Yes. - It's instinctive for cats to want to go in the sand, or dirt....As a
matter of fact, I have had trouble in the past with outside cats going in my
potted plants, especially when it was raining hard outside and they didn't
want to get wet. Of course, this was in California where the cats consider
it a disgrace to get wet. Here in Oregon, the cats don't mind the rain at
all, and I have seen them sitting in it and enjoying the bath they get.
(They come in sopping wet and jump up on my bed at night)

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message >

On a more personal note, does it have to be kittens..? We find that a lot

Yes. There is a great deal of satisfaction in giving a good home to an older
cat, or to one who was mistreated and/or abandoned. My"BK" has been with me
for almost 3 years now, and he still remembers. (I picked him up in a Burger
King parking lot) ....He still stands behind me when I am sitting on the bed
putting on my shoes and socks in the morning, and puts his front feet on my
shoulders and presses his nose into the back of my kneck and says, "Thanks,
Dad".  "I was sure tired of eating all those french fries and onion rings. "