tube of cat

I'm looking at enough of these to make a series of cat-tunnels:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
Does anyone have one? It'd suck to drop $35 on one and have it die
after a use or two. So: How small is the screen (housefly, mosquito,
midge/no-see-um)? How durable is it? In particular does it stand up to
the abrasion a cat makes on dirt or on harder surfaces? Is it
resistant to claw damage? The text says it zips together; is that the
case?

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On Aug 2, 9:50*pm, (Hactar) wrote:
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http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
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So what happens when the cat rolls it out into traffic?
What a horrible contraption.

In article ,
calvin wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:50*pm, (Hactar) wrote:
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http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
...

So what happens when the cat rolls it out into traffic?
What a horrible contraption.

That's their idea, not mine. If I were to use it in the manner
intended, I'd use it in the back yard and it's a long way (as the cat
crawsl) from there to a street. Even once you get to a street it's a
cul-de-sac and there's next to no traffic. Many others have gated yards
or other impediments.

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On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:44:35 -0700 (PDT), calvin
wrote:

On Aug 2, 9:50*pm, (Hactar) wrote:
...
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
...

So what happens when the cat rolls it out into traffic?
What a horrible contraption.

No, you obviously didn't read the article that accompanies the
picture.
---
Zob

"Hactar" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at enough of these to make a series of cat-tunnels:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
Does anyone have one? It'd suck to drop $35 on one and have it die
after a use or two. So: How small is the screen (housefly, mosquito,
midge/no-see-um)? How durable is it? In particular does it stand up to
the abrasion a cat makes on dirt or on harder surfaces? Is it
resistant to claw damage? The text says it zips together; is that the
case?

--
-eben P http://royalty.mine.nu:81
"God does not play dice" -- Einstein
"Not only does God play dice, he sometimes throws
them where they can't be seen." -- Stephen Hawking

I would not want to risk using something like this outdoors unless you were
seated beside it all the time. The cat would still be vulnerable to dogs
and other predators and would have no way to escape. It would be sitting
inside a trap with no real protection.

MaryL

In article ,
MaryL -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote:

"Hactar" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at enough of these to make a series of cat-tunnels:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
Does anyone have one? It'd suck to drop $35 on one and have it die
after a use or two. So: How small is the screen (housefly, mosquito,
midge/no-see-um)? How durable is it? In particular does it stand up to
the abrasion a cat makes on dirt or on harder surfaces? Is it
resistant to claw damage? The text says it zips together; is that the
case?

If you want an outdoor tunnel for cats,

I don't. I aim to take several of those (or a similar product) and
connect them end-to-end and make a long Habitrail-wannabe around the
ceiling of a room. Therefore I need something joinable, unlike

http://www.getprice.com.au/AFL-Merch...--38028937.htm

The first one:

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Item76111.aspx

doesn't say. I like the price and the roominess, but I wonder how I'd
form it into a corner. Maybe a wedge could be removed from one side and
the remainder stitched together, making the entire structure bend.

I am concerned about the tunnel's durability however, as I don't want
the cats to shred it.

--
-eben P royalty.mine.nu:81
They that can give up essential liberty to
obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety. -- Ben Franklin

"Hactar" wrote in message
...
In article ,
MaryL -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote:

"Hactar" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at enough of these to make a series of cat-tunnels:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
Does anyone have one? It'd suck to drop $35 on one and have it die
after a use or two. So: How small is the screen (housefly, mosquito,
midge/no-see-um)? How durable is it? In particular does it stand up
to
the abrasion a cat makes on dirt or on harder surfaces? Is it
resistant to claw damage? The text says it zips together; is that the
case?

If you want an outdoor tunnel for cats,

I don't. I aim to take several of those (or a similar product) and
connect them end-to-end and make a long Habitrail-wannabe around the
ceiling of a room. Therefore I need something joinable, unlike

http://www.getprice.com.au/AFL-Merch...--38028937.htm

The first one:

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Item76111.aspx

doesn't say. I like the price and the roominess, but I wonder how I'd
form it into a corner. Maybe a wedge could be removed from one side and
the remainder stitched together, making the entire structure bend.

I am concerned about the tunnel's durability however, as I don't want
the cats to shred it.

--
-eben P royalty.mine.nu:81
They that can give up essential liberty to
obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety. -- Ben Franklin

This is puzzling. In your original message, you asked about durability *on
dirt* or *hard surfaces.* In your response to calvin, you said it is a long
way to the street. And now you are talking about connecting several around
the ceiling of a room. So, you lost me somewhere along the way...

MaryL

In article ,
MaryL -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote:

"Hactar" wrote in message
...
In article ,
MaryL -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote:

"Hactar" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at enough of these to make a series of cat-tunnels:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
Does anyone have one? It'd suck to drop $35 on one and have it die
after a use or two. So: How small is the screen (housefly, mosquito,
midge/no-see-um)? How durable is it? In particular does it stand up
to
the abrasion a cat makes on dirt or on harder surfaces? Is it
resistant to claw damage? The text says it zips together; is that the
case?

If you want an outdoor tunnel for cats,

I don't. I aim to take several of those (or a similar product) and
connect them end-to-end and make a long Habitrail-wannabe around the
ceiling of a room. Therefore I need something joinable, unlike


http://www.getprice.com.au/AFL-Merch...--38028937.htm

The first one:

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Item76111.aspx

doesn't say. I like the price and the roominess, but I wonder how I'd
form it into a corner. Maybe a wedge could be removed from one side and
the remainder stitched together, making the entire structure bend.

I am concerned about the tunnel's durability however, as I don't want
the cats to shred it.

This is puzzling. In your original message, you asked about durability *on
dirt* or *hard surfaces.* In your response to calvin, you said it is a long
way to the street. And now you are talking about connecting several around
the ceiling of a room. So, you lost me somewhere along the way...

Well, my primary intended use is to make a shelf around the upper part
of a room, and put the cat-tubes up there with a tube-ramp to the floor.
If a given tube once bought turns out to be unsuitable, I guess I'll use
it as intended, as an outdoor playpen. I'm trying to avoid buying tubes
that are unknown, as it's a chunk of change to spend on a "maybe".
Constructing a shelf and buying 5-10 of them and THEN finding out they
don't work would be even worse of course. Both in and out are on hard
surfaces (outdoor - dirt/grass, indoor - wooden shelves), but even
outdoors is pretty safe from cars. It would bite if the netting failed
where the frame touches the shelf or ground. Maybe I could spread out
the load with gaffer tape if it's not quite as tough as needed.

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-eben P royalty.mine.nu:81

"windows seems to have stupidity buil[t] into it." -- sobriquet on a.o.l.

Suddenly, without warning, zob exclaimed (8/3/2009 2:08 AM):
On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:44:35 -0700 (PDT), calvin
wrote:

On Aug 2, 9:50 pm, (Hactar) wrote:
...
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16126
...
So what happens when the cat rolls it out into traffic?
What a horrible contraption.

No, you obviously didn't read the article that accompanies the
picture.
---
Zob

To elaborate, it includes sand pockets and stakes to secure the tunnel.

jmc

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:36:48 -0500 from MaryL -
OUT-THE-LITTER:
I would not want to risk using something like this outdoors unless
you were seated beside it all the time. The cat would still be
vulnerable to dogs and other predators and would have no way to
escape. It would be sitting inside a trap with no real protection.

And 62" is ludicrously too short.



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