Hi Taylor and Marylyn
I sent out photos to both of you.
This is the link to the company. I bought the soft sided one.
http://www.metpet.com/
The concept is fabulous, the design and material (and color) could
use some work.
She spends hours outside. I check on her often and although she
caught a chipmunk yesterday
in her bright red nylon jacket, no less, she usually hides in tall
grass, or under shrubs , plotting.
The retractable leash works well because she has 12 feet of line and
then a large handle that
does not fit under the fence. In the beginning she spent most of her
time finding escape routes
and ways to get out of the jacket. Now when I get it to put it on her
she purrs, because it means
she is going out. She has figured out how to navigate the yard
without getting caught or tangled
too often.
She is so used to it that she will often come in for a food or a
litterbox pitt stop, and take a snooze
with it on.
I know it is not possible for multiple cat households, but for a cat
like MeMe who was most likely an
outdoor cat before we got her, the jacket has given her a degree of
freedom and stimulation that can
only help, (I hope).
Jane
On Aug 4, 2007, at 3:44 AM, Marylyn wrote:
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
