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From: 9234dwz@houxf.UUCP (Head Roach)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cats and appartments
Message-ID: <983@houxf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 12:55:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 12:55:22 1985
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-->hao!kitten writes ......
-->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.
-->

   This may be of some help, but any cat (or kitten over 9 weeks) is going
to be able (and want to) get higher than the floor level of the balcony,
ie the top of the guard rail.
A mistimed jump or a slippery surface and .
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  A fully enclosed screen is the only sure way to keep
kitty at a height condusive to extended good health.
This also extends usable living area.



    Dave Peak
    @  ihnp4!hotel!dxp

"All the net's a stage and all the men and women merely ham actors !"
- Rev Peak (apologies to Bill S.)