Hi,
I live in an area with a lot of stray cats. I feed a few of them that hang out in the alley behind my house. I have a little feeding station but that's it and the cats go all over the place and don't hang out right here all the time. But with fall and winter coming I want them to have proper shelter so I got a dogloo from a neighbor. My plan is to insulate it, put straw in it and make the opening smaller for the winter. But for now while it's fairly warm I'm just going to put straw in it and hope that the cats start using it. I want them to be used to using it before winter comes. My question is though, how do I get them to go into it and use it to sleep in? How do I attract them to it?
This is a residential area with many vacant and abandoned houses and many of the cats hang around by these houses. I want them to come here though where they will be warm and where I can keep an eye on them. So does anyone have any idea how I get them to use the dogloo? Would putting cat nip in it help atract them?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I live in an area with a lot of stray cats. I feed a few of them that hang out in the alley behind my house. I have a little feeding station but that's it and the cats go all over the place and don't hang out right here all the time. But with fall and winter coming I want them to have proper shelter so I got a dogloo from a neighbor. My plan is to insulate it, put straw in it and make the opening smaller for the winter. But for now while it's fairly warm I'm just going to put straw in it and hope that the cats start using it. I want them to be used to using it before winter comes. My question is though, how do I get them to go into it and use it to sleep in? How do I attract them to it?
This is a residential area with many vacant and abandoned houses and many of the cats hang around by these houses. I want them to come here though where they will be warm and where I can keep an eye on them. So does anyone have any idea how I get them to use the dogloo? Would putting cat nip in it help atract them?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.