There are many ways to make your home more manageable for your CH cat, but nothing in the home has made me feel quite as helpless as one thing bigger than CG and me combined: Stairs.
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Throughout CG’s life, we’ve tried to avoid them. As a kitten, he successfully climbed my mother’s hardwood stairs, but after he somersaulted down them, I was determined that his experience with stairs would end there.
CG proved me wrong as he was able to manage the carpeted stairs in my brother’s home (despite a number of barriers, he was determined to go up and down them all day long), but I was still uneasy about it.
Ironically, my attempt to shield CG from stairs ended two summers ago when my 3 roommates and I signed a lease for an apartment with, you guessed it, carpeted stairs. CG managed quite well for the year (here’s a post on how he did on my old blog), but I was still concerned for him every day.
While these experiences have taught me about CG’s curiosity, will, determination and bravery, I still don’t want him to be around stairs. It’s a safety issue, and I believe he’s just capable enough to get into a dangerous situation.
Yet other CH cats can manage just fine. A while back, I was amazed to watch Tanja’s Martha walk up hardwood stairs quite capably. Nonetheless, Tanja and her husband installed clear Lexan plastic on the railing side as a safety precaution.
These stairs stories have made me curious about your CH cats’ experiences with stairs. Can your CH cat manage stairs? (Obviously, this will depend on your CH cat’s level of mobility.) Please take the poll below and leave any stories or advice in the comments — I’m quite intrigued by this!
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