Cat Fence Success Stories
Regina Wells

It all started with a pregnant 9 month old friendly, but feral, cat - “Emma” who lived across the street from the Navy Yard in the DC area where I work. This area is like a war zone, with no real safe or predictable place for feral or “street cats” to live. When I first saw Emma living amid such hazardous conditions, I knew I had to do something to help. So I began feeding Emma and about 12 other ferals living in the area. Emma was friendly and came home to join my resident cat, Triple E. Then there was Allie, who was also 9 months old and pregnant, but friendly, so she came home too. The others though were very wild so all I could do was feed them at the same time every day to develop their trust and provide them with a source of food they could count on. During this time, I got to know them, their personalities, and their habits.

I knew that just feeding these cats was just a short-term fix and that what these cats really needed was a safe home with food and water. So, I got to work. Starting with an internet search, I discovered the Trap Neuter Release (TNR) program. With the help of many other folks who are committed to the safety and well being of our feline friends, in a few months we were able to successfully capture 11 cats - no easy feat I can assure you! TNR was not really an option in this case because the area was being redeveloped and their habitat being torn down.

With six of the cats now at home with my husband and me, the only place for our new family members was our guest room. Tuxit, Tinker, Tiva, Shasta, Steena and Flicka occupied the guest room for over 4 months using 1 full bag of litter per day, yes you read that right, one bag of litter per day!

After 4 months, we decided that it was time for the clan of six to move out of the guest room. So back on the web I went, this time to search for alternative, outdoor living spaces for my cats. During my search, I found that there were several ways we could keep our cats outside. But every option I looked at required that you have some kind of fence. My husband and I did not have a fence, and when we began to look at the cost of installing one, we had sticker shock-erecting a chain link or wooden fence is an expensive undertaking. So it was back to the drawing board… until I discovered Purr…fect Fence, www.PurrfectFence.com the only complete top to bottom system specifically designed for cats that did not require an existing fence! I also found that the Purr…fect Fence kit, was a complete system including a step-by-step installation DVD so that we could install it ourselves, with no extra trips to the hardware store…. and it was quite affordable! I consulted with my husband and we decided to order our Purr…fect Fence kit.

A week later, our Purr…fect Fence kit arrived, and my husband went out to the yard and up it went! One of the benefits of Purr…Fect Fence is that it is designed to be “escape proof”. Since we had worked long and hard to make a home for our feral friends, we decided have a trial run and put our new fence to the test. So we let Allie Cat, our most agile, acrobatic kitty out to explore the new play area we designed using Purr..fect Fence. If anyone of our ferals could escape we knew it would be our Allie. Well, Allie gave it her best shot, but after several attempts, she stopped trying to get out and started enjoying her new outdoor play area. Allie, Triple E, and Emma still reside in the house, but the ferals are outdoor cats.

Today, all 8 of our ferals are outside.. It makes me feel so good that I can give them the chance to be outside but be safe- I don’t have to worry about cars, or dogs or anything else that could hurt my cats. They say a picture’s worth a thousand words….see for yourself how my crew enjoys their Purr…Fect Fence. I strongly recommend Purr…Fect Fence because it works and it’s affordable” - Regina Wells