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From: kitten@hao.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cats and appartments
Message-ID: <1729@hao.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 19:56:16 EDT
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> In article <497@micomvax.UUCP> steve@micomva.UUCP (Steve Grice) writes:
>      My mother is worried about how he will react to the appartment
> and wether it will be safe for the cat on their balconey.
> A good friend of mine let his cat out on the (5th floor) balcony of
> his condo.  The cat has fallen twice now.  Once onto a foot of snow,
> and once onto bare ground.  The cat's still alive, and the vet has
> gone into retirement, a very wealthy man from treating the cat's
> injuries.  Cat's do not seem to grasp that the little birdie that
> looks delicious way down there is going to live longer than the cat
> thinks!

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Might I suggest lining the balcony with chicken wire, or perhaps
some decorative wire fence material.  I've seen this done often
on baconies with kitties peeking down with no way of falling.
Just be careful that the wire will *stay* attached, top and bottom.