me, they DON'T leave them inside. I have three of them wandering through my garden leaving me presents every night.

jo&neil

I wouldnt worry.... we bought our cat from the uk with us & have had no probs at all....there are quite a few cats in our neighborhood too. I must admit I read all the posts about cats not being appreciated here in Oz, but there are so many people that have them here.....its similar to the uk! (& they sell cats/dogs in pet shops which I found strange!)

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KatieLilly

We have lots of nasty things up here in tropical Qld and my two cats (who only go out in the garden during daytime for a couple of hours) and the neighbours cats who run around freely all day never had a problem. Guess it is pot luck if it happens, in Europe they are probably more prone to be killed by cars. I do worry a bit about the snakes etc. as they are also in the suburbs not only in the rural areas. Only a week or so ago over at Magnetic Island a few dogs were killed by Death Adders (very poisonous snakes).

Nomore

My Aussie neighbours have two cats and they are outside all the time too. Crapping everywhere.

I have two house cats and never let them out. They sit at the door sometimes, but they cost me alot of money so i prefer they stay indoors. I guess it's up to the owners, but i do think they should stay in.

renth

Cat's are not too popular in Australia, especially in the bush.

Have you ever heard of a "cat tree" -Aussie Style:

bridie

There are plenty of cat lovers that I've noticed, loads of cats wandering around.

We brought ours then I bought another one when we arrived (not planned!), at the moment they're house cats but we will be building a run in the not too distant future so they can get some outside air.

Personally I made the decision that indoors/run is best as I know our English mog is a prolific killer and have no doubts the Aus one would be too!

northernbird

off topic, sorry OP. are you with baby yet??

bridie

Nope, it refuses to come out, obviously my womb is just far too comfortable!!!

Getting a bit fed up now though, just want to get the birth over with!!!