Window blinds are pointless in a cat household. No wonder so many landlords restrict pets allowed and charge a pet surcharge on the initial rent! (Andy had help from the late Dougy on this one.) Of course, this is the best way to see birdies and this window has a rosebush outside it that attracts lots of tweetie birds! With a little thought, leaving a cat friendly opening in the blinds should reduce the chances of damage. I’ll try it with the replacement blind!
Andy is displeased to be called out for cat damage! “I’m the nice kitty boy!” he protests. And he is.
You are a good boy, Andy! Blinds are just too tempting for kitties – it’s not your fault!
There are no blinds in my house, but drapes had to come down and curtains suffer when Beba practices her climbing skills – oh well, as long as kitties are happhy!
LOL! The best reason to die in this apartment is I won’t have to square things with my landlord. Kitties are very hard on furniture and other things. Someone else will have work out the damage.
We just let them enjoy themselves. No matter what kind of fancy scratching posts and cat towers we have tried, the favorite one is still one of our antique bed’s carved bedposts. Whoever inherits it (if they are interested, that is!) will just have to live with it or restore it. I could care less.
I feel much the same. The little rascals bring a lot of joy into one’s life, and any evidence of them is a reminder of that joy!
Very well said, Doug.
We hear ya….blinds are difficult at least horizontal. We have horror blinds in the bedroom….we also have long drapes in the bedroom. You’re saying…”You don’t need both, for heaven’s sake woman.” Well, ya we do. It’s cold up here and mere blinds don’t cut it but help keep the cold from coming in too far and the drapes cut down the cold immensely. Anyway, I’m off the subject. At the living room window and the sliding glass door are vertical blinds….the girls can just slip between the slats and see out. Something to think about when replacing the blinds.
Jean
I have vert5ical blinds in the living room, and they are a better solution for cat families!
Andy is a good boy, in spite of the damage to the blinds. Cats and horizontal blinds definitely do not mix, and we have evidence of that here too. Someday when I get around to replacing them, it will be curtains and some sort of horizontal blind with no connections at the bottom.
I’ve considered getting heavy duty wooden Venetian blinds, though the cost is a bit dear for an apartment dweller!
I had meant to write I was considering vertical blinds with no bottom connection. Heavy duty wood sounds good, but I agree, a bit expensive. 🙂
The vertical ones are ideal with cats, though mine are covered in cat hair, thanks to a rough texture….
Blinds I think are made to be moved out of Andy’s way. 😉
He thinks so, too!
Can you replace the blinds with Plantation Shutters? That’ll give him a challenge.
I’d never heard what that kind of blind was called. Yes, that would defeat a cat, but it also would be a problem with the type window I have, a Pella window that cranks out from the center and would be openable with that type blind.
Blinds always have to be at half mast so that a cat can see out. They need to protect the premises!
Yes, Andy and his late brother is/were an excellent Distant Early Warning System!
My blinds are open during daylight hours and if not a rolled up newspaper on the window ledge is a good deterrent 😾 (oh no the evil newspaper in the plastic bag ❗️ ) 75 chuckies ($) for 3 cordless replacements last year which ain’t bad considering we’ve lived heat fifteen yrs and those antiques were here when I moved in ❗️ Whoopee John Willfart’s polka music playing soothes the the savage beasts too 😸
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn5okHpq8gA 🙂
Polka – a secret pleasure of mine! LOL! There used to be a polka program on the local radio that came on around the time the farmers would’ve been home for lunch. Lots of Volga Deutsch and Czech immigrant families in this region! Also, I love, love, love Norteno music which features a polka beat and accordian. My CD collection, though is mostly Baroque and New Romantic (classical).
that is a very good idea… if there is a window in the blinds, no cat diy project is needed…
Yes, those blinds are in my ground level bathroom, so I suppose the neighbors enjoy an occasional show if they want to window peep.