CLEVER! I will be trying this thank you!

Thank you so much for this video! I am a broke college student with three stray kittens, and this is the best affordable way to keep them safe!

I really like this option!! Thanks for sharing!! An upside down gutter works as well...just don't screw it in too hard because the "floppy" of it, is what deters the cats as well as them head butting the inside of the gutter...no helmets allowed on the cats!!! 😂😅

I just installed this on my fencing in my backyard. I have three cats, and so far, no escapees! Wish I could attach a picture!

Genius! I’ve seen way too many ugly, elaborate, and expensive devices to keep cats inside a yard! This is a brilliant idea!

Perfect! I have an HOA, so this is ideal since it can be mounted at the edge of my fence and not along the top (which the HOA wouldn't approve). I need to keep a new cat IN my yard and I have two dogs with a doggie door and can't manage the cat going in or out. This is IDEAL!

Oh this is so much better!! I can spray paint to match the fence too!!!!! Omg ty💚❤️💙

Great idea, very affordable option. Thank you

Worked for me! The cats didn’t even attempt escape :) they loved sun bathing in the afternoons and I loved them helping me in the garden! I rent, so have added fence extenders on the lower side fences. On these parts I added core flute panelling underneath the piping which was secured on the inside of the fence, not the top. No issues, although it was kinda ugly. Recommend! Great DIY solution!

Glad I found you. So much cheaper and less complicated than most . Thanks

I was just looking at the cat rollers and thought how expensive that might be and saw your idea and how much easier and cheaper that is! Thank you!!

Trying to make my small garden cat friendly and this is a neat idea. Thank you.

This remarkable system works--at least on my two cats. They are Himalayan with short legs like Persians, but he managed to reach the top of the block wall before I had the PVC pipes installed. Presto, my cat was immediately deterred when he jumped and reached the top where the PVC roller was installed. I shall now complete the job, installing the PVC pipes to the rest of the block wall. By the way, the pipes work just fine on cement--block walls.

What a great idea Geoff. Thanks. That might become handy once we've got a cat.

Well done mate. Brilliant ! Thanks for posting

What an ingenious solution!! We’ve been looking at affordable ways to cat proof our kitties as we just moved into a new house and when we came across this, we were so happy and relieved! Thank you so much for sharing, just brilliant!!

This is a really nice idea! I'm surprised your cats haven't tried to jump on the laundry frame (also nice) that you've built to hop over the fence that way

Thank you! Your kitty is absolutely gorgeous

This is a good idea, Id love to let mine roam the yard during the day.

Definitely adding this to my fence so I can have indoor/outdoor cats!

You are so awesome for sharing this.

Thanks so much God bless you so you just helped me fix a 7 year problem with trying let my cats enjoy our backyard

Thank you so much sharing this idea!

Great idea! Made mine today.. no excapes yet.. looking good so far! Thank you for the video.

this is so nice of you to share! thanks so much!!

Thank you so much for this video - you sir are a genius 😊

What a brilliant idea! Thank you so much.

Legend! I’m Going to do this! Thank you!!

TY, theres a 24 hr cat curfew where i live and I been looking at ways to keep my cats to my property so they dont wander off, greatly appreciated!

Thanks friend you’re a genius.

Wow! This is amazing!

Wow! I did not think it would work 👍👍thank you

Thank you so much. This seems like an effective and cost efficient way to handle this. We have a feral Siamese cat in the area that keeps getting into our fenced in yard and roughing up our cats. Will definitely try this on the outside of the fence as well as on the inside.

Neat idea. I had a similar issue with my dog jumping the fence. It was a short fence (about 1m), but we had to place barriers at each corner because the dog would climb over the fence at the corners. It wasn't cheap to get her out of the dog pound.

this is actually really helpful, thankyou!

Great idea.... I’m doing it too

Great idea! Your cat is very beautiful.

Awesome idea!!!

Great and Simple and Cheap idea.. Excellent man..!..

Def. going to try this! Been getting complaints from neighbors of my cat visiting their yards :( hopefully this works!

Thanks for sharing! I will try this for my cats:)

This is helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome idea ,& very clever...

Thanks for this! Was looking at how I can cat proof our garden in our new place as we'll be living on a main road and this just came up...perfect! Will definitely try it!!!

Thanks so much for sharing. I have 12 cats and some are like Houdini. Great idea 👍

While it is a lot simpler than the roller kind I'd hate to find our cat could figure out how to reach over it or somehow get enough grip with its pads to shimmy over. I assume you found that the hard round plastic surface was just too slippery for the cat, and protruding out vs just on top creates an extra overhand obstacle. Did you ever get a video of your cat trying and failing to escape?

