My hubby is going to petsmart or petco tomorrow to get Sophie a crate so that she can be in the bedroom with us at night and so she can have somewhere during the day to go. Many of you know my concerns about having an xpen with the crate in it during the day since we have 3 cats. Our oldest cat has taken to her well and they play and chase each other having lots of fun. Our middle cat doesn't hiss or swat at her (yet); he just sniffs and runs away even if she doesn't bark. But it's my youngest cat (who was the baby before Sophie) that I'm worried about. He has shown a LOT of hostility toward her by hissing and swatting every time he sees her. He's getting a little better but not much. We've discovered that Sophie is a pretty tough little girl so I'm not as worried as I was about them really hurting her, but my husband is. She can run and jump as good as the cats! LOL She even jumps off the couch and chair with no problems at all (I was concerned about her possibly hurting her legs, but apparently she knows what she's doing!
LOL)
DH wants to get a bigger crate (which I had a thread about before), and put her bed, pads, and toys in there during the day, but I would like to get her an xpen that is a taller one (48" high) so I can put the crate in it with her pee pads, toys, etc. But I'm concerned about the cats getting in there with her while we're not at home during the day.
Do you all think that the cats getting in there would be a big problem if I got the xpen? They can jump REALLY, REALLY high.
And also, I worry about her being able to jump on top of the crate and then getting out of the xpen. Would you be concerned about this?
I know I'm sounding overly paranoid, but I don't want them to get in there with Sophie and then get her around the neck (which is what they do with each other) and hurt her. Any suggestions?
