Hi there!
Before anyone panicks about my question please read everything first. So overall my question is does anyone know of a dog crate that is safe to keep a cat in when unsupervised? Safe as in can't get a leg stuck in it or get hurt by it. Here is why I am asking.
About a year ago I found a cat out on the streets. She was acting afraid and feral, so for a long time i was only able to feed her. Then one day she actually approached me and all of a sudden was totally friendly and social. So i was able to get her in to a rescue group. She ended up being pregnant, so she was fostered with her kittens. After all of that I found out that she had ended up being sent to another shelter. When I found out she had been in a shelter for a month I knew I couldn't let her stay there. So I ended up adopting her. Now I am just out of college and therefore livng with my parents at the moment. I was NOT planning on adopting a second cat until I had my own place. But it happened. Now the resident cats are my male cat and my parents female. The new cat is getting along fairly well with my male, but she is not getting along with the female. They will fight and hurt each other. So they are being kept separate. I have been keeping the new cat in the sunroom as her own room. So the other cats don't have to he around her all the time. The sunroom is the only room in the house that I can keep her separate in. Unfortunately my dad is VERY careless about the room. He will just leave the door open and let her out which is really dangerous with the other cats. She also needs to be supervised anytime she is out because she will tear open garbage bags and misbehave. So it's really bad that he is so careless about letting her out. I go to work usually when he is so home. So it's going to end badly if this happens while I'm at work. I would keep her in my bedroom but that is my male cats room to stay in, and although they are getting along they are not ready to be alone together. So I have been considering putting a dog crate in my room and keeping her in there when I am not home. That way she is safe in my room, but not able to get to my male to cause problems. I am just wondering the safest and most reasonable way to go about this. I know it's not ideal to keep cats in cages and that the wrong cage could be dangerous. That why I'm looking for recomendations. Thanks in advance.
Before anyone panicks about my question please read everything first. So overall my question is does anyone know of a dog crate that is safe to keep a cat in when unsupervised? Safe as in can't get a leg stuck in it or get hurt by it. Here is why I am asking.
About a year ago I found a cat out on the streets. She was acting afraid and feral, so for a long time i was only able to feed her. Then one day she actually approached me and all of a sudden was totally friendly and social. So i was able to get her in to a rescue group. She ended up being pregnant, so she was fostered with her kittens. After all of that I found out that she had ended up being sent to another shelter. When I found out she had been in a shelter for a month I knew I couldn't let her stay there. So I ended up adopting her. Now I am just out of college and therefore livng with my parents at the moment. I was NOT planning on adopting a second cat until I had my own place. But it happened. Now the resident cats are my male cat and my parents female. The new cat is getting along fairly well with my male, but she is not getting along with the female. They will fight and hurt each other. So they are being kept separate. I have been keeping the new cat in the sunroom as her own room. So the other cats don't have to he around her all the time. The sunroom is the only room in the house that I can keep her separate in. Unfortunately my dad is VERY careless about the room. He will just leave the door open and let her out which is really dangerous with the other cats. She also needs to be supervised anytime she is out because she will tear open garbage bags and misbehave. So it's really bad that he is so careless about letting her out. I go to work usually when he is so home. So it's going to end badly if this happens while I'm at work. I would keep her in my bedroom but that is my male cats room to stay in, and although they are getting along they are not ready to be alone together. So I have been considering putting a dog crate in my room and keeping her in there when I am not home. That way she is safe in my room, but not able to get to my male to cause problems. I am just wondering the safest and most reasonable way to go about this. I know it's not ideal to keep cats in cages and that the wrong cage could be dangerous. That why I'm looking for recomendations. Thanks in advance.