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Originally Posted by DEBBYRICH
I am the exception. I adopt cats with medical problems or injuries(lost legs,etc.) and most of my cats live for 17 to 21 years. I only let them out when I am home and they do not wander far except for my two young cats(5 years old) which is why I want to try the invisible fence.They will find a way to run past me and get outside and I want to make sure they cannot take off. As careful as we are they are quick. I will be a nervous wreck if I don't have something to stop them just in case they get outside.
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Debby, I greatly respect anyone who adopts rescues, especially cats with medical problems. Bless you. However I have to say that I do not believe that an invisible fence will prevent your cats from taking off if they escape from your house.
I'm not sure how familiar you are with the concept of invisible fences. We have one for our two dogs, and we spent a lot of time for the first week training them with flags marking the boundary lines. Because the whole idea of the fence has to be that they are trained to know where the property lines are, and that they want to avoid going through the fence and getting a correction.
If cats aren't trained with the flags and they get outdoors, they will go through the invisible fence, you can bet on that. And once they're outside the fence, I doubt they would return because they are smart enough to figure out they'll get another correction.
Almost every day I hear ads on the radio station for lost or found pets. Traffic in The Villages is very busy. Sadly, there are many feral cats in The Villages living in parking lots and on golf courses and open-space environmental areas. We have many predators, including coyotes and gators. I've personally seen coyotes and foxes several times.