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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Should my cat go out.

This is a real difficult one, there are loads of dangers for cats, not just roads, but diseases, poisons and people.  Unfortunately, people do hurt animals.  I always let my cats out until we moved to our current home, its on a main road, now that I breed, my cats are unable to go out, what they don't know, they don't miss.   I do feel that each home has to be considered as a separate case, but a cat is far safer indoors and I do believe that you have a much nicer pet, they want to be with you, you are their entertainment, so they want to join in with whatever is going on.  Its always said that cats don't like water, mine love it, they love to play with water, I think its because cats always went out, so we didn't see them play with water, mine will sit for hours playing with water.  Its lovely to watch.

Bengals need a lot of space, they are lively, and full of energy, so I do feel that they need some outside space, but this can be provided either with an outside run or by cat proofing your garden.  We have a huge run off the back of our house, which the cats access from our conservatory, we are also hoping to enclose our whole garden with electric fencing.  There are numerous options available on the market to cat proof a garden.  I do feel that some outside time is ok, but this should be monitored, I don't agree with a cat being allowed to run freely, all day and all night.   This is when accidents happen and if your not about, then your cat can be left to die in agony.

The cheapest and easiest way to cat proof a garden is to use chicken wire and tip the top of the fence.  A 18" piece of wire placed along the fence on an angle, you will need supporting rods, to hold the wire up, this needs to be secured to the fence but should not be firmly placed, along the top edge, the overhangs stops the cat from going over the fence, as its not secure, the cat does not feel that it gives enough support for them to climb over, it works very well, not 100% cat proof, but it certainly gives them some deterrent.  If you wish to cat proof your garden like this and want more details, please give us a call.  There are companies that will provide the equipment and will also fit this for you

There is also Katzycure, this is a roller that is fitted on to the top of existing fencing, it looks brilliant and its something that we are considering in a separate part of the garden. 

There are two options, one or two rollers, this can be fitted by yourself or the company will come out and do all the work for you.  It is very pleasing to the eye and the photos on their site are brilliant.  Well worth looking at if you want to give your cat some outside freedom without all the worries.

Never let a young kitten outside without supervision, if you are going to let your cat roam outside, then please have him or her neutered first and vaccinated them against Cat Flu, Leukemia and Feline Aids.

An indoor cat is a far safer cat.