Thanks you so much for your response. I have seen a container at a pet store that I have been thinking about using. Seems like I have seen some pics of them as other people's "houses" on other threads. So I should move them in their current state and continue to feed until they stop eating? I certainly understand that nature can take care of itself and it did fine before me and will do just as well after. I think this is the same phenomenon that I used to tease my mom about when I was in college. When I was 5 hours away and she had no idea where I was or what I was doing, she never worried or lost sleep. I'd come home at breaks and she would know I went out with friends that she loved and she'd stay up until I came home. I could never understand why she worried more when she knew where I was but it must be something like this. These cats are under my wing(so to speak) and I feel a responsibility not to screw their lives up. And something about being a mom makes one an expert at borrowing worry! Thanks again! Meredith

I have had Phantom screens on my last two homes. The cost was around $800 for a 3080 french door. They are great, but the installation is the most important part. Make sure your installer has lots of experience.

it is an ezebreeze walled porch with a tiled floor over ditra ; we have had some hard rains and not one drop of water inside so essentially it is waterproof, the insulation in the roof and floor was probably not so necessary but hopefully will help us to use the porch a little longer on each end. I have an in wall room electric heater near the dining area of the porch for local heat when it gets cold. It is the batt insulation; assuming that is fiberglass but I may be wrong.

Take a quarter and throw it up into the air. When it lands, if heads is up, go with the 4-panel slider; if it is tails, go with the 2 2-panel sliders. In other words, this is a question only you can decide because there is a lot more information needed and a lot of that information is personal.