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| 532.1 | | DAGWST::BROWN | everybody run Prom Queen's Gotta Gun! | Thu Apr 22 1993 14:09 | 7 |
| We have a screen saver device on our screen doors. They are made for
dogs, and you can buy them at any hardware store or home store. It is
made of aluminum and fits over the lower portion of the screen. I
think it cost about $20. It screws onto the frame of the screen door,
and keeps kitty or doggy away from the actual screen material.
Jo
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| 532.2 | Vote for Plexi | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Fri Apr 23 1993 01:20 | 5 |
| Suggestion .1 is good, but I would vote for plexiglass, for it lets
more light in. If you chose aluminum dog-away-keeper (?), be sure to
mount it in a way Duffy cannot hurt himself on it.
Meow, Nat.
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| 532.3 | | DAGWST::BROWN | everybody run Prom Queen's Gotta Gun! | Fri Apr 23 1993 09:17 | 6 |
| The screen saver I mentioned in .1 is not a solid piece of aluminum, it
is a lattice. It lets in plenty of light. Plexiglass would be a great
idea, but it is rather expensive, and it is easily scratched.
Jo
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| 532.4 | Inadverdant cat training device... | SALEM::COLETTI | evolution in action... | Fri Apr 23 1993 10:19 | 12 |
| In my experience with 'screen-saver' devices, the only outcome is to
teach the cat to progressively jump higher to latch onto the exposed
screening (one of 'em manages to reach the top - about a 5' 5" jump -
from a standing start!). Dogs, not having arboreal ancestry, don't
seem to figure out this weakness in the device.
My answer: replace the sreens! I do it once a year for about $10 (one
patio and two swinging doors) in about an hour with nylon screening.
Aluminum screening will last considerably longer, but is much more
difficult unless you have access to professional tools.
Good luck!
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| 532.5 | | DAGWST::BROWN | everybody run Prom Queen's Gotta Gun! | Fri Apr 23 1993 10:56 | 14 |
| Funny, since we added the screen savers to the front door and to the
sliding door, we haven't had to replace those screens, and no cats have
even attempted to claw through the screen at the top of the door. I
think it would be difficult to hold onto the screen with three paws while
digging a hole in the screen with the other. :')
If you cover the whole door with plexiglass, then you have defeated the
purpose of having a screen! So, in my estimation, there is nothing
that will effectively keep a cat off the top of the screens, except
maybe not having screen doors.
Jo
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| 532.6 | | SOFBAS::SHERMAN | | Fri Apr 23 1993 13:53 | 12 |
| Several comments :
Re. latice work screen -- one of our cats got a claw stuck in this and
had to be freed.
Re. high-jumpers -- another cat learned to really jump to get our
attention. He'd hear a Bang!, look up, and see the cat spread-eagled
against the screen, holding on with all four feet, sort of like a
large, wingless bat.
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| 532.7 | | POWDML::MANDILE | Is it show season yet? | Fri Apr 23 1993 14:01 | 2 |
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Why not put in a cat door?
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| 532.8 | | DAGWST::BROWN | everybody run Prom Queen's Gotta Gun! | Fri Apr 23 1993 15:36 | 6 |
| Great idea Lynne! :')
They have those new cat doors for screens. They are a panel that fits
into the door frame and a cat door at the bottom.
Jo
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| 532.9 | try giving them their own screen door | NETWKS::GASKELL | | Tue Apr 27 1993 07:01 | 8 |
| I put a special cat door designed to go into the door screen. After
the first couple of months of not answering their "demand to come in"
and someone behind them and pushing them through the cat door, they
got the picture. I think I paid about $10, bought it last year but
it took me a while to get around to installing it.
It helps me too, I can let the cats run in and out and don't get bugs
in the kitchen.
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| 532.10 | 100 and 1 uses for a squirt bottle | STOWOA::PIERCE | Think Spring | Mon May 10 1993 13:58 | 10 |
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My handy dandy water bottle works for everything! Espally screen
scratchers! I quick squirt in the direction the kitty will think
twice. Now my cats sit on the railing and tap the door handle to
come in.
They seem to forget every spring that screen scratchin is a no-no
so out comes the bottle.. 1 squirt is all it took!
lkp
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