Okay, so I just recently got a new cat and unsurprisingly, she's interested in the pigs. I have two other cats as well, so my cage is covered and the lid is clipped in place with binder clips.
Well to my horror, I just found my new cat INSIDE of the cage. What's even more baffling is that I was watching tv in the same room (the cage is behind couch) and I didn't even hear anything (not even the pigs, who squeak at everything). The pigs were unharmed and unfazed, they weren't even hiding. I have no clue how the heck she got in there, but at least everything is okay. Obviously I never want her to get in there again.
Here are some pictures of my cage, I'll try to explain it as best I can and I hope you all gave give me some insight on how I can better catproof my cage. Please ignore the mess, it's cleaning day for their cage.
1) Here's a shot of the entire cage. The lid is broken into two parts. One section is 2x4 (in the back) and stays on 24/7. I've clipped it in place using 4 large binder clips (2 on each side). The front part is clipped in place with 4 smaller binder clips for easier removal. There are two cage pieces inside the middle of the cage for support and it helps both lid pieces from sagging in. The back part is connected to the two middle pieces with cage connectors.
2) This is just a better shot of the lid so you can hopefully see how it is secured.
3) This shows where I've recently added some large binder clips to hold the front and back lids together and also where the front lid overlaps the middle connector of the back lid.
There's no way she could've crawled under the back lid, there's zero give. My best guess is that she somehow got between the overlap of the front and back lids (which is why I added clips to connect them), but there's only about an inch of space between them (where the back lid sags a bit) and the back lid is connected in the middle making it an even smaller amount of sag. She's not that small of a cat either, she's 9 months old and weights around 7 pounds.
Anyway, I know this post is tl;dr, but I could use some ideas on how to better catproof. I'm still dumbfounded. I would like an alternative to the new clips I added to connect the back and front lids, because they are going to be a huge pain seeing as the front the lid is meant for easy removal.
Lifting the cage off the floor isn't an option and neither is surrounding the cage with a makeshift fence because they could just get on the couch and jump over it.
Well to my horror, I just found my new cat INSIDE of the cage. What's even more baffling is that I was watching tv in the same room (the cage is behind couch) and I didn't even hear anything (not even the pigs, who squeak at everything). The pigs were unharmed and unfazed, they weren't even hiding. I have no clue how the heck she got in there, but at least everything is okay. Obviously I never want her to get in there again.
Here are some pictures of my cage, I'll try to explain it as best I can and I hope you all gave give me some insight on how I can better catproof my cage. Please ignore the mess, it's cleaning day for their cage.
1) Here's a shot of the entire cage. The lid is broken into two parts. One section is 2x4 (in the back) and stays on 24/7. I've clipped it in place using 4 large binder clips (2 on each side). The front part is clipped in place with 4 smaller binder clips for easier removal. There are two cage pieces inside the middle of the cage for support and it helps both lid pieces from sagging in. The back part is connected to the two middle pieces with cage connectors.
2) This is just a better shot of the lid so you can hopefully see how it is secured.
3) This shows where I've recently added some large binder clips to hold the front and back lids together and also where the front lid overlaps the middle connector of the back lid.
There's no way she could've crawled under the back lid, there's zero give. My best guess is that she somehow got between the overlap of the front and back lids (which is why I added clips to connect them), but there's only about an inch of space between them (where the back lid sags a bit) and the back lid is connected in the middle making it an even smaller amount of sag. She's not that small of a cat either, she's 9 months old and weights around 7 pounds.
Anyway, I know this post is tl;dr, but I could use some ideas on how to better catproof. I'm still dumbfounded. I would like an alternative to the new clips I added to connect the back and front lids, because they are going to be a huge pain seeing as the front the lid is meant for easy removal.
Lifting the cage off the floor isn't an option and neither is surrounding the cage with a makeshift fence because they could just get on the couch and jump over it.