We've had cats forever, until about two years ago. Most of the time a
cat is far better at staying out of reach than a dog...or a child. We
only used bells because our one cat was such a super hunter, bringing
in everything that moved. We had a kitty door so our cats could potty
in the back yard. We also have used litter boxes without stinking up
the house.
But cats have a habit of snuggling into the corner of the softer
furniture, or near a heat vent, rather than sprawling in the middle of
a well traveled path.
So now I've set myself up for you to explain that your new member
enjoys sprawling in the middle of the doorway.
Carl
On 12/30/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So now that this cat has entered my life, I have a question. I've had cats
ever since graduate school, up until about 4 years ago, and I've always had
enough sight to see where they were if they were several feet away from me.
Now I don't. So today, Melanie bought a collar that has a tiny bell
attached
so that I could hear this new cat moving around. However, the bell barely
makes a sound and my hearing is bad. So I'm wondering if anyone has a
solution. There's a place on this collar where an additional bell could be
added. Perhaps that would work. But we don't want to burden Madelaine with
a
collar if it won't actually be useful. This collar has a bell that's part
of
the collar, that looks like a little metal ball, and that, I doubt, would
warn a bird, if the cat wearing it were outside and about to attack. Don't
they put bells on cats' collars to warn birds?
Miriam