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Pics of Laku on the balcony
Don't know if anyone remembers me talking about how I worry about Laku
jumping up on the balcony banister. Well now that all snow is away and the sun is back I managed to snap a couple of pics of him sitting on the banister, head wooshing this way and that way, looking at the birdies flying by. It is three floors down and as you can see the banister is about as wide as he is, ample space he thinks, but I still worry... http://tinyurl.com/33dzx On this second pic you can just see the corner of an old wooden box, from the top of which he jumps up onto the banister. He sometimes also sits on the box and peers out through the opening in the banister. http://tinyurl.com/2atxs -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little" - Edmund Burke, philosopher |
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"CK" wrote in message ... Don't know if anyone remembers me talking about how I worry about Laku jumping up on the balcony banister. Well now that all snow is away and the sun is back I managed to snap a couple of pics of him sitting on the banister, head wooshing this way and that way, looking at the birdies flying by. It is three floors down and as you can see the banister is about as wide as he is, ample space he thinks, but I still worry... I'd worry, too! Maybe you should get one of these? http://www.kolumbus.fi/levatop/tuotteemme.htm They make them to order for balconies, too. I planned to get one of those when I moved here, but then realised I can keep the glass panes only cracked open, so a cat can't squeeze through. Or maybe you and Janne could put something together? Laku may see a birdie, forget how high up he is and lunge for it. I don't think I could watch him sitting there. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.. ;o) -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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"CK" wrote in message ... Don't know if anyone remembers me talking about how I worry about Laku jumping up on the balcony banister. Well now that all snow is away and the sun is back I managed to snap a couple of pics of him sitting on the banister, head wooshing this way and that way, looking at the birdies flying by. It is three floors down and as you can see the banister is about as wide as he is, ample space he thinks, but I still worry... I'd worry, too! Maybe you should get one of these? http://www.kolumbus.fi/levatop/tuotteemme.htm They make them to order for balconies, too. I planned to get one of those when I moved here, but then realised I can keep the glass panes only cracked open, so a cat can't squeeze through. Or maybe you and Janne could put something together? Laku may see a birdie, forget how high up he is and lunge for it. I don't think I could watch him sitting there. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.. ;o) -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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Marina wrote:
I'd worry, too! Maybe you should get one of these? http://www.kolumbus.fi/levatop/tuotteemme.htm They make them to order for balconies, too. I planned to get one of those when I moved here, but then realised I can keep the glass panes only cracked open, so a cat can't squeeze through. Or maybe you and Janne could put something together? Laku may see a birdie, forget how high up he is and lunge for it. I don't think I could watch him sitting there. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.. ;o) Can't put any permanent installations as we rent the apartment, but I may have to think of something...some kind of net maybe, dunno... -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little" - Edmund Burke, philosopher |
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Marina wrote:
I'd worry, too! Maybe you should get one of these? http://www.kolumbus.fi/levatop/tuotteemme.htm They make them to order for balconies, too. I planned to get one of those when I moved here, but then realised I can keep the glass panes only cracked open, so a cat can't squeeze through. Or maybe you and Janne could put something together? Laku may see a birdie, forget how high up he is and lunge for it. I don't think I could watch him sitting there. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.. ;o) Can't put any permanent installations as we rent the apartment, but I may have to think of something...some kind of net maybe, dunno... -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little" - Edmund Burke, philosopher |
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www.drsfostersmith.com
