Cat 'netting'. Indoor cats advice needed.

penny_pincha

I don't let my cats either. They are pedigree entire cats. I don't want half pedigree kittens. nor I do I want them to be picking up illnesses or injuries from encountering other cats. I keep the window ajar or top windows open, or windows open an the room door shut in this hot weather. I also have large runs outside so that they can enjoy outdoor life in safety. I hear that a quarter of cats are killed on the roads.

As long as they have enough to stimulate them physically and mentally. My cats are healthy and happy.

Spudsey

Tessie_Balloon_Juice wrote: »

How long did it take for him to get used to his harness? I'd like to try taking my girls outside on harnesses. I think they'd like to explore the garden but the trauma of a harness might spoil their enjoyment! Perhaps I could just put it on for a few minutes a day so they get used to the way it feels before venturing outdoors.

Gosh I can't remember sorry! Though I don't recall it taking ages, perhaps a few weeks?
Someone kindly gave me one from a pet forum, it goes round his neck and his tummy and is very light fabric. I tried it on my other cat once when he was 'grounded' due to an injury and he freaked! He didn't like it under his tummy and couldn't work out why I was controlling him from behind!

Angelicdevil

senileturtle wrote: »

Don't suppose you could link me to the particular mesh you bought?

Here you go

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008D1R812/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Lifeforms

N.B. I just caught this thread by last post, so hadn't actually read the opening, my bad. Okay the link posted is exactly the same stuff I used for my window, but did it differently from their suggestion. I didn't use their massive hooks, I used poles instead to fix it with little hooks on the side. I don't own the flat, hence the atrocious window state in my pictures, but if I did then I'd probably look at getting american styled fly nets/cat net doors/window covers which would allow you to open them to open windows and be more secure. This is my solution.

Last year zooplus was selling of their cat netting cheap, but I wasn't happy about fixing instructions. So I basically bought two cheap net/voile poles off ebay (screw, not spring, very important!) and some small hooks. I used one pole at the top, one right at the bottom and weaved them through the net. The screw stretched out the pole to fit very tightly top and bottom giving a immovable top and bottom. Along the sides of the windows I used the small hooks to hook the net against the side parts stopping him from sneaking between that way. Works ok for me. The instructions said to leave the net loose, but I don't want him to be able to get stretched in it at all, so I did mine tight.

My solution is a perm fixture, but as I have sashes I can life the window open from the top of the bottom sash, and not need the little round pulls which are now covered by net.

The cat is worried by noise and bustle so him trying to get out, can't see happening, but I know as he's a cat, if i just opened the window he'd be right out on the sill, and that's not so good for a nervous cat.

Grimbal

Just another thumbs up from someone who has used flat-cats.co.uk. It admittedly doesn't look the greatest on the windows, but is made of sturdy stuff.

heavy duty netting has strong velcro pads around the edges with stickers on to attach to the window frame. The trick is to get it flat enough to the frame so that there isn't any "rucks" or ridges in the netting that the kitties will play with, but at the same time allowing you to loosen the complimentary velcro pads & be able to stick your arm out.

senileturtle

Thanks lifeforms. I've decided to go for the cat netting (the wire infused stronger stuff) from zooplus to see how we get on with that. If it doesn't work I'll just send it back. But it's good to see it against a normal window. A lot of the customer pictures were of balconies and that, so was hard to get an idea of how it would work.

Lifeforms

I think that was my thought, but figured I'd buy it to see. I didn't bother covering the entirety of the window as it only gets opened by as far as the top of it, and with the design of the window sashes it naturally provided a barrier to where ever the window was opened to. Now that I've got a picture I'll go upload it to zooplus as a window example.