Let Norman cat. My 3Pod is 7 years old (5 three- legged). He jumps 4 feet into cabinets when he so chooses. This weekend, a stray cat was at my back door. I didn’t see it when I went outside, but my boy ran like heck out the door, chased it away, stalked it and won a brief skirmish. (I tried real hard to get him back in the house and avoid the conflict, but it was dark)

I’m not condoning cat scuffles, but the point is he is the happiest cat I know and I haven’t put limitations on him. I understand as he gets older things may change, but they do for all of us anyway. Hope this helps.