I recommend getting some window restrictors rather than messing about with netting. There is a company called Beego that makes them, they are meant for kids but are perfect for cats too. I use them and recommended them to my friends with house cats, they use them now and it’s so much more convenient than using netting.
It may seem that way from a picture that it’s enough space for a cat to get out, but I’m telling you from experience it isn’t! Purely a recommendation based on myself having two house cats and using these on 6 different windows in my house, and a variety of friends having used them with their cats too.
Not sure about the UK but in mainland Europe our windows can already be put into “tilt”, though usually horizontally. But it’s still not save for cats.
They’re not really a thing where I’ve lived in the UK, at least I’ve not seen them in the 35+ years I’ve lived in the country! I wonder if climate change will affect that eventually?
in eastern europe we take measures to keep them out. they don’t spread malaria here but they cause small mosquito bites, which are itching and if you scratch them the itch becomes worse. I thought mosquitos do that everywhere.
I recommend getting some window restrictors rather than messing about with netting. There is a company called Beego that makes them, they are meant for kids but are perfect for cats too. I use them and recommended them to my friends with house cats, they use them now and it’s so much more convenient than using netting.
They look like this:
That seems like more enough space for a cat to get out. And if you make the opening even smaller you might as well keep the window closed.
It may seem that way from a picture that it’s enough space for a cat to get out, but I’m telling you from experience it isn’t! Purely a recommendation based on myself having two house cats and using these on 6 different windows in my house, and a variety of friends having used them with their cats too.
Not sure about the UK but in mainland Europe our windows can already be put into “tilt”, though usually horizontally. But it’s still not save for cats.
PSA: If they tilt from the bottom (such that the top opens up), this is actually very dangerous for cats.
https://animalaxy.co.uk/the-silent-killer-in-your-home-how-tilted-windows-suffocate-cats-in-minutes/
Ah that’s fair! Yeah in the UK a lot of homes have casement windows where these things work great.
don’t you need nets for mosquitos anyway?
They’re not really a thing where I’ve lived in the UK, at least I’ve not seen them in the 35+ years I’ve lived in the country! I wonder if climate change will affect that eventually?
We have them, they just don’t carry lethal diseases so people aren’t vigilant. You probably don’t notice them.
We have mosquitoes, but have eradicated malaria so it’s not a standard thing to have nets.
in eastern europe we take measures to keep them out. they don’t spread malaria here but they cause small mosquito bites, which are itching and if you scratch them the itch becomes worse. I thought mosquitos do that everywhere.