Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone has had experience with a cat falling from a great height. I read online that cats have a very high survival rate, and some say the rate increases after a certain height, about 7 floors+. However I'm not ready to buy this information, and I think that the "pessimist" theory may be correct when it states that this is only true regarding cats which survived the fall: of those that DID survive the initial fall, the survival rate is quite high (but many or most do not survive the fall). I don't know what to believe, so I wonder if anyone has any personal experience with this.
In a few months I will be moving to a tall building on the 20th floor. I am concerned with the windows which open about 6 or 7 inches, but have no screen. I have two cats which LOVE to jump at flies, bugs, etc., and at my current residence (2nd floor) my cat loves to jump at the screen at birds, bugs, etc. I am afraid that if I opened the window, there may be a moment when one of my cats falls out the window, excited at a bug or something, or some other reason. So any ideas for perhaps some sort of elongatable mesh that I can install? Something like a screen? I don't think I can install an actual screen given the current setup. I would really prefer to not leave the windows closed 100% of the time.
Thanks
I was wondering if anyone has had experience with a cat falling from a great height. I read online that cats have a very high survival rate, and some say the rate increases after a certain height, about 7 floors+. However I'm not ready to buy this information, and I think that the "pessimist" theory may be correct when it states that this is only true regarding cats which survived the fall: of those that DID survive the initial fall, the survival rate is quite high (but many or most do not survive the fall). I don't know what to believe, so I wonder if anyone has any personal experience with this.
In a few months I will be moving to a tall building on the 20th floor. I am concerned with the windows which open about 6 or 7 inches, but have no screen. I have two cats which LOVE to jump at flies, bugs, etc., and at my current residence (2nd floor) my cat loves to jump at the screen at birds, bugs, etc. I am afraid that if I opened the window, there may be a moment when one of my cats falls out the window, excited at a bug or something, or some other reason. So any ideas for perhaps some sort of elongatable mesh that I can install? Something like a screen? I don't think I can install an actual screen given the current setup. I would really prefer to not leave the windows closed 100% of the time.
Thanks