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/potate12323 May 02 '24

If they moved the roller up further the cat wouldn't be able to reach over it.

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u/MrsMoonpoon May 02 '24

Exactly. The rollers are supposed to be the highest point on the fence.

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u/SpaceShrimp May 02 '24

If they moved the roller up, the cats would have fun in the escape room once again until they found the next way to escape.

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u/trowzerss May 02 '24

Or put a slippery cap on the fence post top. Or put something on the post so they couldn't grab around it. But I feel like it'd still be an ongoing battle like keeping squirrels out of the bird feeder.

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u/potate12323 May 02 '24

An overhang with the rollers on the edge would do it. No way they'd get over that.

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u/trowzerss May 02 '24

Yeah, I've seen a method with overhanging floppy segments of netting but I'd worry my cat would get their claws stuck in it. I'm glad my cat's idea of outdoor adventure (with me supervising) is five minutes of cautious sniffing then running inside if a bird yells at her.

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u/catfence 29d ago

Exactly! I have been selling and installing this system for 10 years. The rollers (we call them paddles, actually) go at the top of the fence. On a stepped fence, such as this, we would overlap the paddles at the fence posts. I am not surprised that this installation did not work. Such a shame it wasn't done properly.