Mastodawn

Florian Etcheverry Dec 3

🐈 !!!
After months of not going anywhere with my housing company, plus setting aside money painfully, it seems things are getting unstuck. It's not official yet, but I might be able to hire someone to secure my balcony soon-ish ! And that means : adopting a kitten is on the horizon.

I'm going to need your help, Mastodon :
please give me recommendations of professionals who install (no piercing, no gluing) cat nets on windows and balconies in France.

#Mastochat #Chamedi #Mastocats #Caturday

ladyteruki Dec 3

^ Boosting literally makes my dream come true.

https://mastodon.social/deck/@ladyteruki/115369172390829457

Je ne suis pas goth Dec 3

@ladyteruki 🤞🤞

ladyteruki Dec 3

@jenesuispasgoth : thank you !!! I'm trying very hard to choose between smiling and crying right now.

Je ne suis pas goth Dec 3

@ladyteruki I really hope you find the right worker. :)

ladyteruki Dec 3

@jenesuispasgoth : I do too. Right now it's very important that I show a professional will do it, and it will be secure for people under me (I'm on the last floor), and that there are guarantees about the work not damaging the balcony. But it's the first time in months I finally get told things like that. Before it was "we'll call you back" (they didn't call back), "we've never had the question" (I'm asking the question), "we need to ask our manager" (didn't you do that the first ten times ?).

Je ne suis pas goth Dec 3

@ladyteruki yeah, my sister lives in an HLM, and I know slow things can be.

ladyteruki Dec 3

@jenesuispasgoth : it doesn't help that the building manager never returns my calls, but we're supposed to go through her for everything, so the admin at HQ redirected me to her for a long time, which really added months to the whole ordeal.

Je ne suis pas goth Dec 3

@ladyteruki 😬

ladyteruki Dec 3

@jenesuispasgoth : I mean, I put more money aside in the meantime, so it's not a full loss. But so many catless days could have been spared.

Pendulion Dec 3

@ladyteruki OMG !!!!!!!!

ladyteruki Dec 3

@lyingrain : I KNOOOOW ! This is so not a drill !

Pendulion Dec 3

@ladyteruki I am so so so so happy for you !!!!

ladyteruki Dec 3

@lyingrain : thanks. It's not done yet, but things were starting to look very grim and now I have hope again.

https://mastodon.social/@ladyteruki/113750148061937879

Pendulion Dec 3

@ladyteruki we're crossing all our fingers for you here

ladyteruki Dec 3

@lyingrain 💜

Saule, anar en Mousses Dec 3

@ladyteruki !!!!!

ladyteruki Dec 3

@PeryleneBleu : right ?!

Saule, anar en Mousses Dec 3

@ladyteruki I'm crossing every single strand of hair on my head. Please please please Universe !

ladyteruki Dec 3

@PeryleneBleu : thank you 💜 I'll let you know when you can wash them again ! XD
(it'll be impossible to miss, really)

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki
!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!

according to the popular vote of the fb group "chats : jardins et balcons sécurisés", it would seem that the best are "Tiger" !

https://www.protection-pour-chats.fr/

There's also Climbing Cat, that does sort of the same stuff but delivered to you and that you're supposed to assemble yourself (maybe it's less expensive).

https://climbingcat.fr

I heard about "mon chat mon amour" but the opinions on it are mitigated. Some are very happy though (and it's like 300€ for 1 window which is not awful - price from 2 years ago)

https://monchatmonamour.fr/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOdXx5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtMDFPcVdWUnhGeFFRUjQ1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpVQ5Jcnolswwtqct-6OWxEZ-PQXZsUjq8R7WxoqVqg7OrrlkgCfUFJpYom__aem_E3l_PHcqbeSkGWtMHEthfA

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ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : thank you :)
I had all those links (as well as a couple of others like catsafe) but having feedback is really important too. And since I don't have a FB account anymore, this is data I wouldn't have found otherwise.

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : 300€ for a window is a lot ?
I had done a simulation 2 years ago that estimated 600€ for the balcony, which obviously is much bigger than a window.

"(maybe it's less expensive)."
Yeah, the thing is, at this point my building asks that it's done by professionals to guarantee safety (they briefly mentioned insurance but I'm not sure to what extent insurance comes into play here), and because they don't want random sh*t installed by tenants. But I was going to do that anyway -

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : - because there's no way I can balance my fat a** on a crutch while installing sh*t on the 5th floor.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki
300€ is considered no so much but it was a big window. They do degressive prices (i also saw 3 windows for 700€, from the same). It would seem Tiger are not that much more expensive.
Either way they all give quotes before working so you will be able to compare.

