Is there any way to keep a cat in the backyard?
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Question by Lillystream: Is there any way to keep a cat in the backyard?
He can come in the house but we have a dog door so I know he’ll be able to get out. My question is how to keep him from leaving the backyard.
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Good luck! My cat can climb an 8′ chain link fence like a ladder and she can claw her way up an 8′ wood fence. I gave up trying to keep her in ages ago.
Crazy Larry
October 15, 2013 at 4:53 pm
you can put a collar and a chain on a cat… that’s what i did with my cats when they were babies (I live on forty acres i just wanted my cats to get use to being outside) i put them on a collar and a chain and they were just fine its not a bad thing
masonsmomm08
October 15, 2013 at 5:52 pm
A friend of mine added footage to her fence and angled it in towards her yard so that te cat could not climb it or jump it. It worked very ell for her.
doxie
October 15, 2013 at 6:23 pm
There’s really nothing you can do to prevent him getting over the fence because cat’s are great climbers.
If you want to keep him in the yard about the only way of doing it is to either buy a full play enclosure system for him or make one.
Here’s a link that’ll help describe what they look like.
http://www.petstorebyconny.com/site/785824/page/910000
Sheltie7
October 15, 2013 at 7:18 pm
Simple:
1. Train to a harness/leash and go out with him for awhile.
2. Build/buy a cat enclosure where he can sit and be safe.
Ocimom
October 15, 2013 at 7:55 pm
You can build an outdoor enclosure. It’s basically three walls and a ceiling with your house acting as the fourth wall. You can have a cat door on the door going into the enclosure. You can also put up a chain link fence and take chicken wire, attach it to the top of your fence and have about 6-8 inches, depending on how far your cat can reach, of overhang inside the fence. Your cat can climb the fence but he can’t go over the top because of the barrier. If you want to build a cat enclosure, just type “how to build a cat enclosure” or something to that effect into the Yahoo search engine.
no nickname
October 15, 2013 at 8:10 pm
my kitee runs everywhere, she is fine. you should just learn to trust. kitees have instincts.
Chilli
October 15, 2013 at 8:31 pm
Well, they can’t dig tunnels, so you could make your backyard into a cage. But unless you have a 10′ tall glass fence, you would need a cover on it to keep a cat in.
Ivy G
October 15, 2013 at 9:18 pm
I agree with doxie. My mother and I built a cat fence on the existing fence at their old house. It was fairly easy, didn’t cost much, and kept the cats in the yard.
You can buy kits or just make it yourself.
This is an example of one: http://www.catfencein.com/
Angling the extra fencing up and in works well too.
My mother and I went to a fencing store to get most of the stuff but Home Depot is probably fine too. We basically just used some plastic coated wire fencing. The sheets of it were long and about two feet wide. I cut it in half since a foot or so of extra fencing was enough. We also had metal things that attached to the fence to hold the extra fencing – I’m sorry I can’t remember what they’re called but they’re what you use to put up barbed wire too. Then we had little plastic ties to keep the fencing in place. The corners were a little tricky but otherwise it was pretty easy.
I hope that made sense, it’s been a long time since we built it.
There are probably even easier ways. I don’t have a yard now so I haven’t tried to build another one.
miranda
October 15, 2013 at 10:04 pm
You can’t. A stray cat had kittens in our backyard then abandoned them, and whenever we’d try to get within 30 feet of them they’d run and hop up our 7 foot fence (and they were 6 inches long)
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October 15, 2013 at 10:57 pm
You could cat-proof your yard. To do this you need to have a fence at least 6′ high. Around that you put an overhang (1″ chicken wire is good) which needs to extend by a minimum of 18″. Through the edge of the chicken wire, you thread fine galvanised wire so the edge is taught, but the chicken wire itself is slack. If the cat runs up the fence and grabs onto the wire, it ‘gives’ a bit and the cat feels insecure and lets go.
These links have further information and advice on installing cat-proof fencing;
http://www.woodycoon.com/html/cat-proof_fencing.html
http://www.fabcats.org/owners/fencing/info.html
michele_cat_cyprus
October 15, 2013 at 11:50 pm