Without a cage, a cat can hardly be kept within the limits of its own garden. At the first onset of heat, if not before, all inhibitions are cast aside, and the cat will roam the entire neighborhood. A fence 1.80 m (6 ft) high, with an upper edge sloping inwards at an angle of 45o, and even an electrified grazing wire fence will deter most cats only for a certain time. Sooner or later they will find some way of breaking out. Various cat owners have, however, reported positive results with electrified fences. The cats very soon learn that if they try to climb over the fence, they will suffer a slight but nevertheless painful shock, and from then on they will keep away from the fence.
Even if we provide our cat with sufficient exercise, either in a cage or at liberty, we should never forget that it is at least as important to devote time to it. An isolated animal, no matter how much freedom it has to move, will soon begin to pine.
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