What are Brits missing?

How about screens on the windows? I know we didn't have them in Germany, but I had a dog there...now I have cats.

I'm envisioning my cats sprouting wings and becoming projectile kitties everytime I open a window.

"Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...it's Projectile Kitty!"  

Anyway, they are normally indoor cats because my street is pretty busy. I do take them out but under supervision aka sitting on my lap or putting them into my fenced vegetable garden. I would actually love to find a house with a fenced yard so I can let them run about. This would be lovely for them.

And this is great news that wall unit air cons have arrived. Cool. <--har har

btw, I get in obnoxious moods at times. You all have permission to wack me in the head when I do. I'm a fast ducker though so you might have to sneak up behind me for a good landed crack.  

I'm envisioning my cats sprouting wings and becoming projectile kitties everytime I open a window.

"Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...it's Projectile Kitty!" 

LOL ... nope, no screens either. My cat does have a tendency to climb out of the upstairs windows and perch his supersized body on the narrow windowsill. Initially, I was petrified that he'd fall, but I'm used to it now. After all, he'd still have eight lives left, right?

but there is NO WAY I could live without a freezer!

NO doubt!  Where do they keep the Ben & Jerry's?  Or do they just scoff the lot when they get it?

Or do they just scoff the lot when they get it?

Well ... now that you put it that way ... maybe I could get by without a freezer!

My cat does have a tendency to climb out of the upstairs windows and perch his supersized body on the narrow windowsill. Initially, I was petrified that he'd fall, but I'm used to it now. After all, he'd still have eight lives left, right?

The eight lives thought sent shivers through me.

I guess one could build screens, right? Like the old wooden screens and attach them from the inside? hmm

belindaloo, I would be a neurotic mess if my cats were doing a balancing act on a narrow upstair windowsill! *dialing 1-800-Psych-Ward*

belindaloo, I would be a neurotic mess if my cats were doing a balancing act on a narrow upstair windowsill! *dialing 1-800-Psych-Ward*

I was a much more overprotective cat mother before I moved to the UK. Now my cat spends most of the day outdoors and he's happier than ever. I still remember the day he caught his very first mouse ... definitely a scrapbook moment <sigh>

The eight lives thought sent shivers through me.

I guess one could build screens, right? Like the old wooden screens and attach them from the inside? hmm

belindaloo, I would be a neurotic mess if my cats were doing a balancing act on a narrow upstair windowsill! *dialing 1-800-Psych-Ward*

Your possibilities are endless.....kitties will be safe

http://www.flyscreensuk.co.uk/Windows.htm
http://www.safetyscreens.co.uk/
http://www.merrydancercats.btinternet.co.uk/keeping_them_safe.htm
http://www.chainscreens.co.uk/

My little (well, not so little) Muffin cat is strictly an indoor kitty.  I have a lovely Florida room on the front of my house with big huge windows that slide open.  She was sitting in the window one morning - I was still asleep - and I heard a bang.  I figured she knocked over a chair or something so didn't think much of it.  Then about an hour or so later I heard her crying, really fearful crying!!  I got up and figured she was locked in the Florida room and couldn't get to me, it's happened before.  So I went down to open the door for her so she could get to me and to her beloved potty box.

Well - there was no kitty.  And there was no screen in the window!!!!!!  That blasted neighbor cat had got her all worked up again and had her bouncing against the screen.  Again!!!  This time, the screen gave way and kitty did become a projectile, right into the front yard!!  I went looking for her, calling her name.  I could hear her crying for me.  I found her hiding, completely hidden and smashing her body under my huge hosta plants along the side of the drive way.  She was PETRIFIED!  She was shaking and scared, and kept mewing after I brought her in.

So I told her she was ok, that I still love her, but this is what happens when you get all excited over other kitties, and now I won't be able to open the window all the way for her anymore.

Sheesh - high drama with the cat!!  I think I will need to find screens if we don't have them, wherever we end up.

~Liza

What's a Florida room?

Must be painted orange!

What's a Florida room?

Typically it's a room with lots of windows that is very open and airy, mostly all windows, sometimes floor to ceiling, but mine are not that tall.  Usually it's a room that can be completely opened up with screens so it's like you are outside.  I'm in Michigan and mine is only good for three seasons as it's not heated and I just can't go in there during the dead of winter - way too cold.

I think you may find different definitions of "Florida room" though - it's sort of a regional thing.

~Liza

aka: sunroom, conservatory

Your possibilities are endless.....kitties will be safe

New Dawn,

You are Divine! A Goddess amongst goddesses !!

I feel so much better about this already. And thank you for all the other great sites you posted today as well.

Dang, let me put this out as a huge THANKS to everyone here! What a great group of people.

*beaming smiles and splashes!*
seagoddess

 

New Dawn,

You are Divine! A Goddess amongst goddesses !!

Awww, you're very welcome! Believe me, I know *all* about being worried about pets and their safety, I actually used to travel to work, get to work and think, did I lock that door, will she get out, if she does......and have to travel all the way back home just to double check, OCD over pets - completely understandable.

Modern technology -- but my computer geek hubby argues that a lot of computer stuff & the World Wide Web, etc actually got started here.

I thought Al Gore started the internet?