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Cat Forum / General Topics / May 2004never underestimate your cat
check this out. Just had a heart-to-heart talk with my landlady about my cat. The cats here are supposed to be indoors-only. but i've let mine out sometimes at night. well, the maintenance staff of this place replaced the screen on my window, which was bent out of shape a bit, allowing the cat to go out. the weather is nice here, so i like to open the window in the evenings. no harm in that, i figured; the screen is fixed, so the cat can't get out. WRONG, WRONG. i don't know how she did it, but she bent the screen out of shape again and got out! I told my landlady about this, and she said, "if your cat wants out badly enough, when the window is open, she'll get out." Then she said if i can't control it, i might have to consider getting rid of the cat. Just the mention of that possibility makes me sad. I've had her for a year now, and have grown very attached to her. I need her company right now, as i am not working and, -- well, going through an uncertain time of my life, u know? Any thoughts? -- The song of the Sirens is irresistible. Those who hear it and have not been tied to the mast like Odysseus will perish among the rocks (c.f. - The Odyssey). > check this out. > Just had a heart-to-heart talk with my landlady about my cat. The cats here [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > now, as i am not working and, -- well, going through an uncertain time of my > life, u know? Any thoughts? Could you build a wooden frame of some sort to fit in the base of the window when it is open? The frame would need to have vertical "bars" (possibly wooden dowels), spaced closely-enough together so that cat could not possibly get its head between the bars and be injured. This would permit ventilation but would keep your cat indoors. You would also need to work up some sort of arrangement where you could insert a long bolt through the temporary frame and into the permanent window frame. Otherwise, your cat will probably find a way to pull it loose. I have also seen ads in some home renovation stores for "cat-proof" screening. It is much sturdier than standard screens. However, I think it is intended to prevent damage from claws when a cat climbs or picks at the screen. I don't know if it would be strong enough to prevent a cat from "breaking out." MaryL a window fan? something like this http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000065DK8.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg so that you can have the air ,but the cat can't get to the screen? Or even an old baby gate (depending on how big the window is) OR.. most windows open from the top down as well as the bottom up.. so open the window the other way if possible. > check this out. > Just had a heart-to-heart talk with my landlady about my cat. The cats here [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > tied > to the mast like Odysseus will perish among the rocks (c.f. - The Odyssey). I have two, strictly indoor cats. One was 6 months when I got her from a farm and she would probably love to go out and chase birds if I let her, but I happen to think that no neighbourhood is safe for cats: lots of people hate cats, other cats hate cats, there are pieces of glass, there are traffic, and there are people living around me. They might not like my cats to try out their balcony furniture, pee on their doors, or their flowers, dig in their flowerbeds or pee in their kids sandboxes. they have the right to expect that a pet owner keeps his/her pet under supervision or in doors at all times. If you like me like the windows open, put up a metal mosquitonet. You don't need to be very handy to nail it to a frame, put some hinges on it and make a screen window. If a cat sees a chance to do something they want to do, it will not stop to ask for permission... If your cat is heavy - support the mosquitonet with a "chicken-net" good luck lillieOn Fri, 21 May 2004 17:00:41 GMT, "Jake Blues" <5htp@earthlink.net> wrote: >check this out. >Just had a heart-to-heart talk with my landlady about my cat. The cats here [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >now, as i am not working and, -- well, going through an uncertain time of my >life, u know? Any thoughts? > check this out. I did. *yawn* Hows Elwood by the way? > > check this out. > > I did. *yawn* > > Hows Elwood by the way? He O.D.'ed and died, sorry to say. some ungodly combination of cocaine, meth, and heroin his girlfriend concocted. > I need her company right now, as i am > not working and, -- well, going through an uncertain time of my life, > u know? Any thoughts? I use a second screen, like this one http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1298037&cp= 1254881.1255035.1306605&parentPage=family or http://shop.store.yahoo.com/dotcoms/adwisc04.html most hardware stores seem to have them for a few bucks. on a couple of the windows I added a hook and eyelet to keep it in place, other windows it stays in by itself, depending on the way the frame and storm window is made. My cats weren't getting out, but they were tearing up the windows screens. For the screens I had to replace, I used a heavier screen material, but if the frame is getting bent that alone won't help.  Signature"Bother," said the Borg, "we just assimilated Pooh."
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