Yeah, i threw in Climbing Cat just in case. Tbh I wasn't that happy either while installing my handmade protection on my own window, and we're barely on the third floor 😬

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

AAAAAH I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : thank youuuu ! It's not done yet, but, we're finally getting things moving.

Is it too early to tell you to start keeping an eye open ?

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki
HEEEH HEHEHEH

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

well, it's not kitten season anymore, but, we never know

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : well I remember you saying that orgs liked to find families for the odd winter kitten ? But yeah, it's not going to happen overnight. And with the winter being what it is, I might not even have a slot for the install before kitten season comes back anyway. u_u

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki
yup, we sometimes have winter babies.
but it's now counting in months and not in eons anymore 🌸

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : yes, yes it is :) maybe I'll get one of the first kitten season babies or something.
(I just hope the third one doesn't share a birthday with Tom & Trix)

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki first bebes tend to be born around march or april, sometimes february when the winter is very warm.
Where I am, we're going for harsh and precocious weather, so I wonder where it's gonna go

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : in any case once the balcony/window are ready, there'll still be a lot to do so it's not like it's a matter of having the very first baby of the year XD But yeah after ~3 years it'll be about time on an emotional level.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

eeeeeeeeeeee

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : I am going to be so annoying with that cat you'll unfollow me XD

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki i'm looking forward to that 😁
Especially if it happens to be one of mine

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : hahaha you won't need to ask for news, that's for sure XD
(I have a list of potential names, and some of them even have their own ideas for hashtags ^_^; )

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki ^-^ it's going to be great

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : I hope so. My brain keeps coming up with ways it could go wrong. I'm trying to get it to shut up XD

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : yeah, I think the main issue here will be to account for the shutters. I don't really have a photo (and if I tried to take one now, well...), but basically the building is fairly recent (~90s) and the shutters open vertically. I'm not sure I'm explaining well XD But in any case these are not traditional windows like this because if they were installed like that, they'd block out the shutters.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

aaah 🤔 well i'm sure they must know something for that

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : yeah or at least have ideas about how to work around the constraint. Hopefully it's not going to require too much funds ; I can always take away from the computer budget but then that means no new computer next year and possibly the one after that. And my 2015 computer is really starting to struggle so it's going to be a balancing act.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki ouch ye.
I hope it's not going to be too expensive 😖

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : we'll see. I budgeted for the balcony and the kitchen window (I have a second window in the bedroom but the shutters are always kept because of my migraines, so that I have an emergency "dark room" when things are bad, so in effect I don't think it needs to be secured : the shutters do the securing instead ? hopefully that works for you), and we'll see from there.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

Well technically a kitten would not be able to go through shutters, so it should be enough, for me and for anyone 😄

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : thanks, that's reassuring :) Budgeting for a window I never open would add quite a while.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki
what i usually see mandatory for organisations are the securisation of balconies, i usually add "and of often opened windows", but a few months ago i left a cat go without securisations, but people had a vmc and were therefore never opening their windows (which i find weird, but, well).

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : yeah that's... that's a VMC, not AC. But fine, whatever. It's their disgusting air they're breathing. Personally I live with the kitchen window open, I'd feel claustrophobic otherwise, but to each their own. Weirdos XD

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki yeah that's what i thought, too 😅

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : honestly, I don't know what this particular kitten will throw at me, but Tom & Trix never even looked at the kitchen window. Why would you when you have access to a whole damn bay window with a balcony behind it, afterall ?

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle (related : https://mastodon.social/deck/@ladyteruki/115656414607582855 )

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki ah, i feel that. i really look forward to see what your future kitten is going to find.

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : ah I finally found something that looks sort of like the window I have in the kitchen. Except here the window is on the facade, while my window is in a "hole" because the wall is like, 50cm deep.

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki aaaaah

that's a weird-a** window

ladyteruki Dec 3

@leroimiracle : it is. They changed them a few years ago, and I find it particularly annoying because this window is above the sink, meaning that to open/close the shutters I basically have to climb on the sink to reach it. So I just permanently leave it half open because who needs to worry about f*cking shutters !

LeRoiMiracle Dec 3

@ladyteruki ugh