My cats could care less about renovations etc. I have had floors sanded, walls painted and lights installed and all the workers fell in love with the cats. They did keep them in a locked room while the dangerous work was being done, but all other times, the cats roamed the range (inside) and kept the workers company. I did some painting too - and the cats loved the roller on the ceilings as well as the messy drop clothes to dive under. In general, they were real pains in the butt, but they also kept me laughing. One day one cat had green paw pads and the other had burgundy .... they jumped on everything when I wasn't watching!

Monkeys, they are monkeys!

One of my former cats (RB) walked on a white, freshly painted window sill, and then walked ALL over my living room rug....dark brown living room rug. It took quite a bit of elbow grease to get all that paint / latex!! off the rug. Phewwwwww.

My cats never got sick from any of the paint etc.

SAS