Keep cat from climbing 4" wood post?

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AZ Nomad - 19 May 2007 18:02 GMT

I'd like to let my kitties into a patio area but want to stop them from
being able to get out. Mongo, an atheletic siamese cat, has already learned
that he can climb a big support pole in the middle, get up to the trellis
above and then to the roof where he can roam the townhouse development.

I don't see netting the entire patio area as being a viable option: too
ugly and too difficult to attach to the masonry -- concrete covered walls.
If I can keep Mongo from climbing the support post, I think I can keep him
at ground level. I've heard about preventing cats from climbing birdfeeder
poles by putting them in PVC. That won't work for a 4"x4" post, but maybe I
can do something similar. Four sheets of plexyglass up high, one on each
side of the post? Any ideas?

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Karen AKA Kajikit - 19 May 2007 18:27 GMT

>I'd like to let my kitties into a patio area but want to stop them from
>being able to get out. Mongo, an atheletic siamese cat, has already learned
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>can do something similar. Four sheets of plexyglass up high, one on each
>side of the post? Any ideas?

What about the metal sheaths they sell to keep squirrels/possums etc
out of trees? You need to make the pole slippery so that he can't get
his claws into it...

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Pat - 19 May 2007 18:40 GMT

Aluminum flashing is flexible and quite slippery, and light enough to attach
with mounting tape.

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mlbriggs - 19 May 2007 20:02 GMT

> I'd like to let my kitties into a patio area but want to stop them from
> being able to get out. Mongo, an atheletic siamese cat, has already learned
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> can do something similar. Four sheets of plexyglass up high, one on each
> side of the post? Any ideas?

We have white plastic fences surrounding our patio area. The cat cannot
get claws into the plastic. Perhaps you could apply some of thew slats to
your posts. It would also look good. Look up white plastic fencing.
Good luck. MLB

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AZ Nomad - 20 May 2007 00:57 GMT

>I'd like to let my kitties into a patio area but want to stop them from
>being able to get out. Mongo, an atheletic siamese cat, has already learned
>that he can climb a big support pole in the middle, get up to the trellis
>above and then to the roof where he can roam the townhouse development.

>I don't see netting the entire patio area as being a viable option: too
>ugly and too difficult to attach to the masonry -- concrete covered walls.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>can do something similar. Four sheets of plexyglass up high, one on each
>side of the post? Any ideas?

First attempt was to nail an inverted elizabethan colar around the pole.
Mongo saw it immediately, cried a bit and then proceded to climb the pole
up to the bottom of the EC. He then swung around and kicked off the pole to
propel himself 25" lateraly and 25" upwards to get hold of the patio wall 8'
off the ground. Slowed him down about two minutes. It may prove to be enough
of a hindrance (especially when returning where he must jump down 8') to
stop him. Better yet, it may keep Freddy, our newest feline household member,
in which is really the whole point of this exercise.

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 20 May 2007 02:38 GMT

> First attempt was to nail an inverted elizabethan colar around the pole.
> Mongo saw it immediately, cried a bit and then proceded to climb the pole
> up to the bottom of the EC. He then swung around and kicked off the pole to
> propel himself 25" lateraly and 25" upwards to get hold of the patio wall 8'
> off the ground. Slowed him down about two minutes.

Whoa - I can't even picture that (I have terrible visual imagination),
but it sounds incredible anyway. It sounds like gravity was defied.

JOyce

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AZ Nomad - 20 May 2007 02:45 GMT

> > First attempt was to nail an inverted elizabethan colar around the pole.
> > Mongo saw it immediately, cried a bit and then proceded to climb the pole
> > up to the bottom of the EC. He then swung around and kicked off the pole to
> > propel himself 25" lateraly and 25" upwards to get hold of the patio wall 8'
> > off the ground. Slowed him down about two minutes.

>Whoa - I can't even picture that (I have terrible visual imagination),
>but it sounds incredible anyway. It sounds like gravity was defied.

The EC is about 5 1/2' off the ground at its base. Perhaps if I lower it then
he won't be able to leap from it over to the top of the wall. I think
tomorrow, I'll move it and then take a video of him circumventing it.

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