Just a great idea cheers mate from the Irish!

great idea. thanks for sharing this. btw, gorgeous cat :-))

It is soooo nice to see a responsible cat owner. In Oklahoma, cat owners are not required to make any attempt to keep their cat off of the neighbors property (where they kill birds and tree frogs and scar up the fence wood so the rain can further degrade it). It is up to the person that does not want the cats on their property to cat proof. I have tried everything short of putting razor wire on top of the fences which is probably illegal on a 4 foot front yard fence anyway. I'm just tired of spending my own money for something that should be their responsibility. I do wonder how the pvc being stationary stops the cats from going over. I have seen the kind that has wire or something running through the center so that it rolls whenever the cat tries to get a grip.

I have done this around our yard.. thank you for the idea... the cheapest way we found and affective.. being a large block this was perfect

Thank you!!!

Great stuff man. Mitr give this a try

Thanks mate!

Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing this! A storm knocked part of my fence down so I have to get that fixed and while the guys are here doing that I'm going to ask them to do this also. I have some master escape artists so I'm hoping it works.

I am going to give it a try. Thanks! Sadly, my cats want me to give you a thumbs down. They are not happy with you and your evil device!

Thank you!

Very clever and elegant solution. Thank you! Most fences in the US are 6 ft high which is 1.8 meters. I have a neighbor's black cat using my fenced back yard as a litter box and hunting ground for my wild birds at the feeder. I've picked up over 10 lbs of litter from him so far or more. He hunts my pretty wild birds daily, knocking over the large tray feeder and wasting a ton of seed, and killing the birds. I'm so fed up with this cat. He won't quit. So I need to block him from entering and eventually trap him and rehome him. He is obviously getting crappy food and care from his owner because he travels quite far daily for fresh meat. I hope your solution works. I don't want to prevent the squirrels running on fence to feed as well, only the cat and this might work very well. Some advice for your cats from my years of cat and dog rescues: Feed cats raw ground beef and sardines. They need this, which is why they hunt. Other cooked meats like pork and chicken are also good. Fresh ground carrots, cabbage or kale, chopped up lettuce in their meat. Cooked eggs, Greek Yoghurt. Vitamins and Fish Oil such as Iceland Pure Sardine and Anchovy Oil (not Salmon oil which no cat, dog, human can digest but bears can). This fresh food diet will lower hunting needs. Lowered hunting means less reason to leave your compound. Also give them once a year, Egg Yolk Lecithin 600 mg 2 x day with food for one month every year. Lecithin is natural. It dissolves fat in the body, and thereby shrinks the fat around the hairballs in every cat's gut. In 2-3 weeks, they will excrete massive hairballs that have been sitting around for years making their digestion poor. My 19 yr old cat threw up 3 massive cigar hairballs after only 2 weeks of Lecithin. Only use Egg Yolk Lecithin, not Soy or Sunflower. Dogs and humans can have all 3 kinds. Also give your cat Thomas Labs Bio Case Plus which is an Enzyme/Probiotic formula that will aid digestion and clear material in bowels effectively. Once the hairballs are shrunk down, a bit of Magnesium powder or laxative will clear them out. Only give any laxative after one month of Lecithin use. The Enzymes are useful for rescued animals, seniors cats, young kittens, etc. Use daily or occasionally as needed. This will give you magnificent cats with zero health issues. If you spay and neuter, roaming will cease.

Thank you! Best solution I've seen yet

brilliant

Hi Geoff, thank you for sharing this great idea. Did you have any escapes so far? :)

Thanks for that

Yes, this is very ingenius BUT I guarantee you that cat will still find a way to get out. They always do. But, this is a good alternative to me spending $1600 for coyote rollers. Get me some PV piping and make my own! Thanks! You just saved me about $1400.

THANK YOU!!

Brilliant! I will try that in our new house...thanks for the inspiration :) I also found all other options I came across quite pricey so this absolutely helps!!!

Genius!

Very helpful thank you so much I have a jumper and no matter what I’ve done he finds a way out always over the fence I’ll try it and let you know

Great idea! Idk if it would have stopped my cat we had when I was a kid...he was practically part monkey, haha...

Thanks bro..

You legend!

Brilliant. I can afford this!

I tried this on my 6' block fence, my cat immediately jumped over like it was nothing. I did the rolling PVC and that worked. I guess it depends on your cats athletic ability.

Nice idea but would have loved to see the cats attempting to escape and see what they did!

Your very clever ! And I love your cats & yard >3 ... Council rules here that cats be kept in the yard but its hard....so hard :( I was going with another product when I buy a house next year , but nope not anymore. Looks very easy to put up, plus kind on the wallet too! I was reading that you've had no escapes? I guess the thing is cats cant grip the pipe to get up? Is that how it works?