Buy a 'kitty walk'. It's a mesh enclosure, 6 feet long and you can attach other enclosures to it if you want it to be longer. I take Persia out on my patio in one; she loves it! I added a hammock and a cover to one end. Jill CK wrote: Marina wrote: I'd worry, too! Maybe you should get one of these? http://www.kolumbus.fi/levatop/tuotteemme.htm They make them to order for balconies, too. I planned to get one of those when I moved here, but then realised I can keep the glass panes only cracked open, so a cat can't squeeze through. Or maybe you and Janne could put something together? Laku may see a birdie, forget how high up he is and lunge for it. I don't think I could watch him sitting there. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.. ;o) Can't put any permanent installations as we rent the apartment, but I may have to think of something...some kind of net maybe, dunno... |
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www.drsfostersmith.com
Buy a 'kitty walk'. It's a mesh enclosure, 6 feet long and you can attach other enclosures to it if you want it to be longer. I take Persia out on my patio in one; she loves it! I added a hammock and a cover to one end. Jill CK wrote: Marina wrote: I'd worry, too! Maybe you should get one of these? http://www.kolumbus.fi/levatop/tuotteemme.htm They make them to order for balconies, too. I planned to get one of those when I moved here, but then realised I can keep the glass panes only cracked open, so a cat can't squeeze through. Or maybe you and Janne could put something together? Laku may see a birdie, forget how high up he is and lunge for it. I don't think I could watch him sitting there. Makes my head spin just thinking about it.. ;o) Can't put any permanent installations as we rent the apartment, but I may have to think of something...some kind of net maybe, dunno... |
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jmcquown wrote:
www.drsfostersmith.com Buy a 'kitty walk'. It's a mesh enclosure, 6 feet long and you can attach other enclosures to it if you want it to be longer. I take Persia out on my patio in one; she loves it! I added a hammock and a cover to one end. Jill Thanks for the suggestion, but they don't take international orders. And I'm not sure if I could rig that up on the balcony either. I was thinking of a wire net in front of the balcony, still allowing Laku to sit on the banister, but keeping him from falling down if he should miss his footing (or is that pawing??). The net could probably be fastened with a couple of loop screws at both ends. And I know Laku wouldn't try to climb it as he doesn't like surfaces that aren't solid. He doesn't even climb up on the kitty tree which is the same as Marina has, as the perch in the middle isn't made of a solid piece of plywood (or whatever) but has a hole in the middle where the covering fabric makes it into a kind of hammock. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little" - Edmund Burke, philosopher |
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jmcquown wrote:
www.drsfostersmith.com Buy a 'kitty walk'. It's a mesh enclosure, 6 feet long and you can attach other enclosures to it if you want it to be longer. I take Persia out on my patio in one; she loves it! I added a hammock and a cover to one end. Jill Thanks for the suggestion, but they don't take international orders. And I'm not sure if I could rig that up on the balcony either. I was thinking of a wire net in front of the balcony, still allowing Laku to sit on the banister, but keeping him from falling down if he should miss his footing (or is that pawing??). The net could probably be fastened with a couple of loop screws at both ends. And I know Laku wouldn't try to climb it as he doesn't like surfaces that aren't solid. He doesn't even climb up on the kitty tree which is the same as Marina has, as the perch in the middle isn't made of a solid piece of plywood (or whatever) but has a hole in the middle where the covering fabric makes it into a kind of hammock. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little" - Edmund Burke, philosopher |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:31:00 +0300, CK wrote:
Don't know if anyone remembers me talking about how I worry about Laku jumping up on the balcony banister. Well now that all snow is away and the sun is back I managed to snap a couple of pics of him sitting on the banister, head wooshing this way and that way, looking at the birdies flying by. It is three floors down and as you can see the banister is about as wide as he is, ample space he thinks, but I still worry... http://tinyurl.com/33dzx On this second pic you can just see the corner of an old wooden box, from the top of which he jumps up onto the banister. He sometimes also sits on the box and peers out through the opening in the banister. http://tinyurl.com/2atxs Not to worry you, but ocassionally they DO fall. I used to have a neighbor who lived above me on the second fall, and her cat fell off the balcony. At the time we had a friendly cat who called several apartments home. When he decided to visit someone who lived upstairs he'd jump from the railing along in front of the door over to the balcony. So, the neighbor's cat could have been trying to follow his route. And, of course, Bev just posted about Bonnie misstepping and falling off the roof. Anyway, purrs that Laki is careful. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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