Thread: New garden for the lads!

Thanks Antonia! Sounds like you have a bigger garden than us, good luck with the cat-proofing! And with the fruit n veg!

Funny thing is, some of our friends just think we're mad, doing this work. They don't understand why the lads can't just go outside like other cats, and they think we're being over-protective and a bit precious about it. Or they think we are protecting them particularly because they were expensive to buy. But that's not the reason - we love all our cats, moggies included, and they weren't expensive to buy, that's not the point. It's much safer to have them fenced in, in terms of the road, the risk of them wandering into other people's houses, or simply getting 'nicked'. Also, we have agreed with our breeder to restrict them, it is in the kitten contract.

There were some builders working a couple of doors down, and they watched in amazement as Monty ran across the garden and shinned up a tree, and hung there checking out the view. I went to fetch him down, and they shouted across to me 'I thought that were a monkey, love!' (Sheffield accent!) I replied, smiling, 'No, it's a koala bear!' and held Monty up to show them. It was a pleasant exchange but it shows how the MC can attract attention.