Ok, i lock my cats in one room at night. And in the morning i get up and let them out.....as you do lol.

Anyway i got up this morning and let them out and the cats (skunk mostly) completely ripped the curtains down.

Snapped the pole in half and ripped the fittings out the wall. Costing me and my house mate HUNDREDS to fix!

Now these curtains are a key feature of the landladys house and belong to her. Every time she makes a house visit she gushes about how lovely they are etc.

Now im at a loss, he have now hammered both curtains to the wall to keep strangers from looking in. But what the hell do i do now?

This is rented accomodation??? I virtually had these too cats dumped on me as it is.

To be frightfully honest i dont think we can handle two cats! The damage they are causing, we will be on the street with no references!

What do i do? Put them outside at night so they cannot destroy the place?
Only on cat is insured, the other is signed up to the PDSA.On the insurance note. It is not impossible to insure both cats with a really good deal for under £13 pounds a month. The companys that offer these deals though i have been warned away from by various people

Help!

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Plus because me and my house mate do not have visitors very often. When we do have a visitor, they run away and hide.

Even for the rest of the week they are VERY jumpy. Touch rogue on the back and he jumps 6ft in the air like a spring.

How can i handle this?

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Have you tried Argos for insurance? I have just insured my 2 cats on a lifetime policy with £7,000 vet fees per year for somewhere around £6 or £7 each.

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They do not cover dental treatments. otherwise i would use them. How do you insure them for dental? Thanks for the reply

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I'm not sure about dental and I'm not sure which insurers include this. Good question though.

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Im pretty sure pet plan cover dental but its like £13 per cat!

I was looking at that animal friends incurance. that has some very good deals but apparently they dont pay up and have bad reviews

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I looked at animal friends but the reviews put me off. There's a thread on here about insurance..will find it for you.

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It's a bit late now, but for future reference, I've found the only way to rent with cats is unfurnished, and if the owner does leave anything like curtains in the house, take them down, fold them up and put them away somewhere safe. We also have to avoid renting anywhere with wallpaper and softwood fittings (doorframes, bannister rails, etc) because Sam claws them. When we left the UK, we paid a few hundred for some carpet to be replaced in our last house because Milly had clawed it. It's just one of the potential hazards of having cats.

As far as your present situation goes, you'll just have to pay for it, I guess. If it was us we'd repair the damage to the wall ourselves, replace the curtain pole with something similar .... it wouldn't come to hundreds. I don't know what to suggest about the curtains, though. It sounds like they're pretty special to your landlady, so not likely to be from somewhere like Argos where you could replace like with like.

I can't offer any advice on insurance, I'm afraid, because we just pay vet bills if/when we get them.

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As a landlord that rents out and allows pets - my first response is 'opps'. We rent out unfurnished though - and the tenants have to agree to put right if the pets cause damage. A new pole and fittings shouldn't cost hundreds. We 're-poled' the whole house and bought the good quality poles off ebay and it costs us about £25 a window including fitting it up there and a bit of polyfilla and paint. No reason why it shouldn't be the same for you. I'd mend the pole etc, take down the curtains (I have to say nailing them to the window frame or wall will a) damage the curtains more and b) damage the window frame or wall - and as a landlord THAT makes me wince cos that's harder to fix. Holes in fabrics don't repair and holes in wood and plaster are fiddly to fill and therefore time consuming.) so take the landladies curtains down and put them neatly in a bag in the airing cupboard and buy some cheap ones at argos.

Cats will be cats - and they sound young if they are climbing curtains - try really wearing them out before bed time.

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