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Mre Wombat and I like to keep our bedroom window open but our cat insists on being stupid and keepings on climbing out onto the external windowsill.
I need to contrapt (or procure) a mesh type thing that will allow the window to be open and provide ventilation but will prevent the stupid beast from climbing out.
Also Mrs Wombat says it can't look "scruffy and horrible"
It's a standard UPVC side opening window.
Any ideas anyone?
What is wrong with the cat climbing out?
My cat goes in and out by our window all the time. (on to the pergola and down to the patio)
Does your cat fall off? If not - then is there any harm in your cat being out there?
Even if it did fall off, 1 floor up wouldn't do any harm apart from teaching it something about not falling off.
fly/insect screens?
The cat has had to be rescued having been found clinging to the windowsill by its from paws whilst scrabbling against the brickwork is an amusing but ineffective manner on several occsions and SWMBO is therefore reluctant to give it the opportunity to do the same thing again.
will look at flyscreens
Hire an Alsatian to continually clean your window.
RM.
Perhaps put a larger platform on the side of the house for the cat to sit on out the window. So it's not falling off a small ledge.
will look at flyscreens
Make sure it has a proper lock at the bottom (assuming it's one of the pull-down type models): the ones on my windows just click into place, and a quick push with a paw will open them. As my cats have discovered.
I've been looking for the same and came across these:
http://www.flat-cats.co.uk/
I haven't bought one yet, but might give it a try.
Our cats love sitting on the window sills, I have to open the bedroom windows to let them out.