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Preparing cats for the big move
By the end of this month I will be moved over to the new house.
Probably won't get the fence completed for a while yet so meanwhile the cats will just have to stay inside. I am preparing them for it slowly. It's not hard to keep them in when it's cold, and we're finally getting some cold weather. It may last for another few weeks. I think it's a good thing to keep kitties inside for a while after a move, anyway, until they are thoroughly familiar with the house and they've adjusted to living there. I decided against putting up a board fence like I originally planned. Not that I wouldn't like to have a wooden fence, but it would just been too costly. What I'll do instead is use welded wire, with electric at the top, and plant bushes for privacy and a windbreak. Anyone had any experience with "Austrees"? http://www.rmausa.com/rma/trees/austree.html The neighbors on two sides already have their yards fenced with welded wire, so on those sides I can just plant steel t-posts with insulators on top and run aluminum wire close to the top of the existing fence. I already have a small charger and a post-pounder, 100' of w.w. and about 18 t-posts, and so the expense will be minimal, I'll just need one more roll of w.w. and maybe a dozen more t-posts for the other sides. I'm thinking that as long as the cats are kept inside they will spend time looking out the windows and seeing/hearing vehicles whiz past, and hopefully that will help them understand why they'll be finding themselves confined to the backyard once I let them go out. |
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