Amon might have liked a harness. Hubby and I tried to go for a walk around the block once, and he followed us, crying horribly, "Where are you going! Why are you leaving me! Please come back!" Maybe he'd have been happy to come with us.

Crap, now I'm missing him all over again.

We had to stop the free feeding cause Miss Kitty was turning into a big ball of fur. But now that she has Noodle chasing her, she gets a lot more exercise. Will talk with the vet at their next visit cause these early morning wake ups are killing me. (And with school being done for CJ, he won't feed them before I get up during the week).

But no harnesses for any of the other kitties, mostly because when we've adopted them, we've had to sign waivers saying we'd never ever let them outside.

I'd happily keep all mine safely in the house always. Leo is the only real problem child, though. When we lived in the apartment, he showed no interest in the outdoors, but when we moved to the house and I started leaving the patio door open (screen closed), he became interested in outside and then started running out whenever he could. I've finally started fencing in the porch; I don't want to because it closes out Sammie the porch cat who's adopted me, but he's left me no choice. Percy is very laid-back, he likes the outside but has never tried to get into it. Gray Cat was a stray and will never be content being inside-only; he becomes depressed and distrustful of me if he can't get outside every day. And Sammie the Porch Cat lives outside and isn't technically mine anyway since I can't even get him in a carrier.

Suzy - have you tried a regular collar and leash?

Just a six-foot leash. Attach it to the collar as normal, then pull it straight back, wrap the leash around your cat, just under his/her forelegs and wrap the under underneath the loop.

It makes the best fitting harness I have ever had for my cat and the simplest. And she accepts it much better than she ever did the other sort of harness.

Do not let my free-feeding make you think I am a normal person about the cat. Remember that he has lost some weight, so is currently on special prescription venison and pea food, for which I pay approximately one zillion dollars.

I also had to sign an agreement to not let my cat outside, but the center said that going outside on a leash (with someone on the other end, not just tied to a post) would be fine. It probably varies.

Our cat will yowl at you if he needs food. But as for feeding--approx once a day. Whenever he empties his bowl. (sometimes he yowls and I'm like "hey, you made a mess, but there's still food on the floor even if the bowls empty. Talk to me when you're starving").

Miss Kitty was an indoor/outdoor cat before we moved to Colorado. I've been impressed with the way she adapted to being indoors only. Neither of them dart for the door.

Gracie was an outdoor cat until she got old and decided that she wasn't.

Cortez was a stray when he adopted us, so obviously an outdoor car. But he had already been fixed and all, so he was a pet at some point. Since we moved here, though, he refuses to go except after dark. Which is fine with me, as long as he doesn't start sucking my blood.