Cohousing-L Mailing List: regarding outdoor cats

[Karen Carlson (kcarlson2]

When my old cat would not adjust to indoor-only living (jumped off second story 
balcony, tried to push screens off windows), he was allowed to stay out the 
whole day and inside for the night. To reduce predation of birds, I bought him 
a cat bib (search web for vendors). It's not known whether the bib interrupts 
pouncing or simply makes the cat very visible to birds (who have good color 
vision).This won't stop killing baby bunnies which are simply taken from their 
nests but too few rabbits are a rare problem. This cat has died, so my new cats 
live solely indoors. All our community cats live indoors which is consistent 
with city ordinance. 

Karen Carlson
Arboretum Cohousing Community
Madison, Wi