chestnut cob
Well-Known Member
I think this might be my first ever post in this section of the forum!
A quick question about cats and windows. BF has a cat (think she's about 3.5 now). She is an indoor cat (would prefer not to get into a debate about indoor vs outdoor please); when he stays at mine she comes with him and does go in the garden when we're out though she isn't particularly bothered anyway. She'll mosey around for half an hour but mainly just lies on the step up to the conservatory in the sun, and she will never choose to go out if it is raining.
My question is - how do we stop her from getting out of the upstairs windows? The downstairs windows are only open when we are in the room anyway so no issues there, plus she can't hurt herself as I only open those which face into the back garden. At his house, he never opens windows because he is a typically stinky man who doesn't see the point of airing his house I however am obsessive about having windows open, especially in the summer, so we need to find a compromise. So how do you prevent your cats from getting out of upstairs windows at night? The concern is mainly that she will injure herself if she jumps (she doesn't make a particular bid to escape as soon as the windows are open, but she is curious and if it's open will eventually start poking out paws etc) or climbs out. As she's an indoor cat I suspect she wouldn't have much common sense if she did get out from upstairs.
Would a fly screen over an open window suffice? Or any other suggestions?
Thanks
A quick question about cats and windows. BF has a cat (think she's about 3.5 now). She is an indoor cat (would prefer not to get into a debate about indoor vs outdoor please); when he stays at mine she comes with him and does go in the garden when we're out though she isn't particularly bothered anyway. She'll mosey around for half an hour but mainly just lies on the step up to the conservatory in the sun, and she will never choose to go out if it is raining.
My question is - how do we stop her from getting out of the upstairs windows? The downstairs windows are only open when we are in the room anyway so no issues there, plus she can't hurt herself as I only open those which face into the back garden. At his house, he never opens windows because he is a typically stinky man who doesn't see the point of airing his house I however am obsessive about having windows open, especially in the summer, so we need to find a compromise. So how do you prevent your cats from getting out of upstairs windows at night? The concern is mainly that she will injure herself if she jumps (she doesn't make a particular bid to escape as soon as the windows are open, but she is curious and if it's open will eventually start poking out paws etc) or climbs out. As she's an indoor cat I suspect she wouldn't have much common sense if she did get out from upstairs.
Would a fly screen over an open window suffice? Or any other suggestions?
Thanks