On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:27:54 -0700, ChrisCoaster wrote:

We live on the 4th floor of our apartment building(technically the 5th
because it is a drive-under). The apt has a sliding door accessing a
balcony with a solid cinder-block rail - we're talking 8 inches thick here
and about 42 inches high.

Nothing is stacked within two feet of the rail and the balcony floor -
concrete - is about 6 feet deep from wall to edge. There is nowhere for
her to slide through and jump, but my concern is that 42 inches is enough
height to keep her off without having to screen the balcony in.

My neighbor is moving out and has a screen/frame he built himself that he
can install at our place at our request.

Most cats can jump to the top of a refrigerator - I had one who regularly
jumped to the top of a bookcase that was even taller. Forty-two inches is
nothing to a healthy cat. My Fleagor (admitted a large cat) can *reach*
higher than that.

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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).