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["Gloria Morris" <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>]

As to stray cats and screens, I have only one experience with this.
One winter morning I went out to get the paper. There was a strange
cat hanging by its claws on the screen door. I suppose that the cat
was hoping against hope for a handout, given the cold weather. Perhaps
the cat was even accustomed to getting into its own home by hanging on
the screen until the owner let it in - who knows? And why the danged
cat didn't go HOME to tear up their screen, I've no idea either. We
had dogs, no cats indoor or outdoor at that time, so I don't know why
the cat chose our particular screen door to latch itself onto.
Thankfully, though, that is my only experience of that sort.

Gloria

On 11/27/06, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:
> Yup, the screen ripping is what I found interesting.  Our very old cat does
> it now  when he wants in but we've never had a neighbor's or stray tear up a
> screen.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> >
> > I've had cats do all sorts of things but never rip screens. Mostly,
> > they seem happy to get regular chow.