Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!hao!noao!terak!suze From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Re: cats and appartments Message-ID: <716@terak.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 16:55:15 EDT Article-I.D.: terak.716 Posted: Fri Sep 13 16:55:15 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 02:36:16 EDT References: <497@micomvax.UUCP> <223@cylixd.UUCP> <132@vaximile.UUCP> <324@tove.UUCP> Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 49 > I lived in an apartment with a balcony (4th floor) and never had > any problem with the cats on the balcony. Even the kittens that > I had at one point, once they were old enough to be wandering on > their own, did not seem likely to fall off -- unless they were > playing around and not paying any attention. > > I guess, though, with so many stories to the contrary, it would be > a good idea to watch your cats carefully on the balcony before > assuming they'll have enough sense to be careful..... agreed > Liz Allen U of Maryland ...!seismo!umcp-cs!liz liz@tove.ARPA Several years ago my cats and I lived in Germany. Our apartment was on the third (top) floor. There were four (counting our own) stories from our balcony down to the ground since there was a basement at ground level on that side of the building. We had skylights that opened onto the roof. The cats, Blackie, particularly, liked to climb out a skylight on one side of the roof peak bask in the sun for a while, or whatever, and come crying to be let in at the skylight on the other side of the roof peak. Another interesting note. We were in the only attic apartment. The stair landing was small, with no place for a stray cat to hide. No possible way to sneak in the apartment door. No way onto the roof except from the skylights in our apartment. I was in my room when all of a sudden I heard a lot of very loud YOWLing. "Oh my gosh, what have the cats done now?!" I rushed into the living room to see a strange cat facing down two of my cats (the third was hiding under and behind the sofa). As I walked into the room my cats began to chase the intruder cat around the apartment and out onto the balcony. He leapt to the balcony railing and disappeared. I rushed to see what had happened to him, but he wasn't in sight, anywhere! I went downstairs expecting to find him splattered somewhere on the ground (even though I should have been able to see that from the balcony). No sign of him anywhere. I have no idea how he got in the apartment to begin with, and what happened to him after he jumped from the balcony. -- Suzanne Barnett uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze phone: (602) 998-4800 us mail: CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division (Formerly Terak Corporation) 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com