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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Kay and Penny on July 15, 2009, 20:35:15 PM

Title: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Kay and Penny on July 15, 2009, 20:35:15 PM

I want to encourage Tosker to find his own way into my enclosure, as if he can come as well as go he might decide to hang around one day

so I thought I would leave some food out for him each night inside - to get to it he would have to jump 6 foot down on to hard paving

would there be any risk to him in doing this? he is around 2 years old, and obviously very agile

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: hOrZa on July 15, 2009, 20:41:35 PM

mine jump to the floor from the tops of doors

hth

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: CC & The Pussycat Guys & Dolls on July 15, 2009, 20:44:50 PM

Mine jump from tops of 6ft walls to get back into the garden-and they are fine with that  :)

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: kellyn1201 on July 15, 2009, 20:45:33 PM

Our previous cat Henry used to jump from our 6 foot fence to the patio with no probs. In fact my Dad's cat is now 12 and still comes down their 6 foot fence, although she now runs down it instead of jumping!  

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on July 15, 2009, 22:24:53 PM

He should be fine with that  ;D

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Gillian Harvey on July 15, 2009, 22:58:04 PM

My Harry jumps from about that height - when he lets himself back into the 'cat-proofed' (?) area! onto paving.  :)

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: CC & The Pussycat Guys & Dolls on July 15, 2009, 23:20:54 PM

You know its the "Harry's" Gillian  :evillaugh:

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Gillian Harvey on July 15, 2009, 23:31:14 PM

Quote from: ccmacey on July 15, 2009, 23:20:54 PM

You know its the "Harry's" Gillian  :evillaugh:

Yup!  :evillaugh:

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Judecat (Paula) on July 15, 2009, 23:32:53 PM

Trouble and Cassie both jump the garden gate, about 6 ft frame to come between front and back gardens as only the back door has a cat flap. Trouble is 13 now and has no probs, that is onto concrete. If your cats are healthy I can't see a problem.

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Millys Mum on July 16, 2009, 20:08:01 PM

As your encouraging to do it and hopefully regularly i would put a halfway height for him. Cats can jump the same as horses but look what too much of it does to horses legs  :(

Title: Re: safe distance to jump?
Post by: Kay and Penny on July 16, 2009, 22:34:02 PM

trouble is I can't give Tosker a leg down without giving the two captives a leg up :sigh: