The other day my cat phoebe's boyfriend Riley (my neighbour's cat) got hit by a car and died :-( apparently he dragged himself home before collapsing and dieing. He was only 18 months. This has shocked me into protecting my two cats vinnie and Phoebe. I simply couldn't bare it if either of them got injured or killed by a car.
We live in a cul-de-sac close that is surrounded by a 40mph road :-S But people don't even have the decency to drive slowly down our cul-de-sac which I find incredible. What need is there to screech through a residential dead end road when you don't know what might be around the corner??
Fair enough some people (inhuman people as far as I'm concerned!) do not think that a cat or other animal's life is that important, but do they even consider that there might be a small child crossing the road/playing in the road when they are charging through trying to save precious SECONDS. Honestly, I hate them :-@
Anyway the main reason I am posting this is I was wondering if any of you have made cat enclosures in your back garden, how you went about doing it and whether it's a good idea to make your own.
My boyfriend and I are thinking of adding top bits to the existing fence from the inside of the fence, sort of brackets going up then inwards with strong fencing wire.
Also, does anyone have any ideas how to make the garden more appealing after fencing off trees etc because there won't be as much to do for my cats once we've done this, and our garden isn't huge (Moderate home in England!)
Any thoughts/ideas would be much appreciated :-)
Jenni, Matthew, Vinnie & Phoebe
PS. If we do manage to make the enclosure successfully then I would be tempted to rescue another kitty as I know I'll be able to guarantee their safety
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks