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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2007What is the highest a cat can jump?
We are building a fence in our yard to keep our cat inside. We don't want him to jump over it. How high should we make it? He is very strong but also very heavy. Per Pablo: >We are building a fence in our yard to keep our cat inside. We don't >want him to jump over it. How high should we make it? He is very strong >but also very heavy. I'm 6'5". Was brushing my teeth the other day and the cat wanted to go out. Figured I'd finish brushing (standing straight up, not bent over). Wham!... The cat had leapt at me from the rear, landing on my shoulders... no problem.... So I'd figure a 6' fence wouldn't even slow that particular cat down. My guess is that once the fence is behind the animal's jumping ability, the cat's ability to get a grip and climb the rest of the way becomes an issue.  SignaturePeteCresswell > Per Pablo: >>We are building a fence in our yard to keep our cat inside. We don't [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > cat's ability to get a grip and climb the rest of the way becomes an > issue. Yeah.....I'd make it 8 feet tall, with the top two feet made out of Teflon......My young male (three years old) can jump unbelievable distances, and he has seemingly no fear of heights...... >>Per Pablo: >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Teflon......My young male (three years old) can jump unbelievable distances, > and he has seemingly no fear of heights...... Top it off with razor wire just to be sure >>>Per Pablo: >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >Top it off with razor wire just to be sure ...and a dog in a guard tower with a machine gun > We are building a fence in our yard to keep our cat inside. We don't > want him to jump over it. How high should we make it? He is very strong > but also very heavy. Our cat jumped into a window in our shed at 1.5 m (5 feet), to get into or out of the house.
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