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Cat is fine, he's eaten, bit me, ran around, went to the loo, and is now yowling in the hallway because I closed the bedroom door to keep the heat in the living room.
I predict he will now run around a bit, eat some dry food, and have a snooze in the blanket nest I made for him on the couch.
Also, don't buy Friskies dry food. Twas what was causing Mickey to spew bile. He hasn't spewed or hucked once since I switched back to Fussy Cat Grain Free dry food. So, there you go lol. Told the vet that too, he said he'll note it for the future. :D
hugs to Mickey and fussy cat for the win ๐ธ
Poor Mickey! Melbcat is on grain free as well.
It's not as good as a door but I'm using an old plush blanket on a small tension rod in the doorway, with one bottom corner slightly open so the cat can slip through. (The top edge is folded over and sewn with long backstitches for a really rough casing. Sturdy safety pins might also work depending on weight)
I had an old blanket nailed across my laundry door for a few years. I have now made a curtain with some discounted insulated curtain fabric I found instead, it hangs on a tension rod with shower curtain rings sewn onto the curtain. I managed to sort out a pelmet as well to help keep the heat in/out better, using some extra fabric and a couple more tension rods. Miss Meow has not discovered a way through (which is good, if I wanted her to I would do the raised corner) but Mr Woof is happy to push it aside so he can get through to the dog door.
Oh, shower curtain rings are a good idea. (Then again they might require buttonhole bars for the hooks because I don't want to cut holes.) Do you find any heat escapes out the top?
That's what I put the pelmet over the top for, it seems to work well - the laundry it blocks off is really draughty and uninsulated and the cold and heat does not really get though at all.
I sewed some tape across the back with gaps to put the shower rings through, which means the top of the curtain is above the rings rather than hanging below, which also reduced the gap air could get through considerably.
Smart! I'm in a rental so might have to skip the pelmet though (I find even masking tape leaves sticky marks behind and the poor quality paint is fragile)