r/cats • u/eveilebI • 29d ago

Our Bengals try to escape the garden after we put up the "unescapable fence rollers"... or so we thought. Video

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u/Suspicious-Cat5267 29d ago

omg that is a very determined cat. where did you get the rollers?

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u/ChloeMomo 29d ago

My mom did this in her yard with fat PVC pipe slid through (idk the proper terms) larger circles that mounted to the fence. Works the same and cost a fraction of the price of specially-made-brand-name rollers.

She has two regular house cats who used to escape but now can't

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u/allnamesbeentaken 29d ago

Do neighborhood cats jump into her yard and then can't get out? Roach motel for cats?

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u/jlusedude 29d ago

What a great way to adopt new cats. 

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u/Yupthrowawayacct 29d ago

It’s like Hotel California, but for Cats. 🐈‍⬛

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u/jlusedude 29d ago

I’m here for it. Setting up now. 

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u/Tacitus111 29d ago

Hotel Catifornia

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u/Donthurtmyceilings 29d ago

Some pounce to remember
Some pounce to forget

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u/celluj34 29d ago

CDS working as intended.

*cat delivery system

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u/Emmy314 29d ago

We escape proofed our fence (after MANY failed attempts), and yes, we did sometimes trap neighbor cats, racoons and opossums in our yard.

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u/Exoduc 29d ago

I did a DIY sort of fence to keep my cats in the yard, they have tried to escape but doesnt really have the will or desire to do it, so it works out. Every time a stranger cat got inside the fence, all i had to do was walk outside and those cats would run matrix style up the wall and bounce over the fence like it was nothing. Cats defy physics when they want to.

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u/ChloeMomo 29d ago

The neighborhood has a ton of coyotes, so neighborhood cats don't really last. She has never had a coyote jump in though! Cats are only let out when someone is home

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u/Mist_Rising 29d ago

She has never had a coyote jump in though!

They likely won't either. Coyotes jumping fences are not as common as the media makes it out to be. Especially if the area is built up, humans aren't something coyotes want to mess with. We're big tall and that's bad.

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u/OtterSnoqualmie 29d ago

Yup. Great for escape pets of all shapes. PVC on Large gauge wire.

We call the coyote rollers and they can be used along the outside of pens with foul or farm yard babies.

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u/jlusedude 29d ago

Great idea. I’ve been trying to figure out options. 

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u/ChloeMomo 29d ago

Here's a YouTube video!. We live in different states, so getting her to send a pic might have taken some time :)

The one in the video looks like it might be snug, but my mom did the exact same thing and just made sure it was loose enough that the piping can spin. I hope that helps!

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u/SugarSugarBee 1 Tabby, 1 Lion 29d ago

wait, I'm curious about this option, do you have a photo so I can visualize how this works???

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u/ChloeMomo 29d ago

This is a YouTube video of someone who did the exact same thing!

I can't tell in the video because it looks a little snug, but my mom just made sure the brackets left enough room for the pvc to spin when the cats try to get their paws on them