My ballerina-esque cat would tiptoe elegantly over this once she'd surveyed her options from the top ledge (the horizontal board on the fence).

I put a piece of PVC pipe on top of the garden fence door. The cat climbed right up and made it out. The fence door is made out of chicken wire and wood. He climbed that door like a champ. I found some old vinyl siding and put it on the door vertically. I think I have won the battle for now. Good luck to all my fellow cat servants!

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hi thanks for ur idea i’ve done it have u any ideas on stopping my cat climbing the tree it’s close to the fence

great idea! I'm gonna try it! thank you

Brilliant, thank you. Is the black pipe from bunnings too? I can't see it online and it's the perfect colour for us. What's it called or what's it commonly used for?

Great cheaper solution...Do you keep leave room for tubes to roll when you use the brackets, or keep them tight?

On it! moving into a new house soon and this was stressing me out. Please do let me know if they have found a way to get out.

Great idea. I'm going to try this to keep the neighbour's hairball OUT

omg thank you. will definitely be trying this at the new place. Finally 2 out of my 4 indoor cats will be able to go outside and not get lost.. thank you.

Great video! Can you please explain what you did on the corners, or post photo?

I love this idea and I'm going to try it! It's so much more cost effective than alternatives. My question is this: I have a six foot wooden fence with the railing on my side. Do you think I could install the pipe on the railing instead of on the top of the fence?

I have done this - my cat looks up and looks like he is going to jump, but doesn’t, anyone who’s tried this has the cat jumped up and what happens ? But so far I think It may just work - thank you for this video @Go Jo DIY

Amazing! Does it roll/spin when they attempt to jump out?

I like this idea but what about keeping neighbors cats out? Because if they made it in they would be stuck there till someone lets them free

I would love to do this, but if there are any structures inside the yard next to the fence, for example a potting bench, then this wouldn't be possible, would it? I do the TNR and I have lots of cats in my backyard that I have had spayed and neutered and my neighbor is starting to trap them and have them euthanized and I'm very upset about this! It would be great if I could keep them all in my backyard but I really don't know if this would work. They also jump up on the roof and get out that way. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Wow this is a great idea. I have bird houses and feeders on my shed with about 8’ of fence that butts up to the shed.. I thought about splitting PVC pipe and mounting it about 4’. I thought it could keep the cats from getting on the fence from both side’s. If I mount 4’ on top of my 8’ fence will it keep cat’s from getting to my bird houses?

Hello Geoff, I've wondered if a slick piece of pvc would be as good as a roller, if so for cats - it probably is. Please give me your thoughts, to keep my dog in my 4 ft chain link - would 2.5 in. pvc conduit mounted an inch or two above the fence keep my dog from holding on, so he can't go over the top? Or should it be mounted leaning inward some? I want to use gray pvc since it will be so visible with the chain link. Thanks.

I wonder if this will work on my balcony railing. Thank you.

What bracket would I need on a colourbond metal fence?

I did this to my fence. The cat figured out how to jump between the roll bars and use the brackets to lift itself over the top. Getting the gaps between the bars very small was more than I could manage. If the bar/tube is too long it doesn't spin. Too short and the gaps provide an escape route. He also figured out to climb underneath the bar because the slack was hard to prevent. Since then I have replaced it all with wire mesh along the top that bends with the cat's weight so the cat ends up hanging almost upside down if it hangs on. Works well.

what about a chain link fence? do you think they could grasp top link and get over?

Hey mate, What size ID pipe did ya use? Cheers!

Am putting up a catio next week for my indoor/outdoor cats for when I am at work and I know one of my cats when he is outside will jump onto the wall and on top of my catio and up onto conservatory and up onto my roof so we are gonna use this idea to Block the wall and also along the top of the catio front where they could climb the wire

So 2 years on have your cats escape at all? Just wondering I’m getting a rescue Bengal I was going to make a small catio but I’d like her to have access to the whole tiny inner city yard. So I’m hoping this will work. Yes I’ve tried netting my whole yard but it keeps the birds and possums out and I like the wildlife to eat the peaches. While keeping my cat safe. Thankyou.

Thanks for your video, you mightve saved our poor kitty's life. Out vet bill has been around 2000$ this year alone due to a bully cat. The problem is im renting at a very strict place. I have 3 questions then:1- what do you recommend to put it against the wall without damaging the property(i cant put it ontop because it will be to visable and ill be fined and have to take it off). The wall is 2.2 meter high (in foot thats probably 6.6) so i thought of puting it around the 2 meter mark then it wont be visable from outide my yard. 2- if i paint the pvc to the same colour as the walls, do you think the paint will give the cat enough grip on the pvc? I look forward to your response, and much appreciation from South Africa