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Response to calvin :

Do you mind terribly explaining to me what that cat-proof fence is
composed of?

Is it some kind of rolled sheet metal?

Yes, bought at Lowes in 50 ft rolls, 2 ft wide. You can
get different thicknesses.

I attached them by punching holes and using the
same little soft-metal ties that are used to attach the
chain link to the posts, using half of a tie at each
attach point.

Thanks!

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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:39:58 -0500, "-Lost"
wrote:

Response to calvin :

Do you mind terribly explaining to me what that cat-proof fence is
composed of?

Is it some kind of rolled sheet metal?

Yes, bought at Lowes in 50 ft rolls, 2 ft wide. You can
get different thicknesses.

I attached them by punching holes and using the
same little soft-metal ties that are used to attach the
chain link to the posts, using half of a tie at each
attach point.

Thanks!

They sell stuff designed to keep cats in - look at catfencein.com. I
don't endorse or oppose it, I simply point it out.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:30:30 -0700 (PDT), calvin
wrote:

On Jun 20, 8:13*am, dgk wrote:
That is a different looking fence. It is likely not only cat proof but
also varmint proof. I put one up that is basically chicken wire but
curves in at the top preventing the cats from climbing over. It works
fine, but it doesn't keep other critters from getting in, and they
usually can't get out. Only once did another cat end up trapped but
that was a bit of a mess.

Cats can easily climb in from the other side of my fence,
and an intruding tomcat comes in regularly. He gets out
by a way that the other cats haven't tried. At the gate, the
sheet metal can't be attached so efficiently, and I have it
attached to the top of the gate. (The fence goes up to each
side of the house, but I still have a car gate for emergency
use.) He manages to perch on top of the sheet metal,
which is buckled, and then drop down to the other side.
I haven't fixed it because I don't want to trap him inside.

I sometimes end up with a possum. They can't get out too easily
apparently. Raccoons treat the fence with contempt and are smart
enough to use the evergreens to get over. Only one cat figured that
out but didn't do it after the first time. She came from out there and
doesn't seem to have any interest in going back to the roaming
lifestyle.

I've had possums too, but there's no problem for them
getting out because they (at least the smaller ones) can
climb up the brick wall of the house.

My biggest problem has been with the bottom of the fence.
It's not as easy as I expected to keep it secured to the
ground. Every few months a cat manages to get under it,
and I have to work on the weak spot.


I've never seen a possum climb a brick wall! I guess it depends on the
actual wall. Mine is pretty flat. They do have those opposable thumbs
on all four hands, which must make climbing pretty easy.

My cats seem happy with the limits. One would clearly like to stray
further but not enough to figure out how to do it.

I bought something called loc8tor. I put a tag on each of their
collars and can track them pretty well. Since they very rarely get
out, it's mostly so that I don't need to actually find them hidden in
some bush. As long as the thing tells me that they're in the area,
that's good enough.

Response to dgk :

They sell stuff designed to keep cats in - look at catfencein.com. I
don't endorse or oppose it, I simply point it out.

This looked like a decent alternative, but what sent me
laughing/running was this:

http://www.catfencein.com/amazing.php

The amazing story is that some BONEHEAD said, "man, if'n I wuz smarter
den mah poor ole' kitty wood'n had them thar toothification problambs."

PFFFT!

The teller of that story is an idiot and so are the owners of
"catfencein.com" to put it up as proof that their product works.

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