Despite all my efforts to make my house cat-safe, for three days in a row my two cats managed to disengage or pry the windows nets open and escaped unsupervised while I was doing something else in the next room. On Saturday and Sunday I realized it promptly and recovered them soon.
I have those nets several years, one window has that net since 2004 and no cat before my two current cats ever managed to open it, ever.
These two kitties already opened it twice in two months, and yesterday and today they opened (or better, they knocked it down) the net in another window. As I said, in past occasions I realized they were out a very few minutes later. This latter time they stayed out an undefined time, it could be ten minutes up to not less than one hour and a half. I don't know where they went, what they did, what they came in contact with, if they ate or chewed on something in those up to 90 minutes.
I spend lots of time and energy to make sure they are safe and lead a healthy life, then they do such things.
They're driving me nuts.
I take them out on the leash regularly, and they never complained.
In the last 25 years I had so many cats that I lost count, but none of them ever drove me crazy like these two ones. They're a real criminal conspiracy!
Now, it is clear that they learned the way to gain some freedom, and it is also clear that they will try to escape again.
I'm doing my best to improve the safety of those nets and the efficacy of the doors in the middle (because they learned how to open the doors as well).
What worries me the most is that they will never stop trying.
Will they ever forget the thrill of the adventure out in the neighbors' yards?
So far they were very happy indoors, they hardly showed any interest in the outside world, then something has changed suddenly. I don't know why.
Will they unlearn how to escape? I think not...
Right now they look exhausted, and I don't know if it's the aftermath of the thrilling adventure or if they did something harmful for them.
I have those nets several years, one window has that net since 2004 and no cat before my two current cats ever managed to open it, ever.
These two kitties already opened it twice in two months, and yesterday and today they opened (or better, they knocked it down) the net in another window. As I said, in past occasions I realized they were out a very few minutes later. This latter time they stayed out an undefined time, it could be ten minutes up to not less than one hour and a half. I don't know where they went, what they did, what they came in contact with, if they ate or chewed on something in those up to 90 minutes.
I spend lots of time and energy to make sure they are safe and lead a healthy life, then they do such things.
They're driving me nuts.
I take them out on the leash regularly, and they never complained.
In the last 25 years I had so many cats that I lost count, but none of them ever drove me crazy like these two ones. They're a real criminal conspiracy!
Now, it is clear that they learned the way to gain some freedom, and it is also clear that they will try to escape again.
I'm doing my best to improve the safety of those nets and the efficacy of the doors in the middle (because they learned how to open the doors as well).
What worries me the most is that they will never stop trying.
Will they ever forget the thrill of the adventure out in the neighbors' yards?
So far they were very happy indoors, they hardly showed any interest in the outside world, then something has changed suddenly. I don't know why.
Will they unlearn how to escape? I think not...
Right now they look exhausted, and I don't know if it's the aftermath of the thrilling adventure or if they did something harmful for them.