MY EXPERIENCE - chicken wire doesn't stop them, unless you make it real looseso they can't get up so easy. Just a thought. Anyone watch "My Cat From Hell" on animal planet? Funny, it always seems to be the owner's fault the cats are misbehaving. One owner only changed the litterbox ONCE EVERY 2 WEEKS! i DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE HERE, BUT THAT WOULD DRIVE ME BONKERS! Cats also like high places so they can survey the scenery. I have lots of high perches, but got some wood to make some more so my little ones (6lbs) can walk around the room without being taunted by the larger ones. Anyway, he said that if you put up a fence with several strands of wire at a 45 degree angle at thwe top, a cat will not try to climb because it thinks it can't. It actually worked with 1 cat. MAYBE it would work with the coons also. Come to think of it, it might also keep them out of my vegies and flowers. They have been making a shambles out of the garden, along with a family of ground hogs, deer, rabbits and a determined turrtle that munched his way thru a bed of portulaca. Took 3 tries, but I finaly carried him about half a mile down the road to a tender patch of weeds and so far he has not come back./ ---- MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just put up a lot of chain link panels so my guys could safely spend > time outside. The area is big enough that I go out and read, work on > the computer etc too. The panels are less than half the cost of > installed fencing. I am considering chicken wire to screen in the > porch. Ceiling fans will take care of insects and cats will have a > hard time wrecking the wire. Just thoughts......... > On May 31, 2012, at 10:41 PM, <dlg...@windstream.net> <dlg...@windstream.net > > wrote: > > > I got some information on a screen that the manufacturer says is > > cat, dog and raccoon proof. Also no seeums proof. It cost $108.00 > > per roll (which is a large roll). I will try to dig out the info > > and send it to you. I was planning on fencing in my deck for days > > when I have to leave early and get back late. At least they would > > be able to get outside. Harley especially is a real pain when he > > can't go outside, knocking things down, over and driving the others > > crazy (this will make me give in and let him out). I don't want to > > leave them outside when I am gone because they might get hurt and I > > would not get back in time to take them to the vet. I know, crazy, > > but I don't want to loose any of them because of stupidity. > > > > > > ---- dot winkler <venus7ora...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi there - anyone out there - does anyone know how to construct or > >> how to keep raccoon out of an outdoor cat colony dry feeder? I am > >> feeding 7 outdoor cats and now there is a raccoon in the area > >> eating all the dry food every night in the dry food feeding > >> station. I feed the cats by day some meat and throw away the > >> plates when done. But the dry food is a staple food for them which > >> they need to supplement the one feeding I give. Also, in case I > >> can't get there to feed them. Any suggestions? I have seen some > >> constructions on line but the cats have to jump up to get into them > >> and there is one older cat I don't think he can jump up into > >> anything! Please let me know. I know this has nothing to do with > >> leukemia, but it does have to do with helping cats. Dotty - > >> Freehold, NJ > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Maureen Olvey <molvey...@hotmail.com> > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 1:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? > > > > > > > > Had to send this again because it bounced back the first time. I > > hate it when it does that. > > > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results > > that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it > > inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward > > it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without > > looking further.” – Mark Twain > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: molvey...@hotmail.com > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: RE: [Felvtalk] What could it be? > > Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 13:40:59 -0400 > > > > > > Ha, ha - I love it!!! You sound as pissed off as I was. Believe me > > he is on my shitlist too. I was boiling about it for days. Matter > > of fact I was just telling my co-worker about him this morning and I > > got pissed off again thinking about it. > > > > I guess he just wanted me to take her home and watch her die. I > > don't know. He never did go as far as to say that exactly because I > > said I wanted him to give her fluids and do a blood test and then e- > > mail this other vet so I could get this experimental drug for dry > > form of FIP. I didn't give him a chance to send me away with > > nothing. Course, at the time other than the fever she was doing > > okay. Although she was wobbly on her back legs she was still eating > > and everything although she had lost some weight. So she wasn't in > > any pain. But I think with a temperature of 104 he would have > > wanted to do something about that anyway. The thing is that like > > toxoplasmosis shows the same symptoms as the dry form of FIP and if > > it was that it could be treated with some antibiotics that aren't > > even that expensive. He's such a dumbass. I didn't know that the > > symptoms were the same until a couple days later and when I asked > > him about it he said he had > >> thought about it when he was looking at her. So if he thought > >> about it and didn't suggest a test for it then he didn't care. He > >> figured with FeLV she's going to die sooner or later so why spend > >> money doing any kind of tests or treatments on her. I'm surprised > >> he didn't suggest killing her. BTW - it's not euthanization unless > >> it's to end suffering so at that point it would have been just > >> killing her. > > > > I like your answer about doing what you do for the animals. I'm > > going to steal it. Most everybody just thanks me for helping the > > animals (I feed ferals so I run into different people that see me > > doing it plus going to adoptions, etc.) but every now and then I get > > someone who asks why I do it, as though it's a bad thing or beneath > > me or something. I'll use your answer for those folks. It's > > probably better than what I normally say to them, if you know what I > > mean! > > > > Maureen > > > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results > > that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it > > inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward > > it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without > > looking further.” – Mark Twain > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: marciabmar...@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:14:58 -0500 > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? > > > > > > What the hell is wrong with this vet, that he didn't even want to > > help a little helpless suffering animal feel better? And he has the > > knowledge and power to do just that!! I'm baffled. Not tooting my > > own horn by any means, but when people ask me why I do what I do for > > animals, the only answer I have for them is "because I can, and that > > obligates me". I make no money of course, but I spend plenty. I > > guess it all boils down to caring enough. That vet would and is on > > my shitlist and I don't even know him. > > > > Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, > > Christmas 2010. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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