Pix' constantly gets stuck in the fork of the left tree and cries to be rescued. She loooooooves being in the trees so I'd rather put up structure to encourage it than deny it. Giant pallet beam and some rope to the rescue. These beams have a shredded rubber layer for grip to the floor of shipping containers which makes a nice outdoor climbing surface.
We have some aggressive council legislation regarding cats. They cannot be out of the owners property in suburban areas. Time to kitty-proof the back yard/s.
I used 25mm electrical conduit for structure, clothes-line for tethered-framework, bird-netting as a barrier, and a bazillion cable-ties. Electrical crimp connectors were used on the clothes line to terminate cables with a nice ring terminal. Conduit mounting clips were used as hinges on the gate. (cheapest hinges EVER, and work great) All bending and joinery was done with a heat-gun as the molded joiners were disproportionately expensive compared to 4 meters of the conduit itself.
Many photos may not be particularly clear, or tell of the construction very well. It was a labor of obligation rather than love...
Pixel is really happy she can climb the trees without her harness though. :)
We went down to the RSPCA this afternoon and picked up a kitty. She's 3.5mo old. Born at the shelter itself. Spayed, micro chipped, 1 more vaccination shot left in a fortnight. Named Checkers at the shelter. Dunno if we'll keep it. Cried in the carry box in the car, so we let her out. Purred her brains out on Jana's lap on the way home. Let loose in the house. Running and sliding all over the place, jumping in the air. Super happy kitty. :D
We ended up naming her Pixel because she has a nice square white dot on her lower jaw/lip when looking from the front. What a cute critter.
