Eh, I don't know. All the pets I ever had were free to go whereever they wanted to whenever they wanted to. I once took care of a cat from a friend who died. I called it "cat" because I just didn't care about its name. However, the cat could come and go just as it wanted to. It could easily enter my place through an open window. Sometimes I didn't see the cat for days, sometimes it stayed with me for days. I would call that pretty fucking free.
Same with my guinea pigs I had when I was younger. They had a fence in the garden to keep them safe from other animals, but there was a little door from which they could get out. I had two guinea pigs. One of them stayed inside ALWAYS! It refused to go outside, it just didn't want to and I also didn't force it to do so. the other however loved going outside and running around in the garden. It never ran away further though, even if it could. Most of the time, it ran back into the cage lightning fast when some dog or cat from the neighbors came around. =D
It really all depends on how you treat an animal. If a pet absolutely wants to be free, you'll notice that. But there are also plenty pets which have no problem whatsoever with staying inside your home for their whole lives. It always depends, there is no general answer to the subject.
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