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Barricading my balcony. Half-funny, half-serious.
Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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I saw at Lowe's once some replacement screening, that they claimed was 'pet
proof'. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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I saw at Lowe's once some replacement screening, that they claimed was 'pet
proof'. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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With a couple of two by fours and some hardware cloth (bigger wire mesh) you
could enclose a portion of the balcony in where she would be safe to view birds to her heart's content while you were gone. Just make the entrance through the patio door. YOu can use a piece of plywood fitted in the track of the sliding door and then fit it with a cat flap. Run the cage as close to the balcony edge as you can and give her something to perch on. Attaching a bird feeder to the outside of the balcony railing would either be catTV or cruel, depending on your outlook. |
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With a couple of two by fours and some hardware cloth (bigger wire mesh) you
could enclose a portion of the balcony in where she would be safe to view birds to her heart's content while you were gone. Just make the entrance through the patio door. YOu can use a piece of plywood fitted in the track of the sliding door and then fit it with a cat flap. Run the cage as close to the balcony edge as you can and give her something to perch on. Attaching a bird feeder to the outside of the balcony railing would either be catTV or cruel, depending on your outlook. |
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Where does she sit when she is on the balcony? On the railing? Would
anything like this work? www.catfencein.com. I guess no matter what, I would just close the door when I am not home and keep her in. For more reasons than just keeping her in actually. Just seems like a better idea. "kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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Where does she sit when she is on the balcony? On the railing? Would
anything like this work? www.catfencein.com. I guess no matter what, I would just close the door when I am not home and keep her in. For more reasons than just keeping her in actually. Just seems like a better idea. "kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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"kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ My brother and sister-in-law installed some deer-proof fencing (works so far!) around their property. It is a type of vinyl that a cat could not climb, and it is barely visible unless you are standing directly in front of it. I think you could use something like that to enclose the balcony and yet not create an unsightly view. MaryL |
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"kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. If the door is open, she does whatever she has to do to get out there. She just sits there and watches the world go by. She doesn't do anything evil that I've noticed. But I'm still really, really nervous about her falling (it's on the second floor) as we are in a pretty busy area with cars, dogs, and other things I don't want her to get into. If she fell, she probably wouldn't get hurt, but she might decide to take a walk. If she did, she probably *would* get hurt. There's lots of cars here and she's not very afraid of them. She is terrified of strangers and might run into traffic if someone was trying to catch her. So, I want to keep her off the balcony when I'm not home. What this currently means is that despite the pretty nice weather we've been having, I have to shut the door and turn on the AC when I'm gone. I have a screen door, of course, but the little *princess* claws a hole in it to get out if the glass door is open. I tried taping up the screen. She took off the tape. I tried putting a baby gate in front of the taped up screen. She figured out how to move the gate, remove the tape, and squeeze through the hole in the screen. Yesterday morning, I dragged the big ferret cage that's out on the balcony all the way up to the screen door. I then put the baby gate in between the cage and the screen door so that it was on the outside. I hoped this would keep her from being able to move it aside. I then closed the screen and re-taped it. Then I put the cat condo in front of the whole deal. I came home from work and all was well, except the tape had been played with. But it seemed to work. Well, I woke up this morning and there was Rowan, out on the balcony, watching birds and having a grand old time. The screen's hole was widened, the condo moved, and somehow, she managed to move the gate and ferret cage just enough to squeeze through onto the balcony. I still don't know how she fit through there. *sigh* If I wasn't so worried about what would happen if she fell off, I'd think it was cute and quite funny. So, I closed the glass door and turned on the AC before I left this morning. Anyone have any ideas on what the heck I can do to the screen to make it a bit more cat proof? She loves the balcony and I let her go out there when I'm home. I'm not trying to discourage her from liking it out there. It's one of the highlights of her little life. I want her to have a good time and be a happy kitty. Just not on my balcony when I'm not home. -- -- ~kaeli~ My brother and sister-in-law installed some deer-proof fencing (works so far!) around their property. It is a type of vinyl that a cat could not climb, and it is barely visible unless you are standing directly in front of it. I think you could use something like that to enclose the balcony and yet not create an unsightly view. MaryL |
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"kaeli" wrote in message ... Okay, so Rowan, my little *darling* (cough, cough), has decided that she REALLY wants to be on the balcony. Kaeli, I wonder if you might secure the balcony by using some sort of mesh or screening between the bars? Or are you afraid she will jump up and fall off the railing? |
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