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<p>I took time to build a enclosure on our porch with wire and the quality control boss... one of the cats will examine every single inch of my work. Any flaws he found allowed him to break out into the yard.</p><p>The time that little jailbreaker and his brother both examine the screen and fastenings. Each and every one. When given sufficient time, they will learn how to get out. Worse, they remember exactly which spot too. If you replaced a section with brand new wire and made sure of no flaws, they will go straight to that spot and bounce off trying to hop out.</p><p>Then patiently spend hours examining the situation. And then work together on a bad section. One will apply tension and haul and the other will throw it's 32 pounds and shove. Eventually that metal got tired and broke.</p><p>Now we have house birds that use these holes as access to a nest every year in one corner.</p><p>I was very happy for my cats for getting away for doing what they want to do not what we wanted them to stay in.</p><p>Unfortunately once inside cats get outside they can never be really happy inside again. They start examining the house for flaws to exploit to get out.</p>
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