My solution — or so I thought — was to get a “catio” built. It’s like an outdoor cat patio that they can access via the cat flap; so they’re outside but also safe. It cost a fortune ...

Hence, the catio. MacIntosh said she’s had her catio – an enclosed outdoor space for cats; a portmanteau of cat and patio – for around 15 years. “It’s been moved around and been hauled ...