Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: cats

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi Shari —

I understand from some folks at Shadowlake Village in Virginia that they found 
some kind of special collar that allows you to “bell the cat” but doesn’t cause 
a choking problem if the cat gets caught in shrubbery. 

Someone from  Shadowlake Village comment on this?  Did I identify the right 
community?

I could be totally remembering this incorrectly but that’s what my “little grey 
cells”  recall …

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703-688-2646

On Sep 3, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Shari Hirst <sharihirst13 [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> That is the way we work things here.  It's just that some of the cats stalk 
> and catch birds that are fed by myself and others.
> 
> Shari Hirst
> Sand River
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 9:37 AM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ cats
> 
> 
> RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA, long built:
> 
> We require dogs to be on leash or under voice control, but cats are allowed 
> to roam. Pets that sometimes go outdoors (dogs or cats) are limited to two 
> per household. Our setting is in town, but quite pastoral, with thickets and 
> grassy fields. Of our 24 households, there are about 7 cats that go outdoors. 
> Most people keep their cats indoors at night, which incidentally reduces 
> hunting but is mainly to keep the cats from getting eaten themselves by the 
> coyotes that live near by.
> 
> Maraiah Lynn Nadeau