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I just re-watched TNG "In Theory" (S04E25) and Data says that the door to his quarters is set to only allow humanoids to enter or leave when Geordie finds Spot in the hall.
Whilst I get that it would be dangerous for Spot to wander the ship freely I think it's kind of mean to keep him locked in a small room like that forever. There doesn't seem to be any cat toys in the room but maybe the computer is capable of some sort of environmental enrichment we can't immediately see.
Maybe Spot gets holodeck time
They used to be allowed to run through the decks but then they started peeing in the Jeffrey's tubes and engineers couldn't work with the smell.
So you have never lived in an apartment and had a cat?
Not at the same time.
Well, millions of people do, and the cats live happy, healthy lives.
It seems like the upper staff on the ship get quarters that are roughly the size of a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment. Not great, but not worse than what lots of people do IRL.
Plus maybe he sometimes takes spot to a cargohold for more active play. There would be plenty of space, lots of height, etc. And that's all before even considering the holodeck.
Are you kidding? Spot got out whenever she damn well felt like it. There's no way that Data didn't figure out how to keep the cat from unlocking the door; I'm pretty sure that spot came and went whenever she felt like it. Especially when you remember that all of the toughest guys on the ship were terrified of that cat lol
In the episode where Spot gives birth, it is clear Spot gets out.
I think it's more messed up that Spot changed breeds and genders more than ones.
Data kept killing Spots.
Plot twist:: it was always a hologram
Plot twist 2: it was a droid capable of changing it's fur
Animals, not kids or personnel, should have the primary use of holodecks, if not just their own to live in.
Yeah, TNG has some horrible things that are just glanced over.
I've watched it recently and it held up worse than I thought it did (Voyager did better).
Meanwhile, Picard's lionfish in that tiny-ass globe:
~blub~
I always imagined that there was an unseen conduit for the lionfish to go hang out in the Cetacean ops ecosystem.
Apparently, his name is Livingston.
Dr Livingston I presume?
Yes, but the doctorate is honorary.
Wait, didn't spot become pregnant with an unknown other ship cat? This would imply at least some kind of free roaming.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Spot
In 2370, Spot became pregnant by one of the twelve male cats aboard the Enterprise-D at that time. Data paid attention to her health, including bringing her to sickbay for a check-up just before giving birth. (TNG: "Genesis")
I checked a transcript, and saw this line between him an Barclay, implying not only that Spot "escaped," but that there are other cats also loose:
BARCLAY: I'm curious, sir. Who's the father?
DATA: I am not certain. Spot has escaped from my quarters on several occasions and there are twelve male felines on board. I intend to run a full DNA analysis on the kittens once they [he is interrupted by Picard on speaker]
gonna find the father and get child support kibble lol
Huh. I always thought Spot was male. Probably because I've always had male cats myself.
He was male. But not in that episode.
And he's orange.
I used to have an orange female cat...
I have one sitting on me rn. They're uncommon, but exist
To be fair, you can't treat Spot like an outdoor cat on a space ship. Unlike kids there's no one assigned to Spot to keep track of them in an emergency.
And before you say well Data is responsible for that, keep in mind data will pretty always have his attention monopolized by an emergency on this ship. So the best thing for Spot is to be in a known location.