Outdoor Cat Enclosure (Pictures Included)

You can always enlarge it later, add on little rooms as you go.
That is fantastic Natalie. You did a super job. Those lucky cats.

I bet Squishy is happy to be out there, too.
He sure seems to be letting everyone know it belongs to him

Oh man! Nat - you are a kitty angel!
That is truly awesome!!!! Congrats!

Nat - that is AMAZING! GREAT JOB! You must really be excited about the project being mostly finished. I threw an idea for winter warmth in the thread about FaFeena in the health forum.

I know you're worried about Winter temps out there.... we have issues insulating the RV, because it's up off the ground. The RV itself is well insulated - but that wind whipping underneath can suck it right out. What we do is purchase that thick, pink foam insulation (not the fluffy stuff, the stiff stuff that's essentially weather resisitant) and line the outside of the RV with it from the bottom of the frame down. It comes in panels - I don't know how many it would take to go 'round the shed, but I don't think it would cost too much. We just use duct tape to secure it in place and goo gone to get rid of the sticky stuff the tape leaves behind when we take it down. You should be able to reuse the panels - probably for a couple of years, at least. ?????????????? And if you tape something over that large opening in the shed to make the opening smaller - that would help keep heat in there in the winter. And perhaps start savng now for one of those little portable propane heaters. Again - just brainstorming here.

And you can build more levels in there REALLY cheaply by buying a bunch of those large plastic storage boxes, stacking them in a pyramid along one wall in the shed - and cutting holes in them so they can go all the way through - and cut some holes that go up as well. Toss in a few cat beds or old carpet or whatever here and there...

Nat - they're going to be in kitty heaven! (Once they get over being pissed about being contained! )

But that is SO COOL Nat!

Natalie, that is fantastic! Very nice!

Was this made for the spraying cats? Pretty nice job, but one question - is the fenced in part have a fence on the top so no one can climb out of it?

Very nice. You can always add onto it later, as I am doing with my big cats

I WANT ONE!!!! MAKE ME ONE!!!! It's really nice- looks just like something any cat would adore! And that's incredibly clever with the door raised- makes a ton of sense to do that!

Wow! Your cats are sure lucky, Nat. That enclosure looks awesome!

Fantastic job!

I love the pics too!

That's so awesome If I ever have land of my own I would love to do something like that.

Looks great Nat You sure have some spoilt kitties

I don't suggest you put mulch down. I have pine mulch in my front flower bed and every cat in the neighborhood seems to think it's a litter box. That is unless you want them to poop in it - but, be warned that mulch isn't fun to dig poop out of.

Make a box at one end with mix of a softer mulch and peat moss and use a easy grow grass mixture appropriate for the lighting it in the rest of the enclosure. That should draw his attention to the nice easy to dig spot and give the grass some time to grow. Or you could sow it with oat grass (commonly used as cat grass)... the stuff seems to grow a couple inches a day. You could even plant it full of catnip, that would be interesting!

Wow Nat! You did an amazing job!

Hi
I am thinking of enclosing the underside of my tall deck for my boy Adam Cat.
How do I "attach" the boards to the ground so he can not get out under the chicken wire or fencing I may use?
Thanks
B