Wooden cat houses / cupboard type

[SussexbytheXmasTree]

Has anyone bought one of these and can recommend one. I’m a sucker for a sad kitty face so I’m thinking about buying one for the yard cat and putting it in my storage with a heat pad. He’s 13 going on 14 and usually spends the winter in the tearoom with radiators on but yard expansion means that he is disturbed more and the radiators get turned off a lot and it’s a waste of electricity heating a whole room for a cat (not imo ?).

I know it would be possible to make one out of an old bedside cabinet but I haven’t tools, space or talent really to do it. I’ve seen ones for about £50 which seem ok.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

What about a travel cat box? Pin the door open, pop a cardboard box in that - you can cut part of the front away for access, blanket over the top to keep draughts out. pop heated pad in cardboard box.
Can then be reused later if needed

 

[asmp]

My mum used to use a plastic dog kennel for a stray cat. She would put in one of the round heated pads that are heated in a microwave under a blanket.

Something similar to this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plastic-Ke...icXNhIjoiNC43OSIsInFzcCI6IjMuODQifQ==&sr=8-12

 

[Blanche]

I have a couple at home. I bought one of these( and then had to get another as the cats that have homes kept kicking the feral out).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BUNNY-BUSINESS-Rabbit-Guinea-Shelter/dp/B0946B53Y4/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?crid=3F5OA1H6QLE38&keywords=bunny+house&qid=1666097948&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1LjcyIiwicXNhIjoiNS4xMiIsInFzcCI6IjIuMzcifQ==&sprefix=Bunny+house,aps,69&sr=8-4-spons&psc=1&smid=A3BU0F3TZMP1OU


In mine I have a lot of bedding. I have two layers of vet bed, a reflective pad, a couple of old seat covers and some cardboard on the bottom. You don’t want a hut that is too big as they can heat a smaller one up with their body heat. Not explained very well but hopefully you get the gist. I’ll try and get photos of mine.

 

[fiwen30]

For outdoor housing, straw is the best bedding to use. Unless the housing is very well insulated, blankets and soft bedding will get condensation built up, and then will freeze/get too cold when temps drop.

Or bring him home! 14 is too old not to be in a heated house, especially if a heated tack room would be his preference, if he would be allowed.

 

[SussexbytheXmasTree]

Or bring him home! 14 is too old not to be in a heated house, especially if a heated tack room would be his preference, if he would be allowed.

He loves farm life and actually left his original owner to move to the yard. She collected him several times and he just came back. He’s chipped in my name and has come to stay with me when he’s been poorly and I worm him and take to the vet for treatment but I also have two other cats so he has to stay separated in my spare room. He loves my dog which I take to the yard but I think he might not take to my cats.

I do plan however that if he becomes frail (he’s currently in fine fettle) and needs more care to take him home if I can get him and my cats to adjust. There is also another person to consider who cares for him too as he loved her late husband so she comes to check and feed him every day too and insists on paying any vet bills.

His ideal life would be a warm farmhouse to sleep in and the freedom to roam the countryside and hunt but there isn’t any house at the yard.

 

[Highmileagecob]

Look on fleabay for a small dog kennel and line it with hay or straw. You will probably still find him curled up in the back of the stable, or on top of the hay bales, but at least he would have a warm dry option. He must be happy or else he would have gone home long ago!

 

[Blanche]

I would only use straw (never hay as it attracts the damp) if you leave the house in an out of the way place for ferals. If he is in a tack room or somewhere else on the yard it is okay to use bedding as I have. Mine does not get damp or ever feel damp, the houses are watertight. I did try straw to start but no one would use it. As soon as I put vet bed in my home feral went straight in. Unfortunately my away from home ferals don’t have houses as there is nowhere safe to put them.