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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I took time and spent money to build two extra (I built a cathouse to hold at least 8 cats) winter shelters for the feral cats. I rarely saw them do anything but sniff them out. They never used them. I made them out of styrofoam insulation 1" and even put two windows so they wouldn't feel trapped. I didn't raise the bottom one too much off of the floor. In any event, the bottom one was riddled with urine which is probably why none of the cats slept there. How do you stop cats from spraying? If i raise them past tail length would that help? In other words if they were raised with a smaller platform where they can just jump up and enter would that stop spraying? What a waste. I'm considering building another permanent structure more in a tower style with just enough space to climb up and enter. Im going to have doors going from box to box so that they do not feel trapped and to preserve heat. I just do not want to do all of this if they will get ruined by urine. Any suggestions on a material i can use that would be washable or should i just paint the wood? I plan on sandwiching each box between 1" insulation.
Thanks in advance.
I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I took time and spent money to build two extra (I built a cathouse to hold at least 8 cats) winter shelters for the feral cats. I rarely saw them do anything but sniff them out. They never used them. I made them out of styrofoam insulation 1" and even put two windows so they wouldn't feel trapped. I didn't raise the bottom one too much off of the floor. In any event, the bottom one was riddled with urine which is probably why none of the cats slept there. How do you stop cats from spraying? If i raise them past tail length would that help? In other words if they were raised with a smaller platform where they can just jump up and enter would that stop spraying? What a waste. I'm considering building another permanent structure more in a tower style with just enough space to climb up and enter. Im going to have doors going from box to box so that they do not feel trapped and to preserve heat. I just do not want to do all of this if they will get ruined by urine. Any suggestions on a material i can use that would be washable or should i just paint the wood? I plan on sandwiching each box between 1" insulation.
Thanks in advance.