Possibly moving.. cat question.

Ok. Due to recent events.. I am most likely moving back home (for the time being). I am worried though.. I would be living in the basement and there are stairs.. which aren't enclosed. Not only are there spaces between each step which any of my 3 cats could fall through but one side is not closed.

Should I be worried? There is really no way to close them off. What should I do?

Thanks.

Most cats are very agile, and won't fall through open stairs. I bet they will love it, like a big cat tree!

ditto^ im sure they will be fine...my cat can climb a latter with little to no problem. they may fall through while playing once or twice but it will make them not want to play there anymore

I'm just worried because I have two little ones (about 7 weeks old) and they can be clumsy. The stairs go pretty high.. I wouldn't want them falling from the top.

I am such a worry wort when it comes to them so my apologies in advance! lol

They'll freak you out regularly, but they will be fine. We have stairs between main floor and basement that are not enclosed, 13 stairs split with a landing halfway and then they make a 180 and continue in the other direction, and have a wrought iron railing that Fawn in particular regards as her private jungle jim.









We also have a flight of 13 stairs from the back porch down to the yard, open on the side away from the house. This was rebuilt a few years ago, and previously had open stairs, i.e. only treads, no back.

For all of the 15 years we've been here there have been cats (including little kittens) to-ing and fro-ing on both of these staircases, with never a mishap, despite their cavalier attitude toward the stairs and railings.

Well thank you guys. *sigh of relief* I do feel a little better now. lol

I am looking into getting them a neat cat tree as to deter them from playing on the stairs. I'm sure they'll be happy. lol

Thanks again!