As for the notion that an outdoor room does not provide room for hunting...ha! I came home one day to find a pleased, proud, and happy cat on my bed guarding a dead lizard which had apparently slithered in under the bottom of the screening on my porch! :)
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>A friend of mine has created a wonderful outside "room" for her cat. She
>has an opening from the garage into a large wire space that sits on her back
>deck. There is an environment for the cat, and her cat seems very content
>with this. I have an outdoor cat, and have been considering this as a
>possible solution for my cat when I move into cohousing. My cat will be 8
>or 9 by then, and I guess I am thinking he might be willing to put up with
>this since he'll be older. The outdoor "room" definitely does not provide
>opportunities for hunting, which is a cat's job, so I don't know what the
>result will be.
>
>--eileen
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>Eileen McCourt
>Oak Creek Commons
>Cohousing in Paso Robles, CA
>emccourt [at] mindspring.com
>http://oakcreekcommons.org/
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> -----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org] On Behalf Of Becky Schaller
>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:11 AM
>To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
>Subject: [C-L]_Outdoor Cats
>
>Do other communities have any policies about cats being outdoors. I think I
>checked this in the archives and read some discussion of problems, but
>didn't see any real solutions.
>
>
>Becky Schaller
>Sonora Cohousing
>Tucson, Arizona
>Our first official meal in the common house is scheduled for September 22!
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