You know as tragic as this was it could have been avoided had the cat been
kept indoors. It is not that difficult to keep a cat indoors. Just because
that cat was a stray does it make their life any less important?
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"Tlg064" wrote in message
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I think the one about a small platform at
water
level would work well, be easy to implement and not interfere to much
with use
of the pool. Probably could cover the platform with that blue outdoor
carpet to
give the cat something to sink her claws into and have the carpet lead
right up
onto the deck. Probably would not look bad either.

Covering the pool would be way to much trouble. Keeping the cat indoors
would
not work either. The cat that drowned was a stray and I think spent most
of her
prior life outdooors so it would be hard to have kept her in. The other
cat
that goes out has been following her mother (the deceased) out since she
was a
baby. The rest of my cats I take out in the yard on a leash occasionaly.

Someone asked if the cat could jump. Yes, but not well. Enough to jump
onto a
chair or something but thats all. Sometimes it would take 2 tries. Her
hind
legs were getting weak and sometimes going down stairs she would tumble
all the
way down.

Tom