Cat owners - please read!

[dailyskin]

We are getting this installed all around the fences of our yard. It is comlpetely escape proof (over a 3 year trial) and is a good alternative to outdoor caging (which didn't work in our yard, it's too much of an odd shape).

This stops your cat prowling, and catching wildlife (only rats and mice actually venture into our suburban small yard, and I'm happy for him to catch them)

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s1943230.htm


http://www.oscillot.com.au/

 

[Dipcdame]

Sounds like a great idea, what's the costing on such a project??

 

[funcouple]

maybe a great idea. but as a breeder of persians ill still be keeping mine indoors

 

[Blaze]

What a Fantastic idea. I dont keep cats (I love them but hubby doesn't) but we have 2 pet Rabbits & the neighbours cats sometimes come for a look!
This would be great to keep them OUT.

 

[Frozenmouse]

you lovely cats can still murder any inocent native birds and possums which are missfortunate enough to find their way into your yard.
It a good way to stop your cat from finding its way into my eco friendly yard that houses a pitbull.

 

[redbellybite]

you lovely cats can still murder any inocent native birds and possums which are missfortunate enough to find their way into your yard.
It a good way to stop your cat from finding its way into my eco friendly yard that houses a pitbull.

dabool your eco friendly yard with its pitbull resident can still do as much death to wildlife as dailskins cat ...unless you have a fence that goes underground and a 1mm wire fencing roof across the top ,stopping anything from either getting under or flying over ....daily its good to see you are trying to do what is right by all ...you love your cat and you care for the wildlife it may endure on a hunt ...

 

[mark83]

good to see a cat owner trying to stop them from prowling the neighbourhood

 

[dailyskin]

Yes I have to say - I have seen dogs really do over native animals too! A friend's cocker spaniel totally devoured a possum recently.

Look, no possums can get IN to our yard either (can't get over the fence now!) and Pudding has shown that he is too lazy to catch birds - and with an ample population of yukky wild mice within reach, he has his hunting desires met in a very productive way, helping to stop the spread of rodent disease.

I think it is a good compromise for cat owners - it also prevents them being hit on the roads, getting into fights etc. It is expensive (less than $1k for our yard) but much cheaper than a vet bill after a car accident, or the emotional cost of seeing your cat drag home a baby possum or something.

When we one day have a bigger yard, we will get one of those enclosed cat runs I think. Cats are the ONLY animal that people let wander the streets, it's dangerous for the beloved cat as well as the other wildlife!

 

[Kitah]

Very nice! I'd love to get this but the place that I'm renting at has low fences so the cats could jump straight over. I'm going to try and build a big 'cage' for my two outside, at the moment they are strictly indoors, though are used to wearing a harness so I often take them out to run around/climb trees etc. no hunting though!

 

[Frozenmouse]

its a good start to stop cats patroling the neighbourhood . i am a little anti cat due to the time i have spent in the kimberley and the NT and seen first hand what the decendants of peoples pets have done. ps my pitbull only kills cats he is not interested in any native fauna .

 

[redbellybite]

its a good start to stop cats patroling the neighbourhood . i am a little anti cat due to the time i have spent in the kimberley and the NT and seen first hand what the decendants of peoples pets have done. ps my pitbull only kills cats he is not interested in any native fauna .

Dabool you must have a very smart pitbull that can tell the difference between one small furry animal from another now

 

[tattoolizzie]

I don't have a cat .... however in my suburban back yard I have seen: two green tree snakes, a small brown unidentfied hatchling snake, adult and juvenile blue tongue lizards, a juvenile water dragon and about a million garden skinks. (as well as possums and heaps of native birds - lorrikeets, magpies, magpie larks, honeyeaters....)

While the intention is good, I don't think this product is good enough.

 

[dailyskin]

LOL I promise you that in inner Hawthorn, in between apartments and main roads, there are NO native reptiles!!! And I have never seen anything more exciting than a magpie, and certainly not in our yard, as we have no trees. In a different setting, I would have an enclosed run.

 

[Sidonia]

you lovely cats can still murder any inocent native birds and possums which are missfortunate enough to find their way into your yard.

Keeping your cat indoors at night would be good a step towards preventing that; along with collars with bells on it (yes I realise cats can learn to walk so bells don't sound, harder with more bells though).
At least the cat wouldn't be prowling the streets, possibly mating with wild cats and for people who actually care about their cats, they wont be in danger of cars etc etc.

It's a great idea IMO and I hope it gets a lot of publicity.

Dailyskin- with that attitude you don't seem to really care about your animal's welfare. What if it gets hit by a car, comes in to contact with other diseased animals, gets in to fights and the wound becomes infected etc... ?
It's not just about the native wildlife.

 

[jessb]

you lovely cats can still murder any inocent native birds and possums which are missfortunate enough to find their way into your yard.
It a good way to stop your cat from finding its way into my eco friendly yard that houses a pitbull.

wow, self righteous AND hypocritical. Very impressive!

 

[dailyskin]

Dailyskin- with that attitude you don't seem to really care about your animal's welfare. What if it gets hit by a car, comes in to contact with other diseased animals, gets in to fights and the wound becomes infected etc... ?
It's not just about the native wildlife.

***?! Where have I said that?? For your information, I recently spent $3,000 on an operation for my cat's knee after he was hit by a car, which is how I found out about this product - my vet surgeon recommended it.


My Pudding is as loved and cared for as any of my many animals.

 

[scorps]

Keeping your cat indoors at night would be good a step towards preventing that; along with collars with bells on it (yes I realise cats can learn to walk so bells don't sound, harder with more bells though).
At least the cat wouldn't be prowling the streets, possibly mating with wild cats and for people who actually care about their cats, they wont be in danger of cars etc etc.

It's a great idea IMO and I hope it gets a lot of publicity.

Dailyskin- with that attitude you don't seem to really care about your animal's welfare. What if it gets hit by a car, comes in to contact with other diseased animals, gets in to fights and the wound becomes infected etc... ?
It's not just about the native wildlife.

WOW Jazz,

How embarricing for you that you didnt notice that Dailyskin was the one that started this thread and is promoting this fence idea so cats dont get out and is paying for her yard to be made cat exscape proof yet your getting up her for not caring about her pets

Some people on here need to learn to read the first post

 

[Sidonia]

Hahaha, I'm sorry,

I read the first post but I didn't read who posted it, so I read the second post wrong.

 

[dailyskin]

No worries! Just didn't want anyone to think I didn't have the interests of ALL animals at heart!

I think that this is a good option in very built-up areas. Would also have worked well for my old townhouse in St Kilda - again, no native herps or anything, but lots of busy roads!

For areas with more wildlife - I think the wire runs are brilliant! Probably a similar cost, too, and I think cats love them - they can still lay in the sun etc.

 

[Frozenmouse]

cat fight