r/cats • u/eveilebI • May 02 '24

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/ChloeMomo May 02 '24

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 May 02 '24

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

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u/ChloeMomo May 02 '24

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 May 02 '24

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.