A word about cats & rack systems...

[dragonsong93]

Just recently built my first rack system and got a few new ball pythons too, and I had them all nice and snug in their new little tubs until my cat comes along and decides it is a good idea TO PULL OUT ONE OF THE TUBS and push it around on the floor! Thank GOODNESS I was home at the time and was able to catch him in the act, and also that it was only a 6qt tub that has a lid on it so luckly he couldn't actually get at the snake.

Needless to say I'm now getting those little clips that keep tubs from sliding out and making sure we can't have a repeat of that incident....it could have been a lot worse, and I just wanted to warn people in case you have cats that can get near your snake setup.

I'm surprised he even cared about what was in the tubs, the other two kitties don't even glance at the snakes but Quincy is always looking to get his nose into something....

[mues155]

Those wiley kitties!

Honestly thats why I dont have cats...they get into stuff WAY worse than dogs IMO.
I've had lots of valuables broken because of a cat.

Good thing you were home to witness the problem!

[Sam Rickim]

Cats will get into anything that looks new, even if it's something stupid. When I set up a new 2.5 planted aquarium I found my cat trying to have a go at it - I thought she want to eat the betta when I realized she had never seen an aquarium before (and I put it on her favorite perching post, silly me!) and just wanted to figure out what it was. Mine have always been indoor cats, so they've never really "hunted" anything - they'll play with baby Cuban anoles that have found their way inside the house and starved, but nothing bigger or stranger than that. Once you put the locks on the cages, even if they're really basic, she's lose interest fast.

Still a very good thing to know, though, I'll keep that in mind for when I start breeding mice and need to keep them out.

[Mike41793]

Dogs > cats

[mues155]

Dogs > cats

x2

[DooLittle]

Dogs > cats

Have to disagree with you...

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[Homegrownscales]

I love both my dog and my cats. My cats have never messed with my racks though. I have both back stops and front locks on all my racks.


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[Mike41793]

Have to disagree with you...

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Youre entitled to have an opinion, even if its wrong...

[dragonsong93]

Haha wow, I'm totally a cat person but I can understand why people don't like them...it takes a special kind of .... patience.

They're all banned from that room now till I get the locks !

[Rob]

My cats love effing with my racks! Good thing they have pins. And o yeah nothing like a good spray of water to get the cat to leave them alone!