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"Oh, and if your fence panels really fall to bits because of cats, I'd hate to think what the force of a 65mph wind would do to them!"
They withstand the wind fine, it's the tops of the panels that have been ruined by the cats over the past few months, there's no 'if' about it.
Originally posted by kuepper
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Yes, they will sharpen claws on wood. Mine have a posh scratching post in the house and use it daily, but they still go outside and finish off on the wood around my deep beds!
Those deep beds are 9 years old, and while I can see where they've scratched, there isn't much damage. They also don't scratch in the places where I've added galvanised nails to put string lines across, so there's a clue.
I still I think my earlier suggestion of bird netting about 30cm high fixed along the top of the fence, using something like roofing battens as uprights, would probably help to deter jumping over and scratching. I do something similar on the top of my chicken fencing and foxes won't take it on, because it offers nothing substantial as a foothold.