#ThursdayDoors #catio #writingprompt
I was going to let Tipper break this news of his “apprize”, but now I’m not, as I’ll explain in a minute.
He’s always begging to go out, but then he gets scared and hides under the porch. So I decided to buy him a catio.
It came in pieces in a box. Contrary to anything I’ve ever done, I got Charlie’s electric screwdriver and a pair of his work gloves and I put it together all by myself! Thanks! It has doors!
As for why Tipper didn’t get to share this: HE WON’T GO IN! He and Chickie each freaked out when I tried to put them in it. I have a screen cat flap on order for the house window. We’ll see if they like it when they can go in and out by themselves.
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A gift acquired at great effort that is rejected.
MA
acflory
March 10, 2025 at 7:27pmWhat a fabulous idea. And grats on putting it together yourself! I’m sure Tipper and Chickie will have fights as to who gets to go out first…once they have their inside/outside door. š
Marian Allen
March 11, 2025 at 11:02amWell, it turned out to be not a very good purchase in that the wood is super soft. One of the wheel blocks already split and broke off, so #1 Daughter took all the wheels off and set it on cement blocks. Now I won’t be able to move it as I please, but the cats — and the raccoons — won’t be able to shove it around. I can just imagine the raccoons moving it aside and coming into the house through the cat flap! Now they can’t, so I guess it’s a blessing in disguise. As a friend of Sara’s says, “shiny liners”.
Maureen O'Hern
March 10, 2025 at 5:32amYou go to all that trouble, and the cats won’t go in? I think cats are born with a contrariness gene. Nonetheless, it’s an impressive catio.
Marian Allen
March 10, 2025 at 9:01amThey are, indeed! I think it’ll change, once I get the window screen cat flap and they can come and go on their own.
Miriam Hurdle
March 7, 2025 at 4:48pmVery interesting cat house or catio. Good luck with Tipper.
Yeah, Another Blogger
March 6, 2025 at 2:04pmHi. I think they will adjust.
Neil S.
Marian Allen
March 6, 2025 at 2:35pmI think so, too. Just on their own time. When I get the window screen cat flap, they can come and go on their own, and I think they’ll like that.
Teagan Riordain Geneviene
March 6, 2025 at 12:11pmMarian, I wheezed out a chuckle. I knew that’s what you were going to say. All that work! What a shame, because it looks great. If that upper door could just line-up with a window (in your house)… but things never work out that way. Big hugs.
Marian Allen
March 6, 2025 at 1:03pmIt does line up with a window! I’ve ordered a window screen cat flap for the nice weather. I can’t keep the screen open, or bugs can get in. Bugs, at best.
Dan Antion
March 6, 2025 at 10:21amOf course they won’t go it. You did so much work, they have to snub it, at least for a little while. Don’t worry, they’ll be in there and trying to break out before too long.
Marian Allen
March 6, 2025 at 12:58pmOF COURSE it turned cold just when I got it finished. The good news is, Tipper hasn’t whined to go out since I tried to put him there.