Hi. My partner's mum has cancer and has a cat who will likely outlive her. She's worried about what's going to happen to the cat when she dies. We are considering adopting her - we love cats and have had 6 between us in the past although none were indoor cats - but if she's to live with us she will need to be indoor only due to a busy road. I'm not sure that this is the best thing for her as although she is about 12 she's a very active cat and is almost always out, even now in autumn she's out for a good part of the day and much of the night.
If it wasn't for the road we'd have her like a shot but I'm wondering whether we should try to rehome her somewhere where she can still be an outside cat. Although I know it's quite difficult to rehome cats at the moment.
Anyone here with any experience of "converting" an active outdoor cat to an indoor one? How did it go?