catnapper
02-29-2004, 03:52 PM
Oh, I am going to have a Naw-Tee kitty for the summer. Once again, we had a beautiful spring day... I opened the door to the balcony off the bedroom. I looked out today and saw Allen, but no Pouncer. My heart pounded as I looked over the edges for him. Thank goodness, he didn't fall or try to jump... but he was sitting in the gutter! As nice as can be, and as happy as can be just sitting in that narrow trench of a gutter. I pulled him out and sent him back in the house with a stern "bad cat!"
I look out again and didn't see any animals. I knew Pouncer wouldn't have resisted slipping back outside, so I once again looked over the railing, and found my kitty sitting in the gutter on the other side (I guess he figured Bad Cat only pertainined to one side of the gutter.)
Does anyone have any ideas on keeping Pouncer out of the gutter? I thought of chicken wire around the outside, but the bugger would climb over it... making his chances of really getting hurt much higher.
I'm hoping that he grows a great deal in the next month or so (he has grown a ton in the last month) so that next time I open the doors he won't be able to fit through the slats in the railing. Allen doesn't have a prayer of slipping through them - he's too "fluffy"
PS: The gutters are well secured. We had them replaced this past year after a serous storm, so I"m not worried about them giving way under his weight, I'm worried about him slipping. I also know that he'd not even attempt to jump. I'm petrified of him falling :eek:
I look out again and didn't see any animals. I knew Pouncer wouldn't have resisted slipping back outside, so I once again looked over the railing, and found my kitty sitting in the gutter on the other side (I guess he figured Bad Cat only pertainined to one side of the gutter.)
Does anyone have any ideas on keeping Pouncer out of the gutter? I thought of chicken wire around the outside, but the bugger would climb over it... making his chances of really getting hurt much higher.
I'm hoping that he grows a great deal in the next month or so (he has grown a ton in the last month) so that next time I open the doors he won't be able to fit through the slats in the railing. Allen doesn't have a prayer of slipping through them - he's too "fluffy"
PS: The gutters are well secured. We had them replaced this past year after a serous storm, so I"m not worried about them giving way under his weight, I'm worried about him slipping. I also know that he'd not even attempt to jump. I'm petrified of him falling :eek: