I'd like to see the pictures too. I am considering one for Dixie. Is the red
awful or does MeMe just dislike the color?
I just put up a 10 x 10 x 6 foot chain link kennel on the porch for her. The
configuration isn't going to work forever but it will do for now. We sit in
her private screened in porch a couple of times a day. After she shows me all
the places she can get out and I put a top on it she will be able to spend time
there while I am outside. One day I'll fix an entrance from her area to the
house and she can come and go easier. Given the snakes, coyotes, dogs, hawks
etc (and now bear) in the area, I am cautious about leaving a trapped animal
alone.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Taylor Scobie Humphrey
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: 'the jacket'
"Me too, me too!" say the kitties here.
"Consciousness is Causal
and Physicality is its
Manifestation."
On Jul 17, 2007, at 11:12 PM, HIDEYO YAMAMOTO wrote:
I would love to see the photos -- please email it to me if you could.
thanks.
Hideyo
----- Original Message -----
From: Jane Lyons
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: 'the jacket'
Several weeks ago, after I got the Felv diagnosis, I had to stop
letting MeMe
go out. She was miserable and I was sure that the stress of screaming
at the
door handle was going to do the both of us in.
I asked the list for help with enclosures and got a lot of great
suggestions and
photographs. Nina sent me a link for "cat jackets" and I thought that
while I figured
out what type of enclosure would be best, I'd try the jacket. Bingo
!!!! It has been
just fabulous. Now, rather than scream at the door handle, she screams
at the jacket
which is hanging on a hook next to dog leashes.
Long story short, I put the jacket on and attach a retractable dog
leash with a
10' line and large plastic handle. I lock the line open and put the
handle in the middle of the yard.
The yard is partially enclosed with a stockade fence which she had been
able to crawl under or
climb over. Now she has realized that crawling under or climbing over
is a drag with the handle
getting caught. She has tried many escape routes, but she has finally
realized that it is impossible
and that being confined to the yard is still better than being indoors
all day. She now spends hours
sitting near the bird feeder, or under a shrub. She comes to the back
door to come inside to use the
litter box, and then goes back out.
If anyone is interested in it I have photos that I'd be happy to send.
I had misplaced the link, but Googled
"cat jackets" and there is only one company that makes them. My only
complaint is the color choices.
I ordered red and MeMe is humiliated by it and is sure the birds are
laughing at her.
As everyone knows, Nina is brilliant!
Jane
