• TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I made a catio in my backyard (3rd one attached the house) because our little bastards will kill everything in a kilometre radius. Not that we’ve ever tested that, but we’ve seen how they act when creatures smaller then them are out and about within their purview.

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      2 days ago

      Missed opportunity…purrview.

      So do they have free access or do they have to be carried in and out? That’s a very cool catio. And fwiw…thanks from a stranger for keeping a few more murdermittens from killing random critters.

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        Haha damn, totally missed it.

        It’s actually significantly more expansive than it looks. Part of the bridge you see runs under our deck, and then on the other side there is an enclosed ramp up to our kitchen window. Another part of it forks off to the front of the deck so they have a primo sunbathing spot .We simply unlock the little cat door that was installed in the window screen, and they are out.

        Thanks for the kind words. We feel good about the compromise of letting them outside, but not letting them kill all the surrounding wildlife.