Anyone have pictures of there various feed stations and shelters that have built or bought? I am looking at building one for my house since I have several TNRs that I feed and I am looking for ideas.
Also, you can do a search in this forum by clicking the "search" button at the top of the page (it should appear under your private messages list to the right side) and enter "feeding" "stations" as words and it will show you all the threads with those words.
Yeah I saw that one. I tried searching for a couple of terms such as shelter and station but I came back with so many unrelated threads that it was a pain to go through.
It's dark or I'd go take a picture of mine. It's very simple construction. A piece of plywood about 4'x4' that is covered by indoor/outdoor carpet and set on top of 2"x2" legs so that it looks like a low table. The cats will lounge on top of it on sunny days as they like the carpet. The food is protected from the weather. In the winter, I will add a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet draped over the sides to keep the wind out. I keep it on my deck up against the house.
I don't worry about animals coming up to eat from it because 1) I have a fenced yard that keeps dogs out and 2) skunks and coons don't come that close to the house.
I pretty much have the same set-up as Amy. Down with the 8 ferals, I have a plastic dog house that I feed their dry food in. On top of it lays a piece of plywood that covers the house and is held up by a carrier on the other side. It takes up a good portion of their porch but the food is out of the weather and so are they when they eat. In the winter I put hay under the plywood and inside the doghouse.
For the ones by my place, we have a storage shed I cleaned out and we feed them inside there. There's blankets and what not for them and the food stays dry.