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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of
allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( I had a look @ Chatnoir photos and they truly are inspiring, hence my request for any other ideas for containing the cats, but allowing fresh air and freedom of a degree. Cheryl provided a few with the guarded warning that they might try tunneling.. so we might have to dig 2 bricks down to ensure that they cannot get out. I would be devastated if that were to happen!! Just some idea's would be great if you have any? I have decided that we should build it straight out of the patio door in the living room to allow us to leave the door open all of the time in the summer & it also gives the cats the chance to pop out when they want to to as well. In the winter, we can also allow them access to it, but we can also close the door if we wish to, to maintain the heat in the living room. .... I think that our only major problem is that because we have doubled glazed windows and doors too, that there is absolutely no chance that we could install a cat flap that would allow them to come and go as they please. If anyone has any ideas as to how we might work around them one that one, I would be ever so pleased to hear about it if possible? I was going to try installing that mesh fencing around the garden, but now that I have seen examples of both C.Noir & Cheryl's ideas, I also see that it is a far better idea, much more interesting for the cats, & very human friendly, so that we can go out there too if we want to join them. I would like to shelter the vast majority of it & leave a little bit open to dun light so that they cats bask in the sunlight if they want to. All of them like a nibble of grass occasionally to assist with removing hairballs..... Advice regarding flora would be need on what I might be able to grow inside it, because I have no idea what plants are poisonous to cats other than Lilly's. If anyone knows about plants & could assist with this, that would be a tremendous help also. If I am going to build this, I want to go the whole hog and make it a sanctuary for humans and cats, both!! I worked out that the amount of money that it was going to cost me to surround the entire garden comes to around £850 - $1700. That is a hell of a lot of money for a bit of a fence, that may.. or may not work. I don't want to take my chances. With the same money, we could build a hell of a covered pergola & fill it with activities for them & a comfortable areafor us to enjoy too, as long as we do the project ourselves. With 2 strapping son's, I am certain that we could do this if we all pulled together.. Lots oF photos and ideas/ & advice in general would be most appreciated indeed. Thank you all, Sheelagh;o) |
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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
"sheelagh" wrote in message ups.com... I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( I had a look @ Chatnoir photos and they truly are inspiring, hence my request for any other ideas for containing the cats, but allowing fresh air and freedom of a degree. Cheryl provided a few with the guarded warning that they might try tunneling.. so we might have to dig 2 bricks down to ensure that they cannot get out. I would be devastated if that were to happen!! Just some idea's would be great if you have any? I have decided that we should build it straight out of the patio door in the living room to allow us to leave the door open all of the time in the summer & it also gives the cats the chance to pop out when they want to to as well. In the winter, we can also allow them access to it, but we can also close the door if we wish to, to maintain the heat in the living room. .... I think that our only major problem is that because we have doubled glazed windows and doors too, that there is absolutely no chance that we could install a cat flap that would allow them to come and go as they please. If anyone has any ideas as to how we might work around them one that one, I would be ever so pleased to hear about it if possible? I was going to try installing that mesh fencing around the garden, but now that I have seen examples of both C.Noir & Cheryl's ideas, I also see that it is a far better idea, much more interesting for the cats, & very human friendly, so that we can go out there too if we want to join them. I would like to shelter the vast majority of it & leave a little bit open to dun light so that they cats bask in the sunlight if they want to. All of them like a nibble of grass occasionally to assist with removing hairballs..... Advice regarding flora would be need on what I might be able to grow inside it, because I have no idea what plants are poisonous to cats other than Lilly's. If anyone knows about plants & could assist with this, that would be a tremendous help also. If I am going to build this, I want to go the whole hog and make it a sanctuary for humans and cats, both!! I worked out that the amount of money that it was going to cost me to surround the entire garden comes to around £850 - $1700. That is a hell of a lot of money for a bit of a fence, that may.. or may not work. I don't want to take my chances. With the same money, we could build a hell of a covered pergola & fill it with activities for them & a comfortable areafor us to enjoy too, as long as we do the project ourselves. With 2 strapping son's, I am certain that we could do this if we all pulled together.. Lots oF photos and ideas/ & advice in general would be most appreciated indeed. Thank you all, Sheelagh;o) Hi Sheelagh, Here's a site that lists common plants poisonous to cats. http://www.aspca.org/site/DocServer/...nterest= 1101 Good luck--it's a great project! Bonnie |
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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
"sheelagh" wrote in message
ups.com... I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( [snip] We once had a cat run just outside our patio door. Obviously we couldn't cut a hole in the patio door for a flap. My husband made a vertical insert out of a piece of plywood and put a flap in the bottom of that. The plywood insert was just wide enough for the cat door, so we were still able to use the patio door ourselves. I've seen commercial products that do the same thing, e.g. at Petsmart. www.drsfostersmith.com has several types of window doors for cats. Search on "window" and they'll pop up. That should give you some ideas that you could modify for yourself. We never had a problem with our cats trying to tunnel under. The problem was with one of them going over the top. We had built the run around a vine so we couldn't seal off the top. I would highly recommend sealing off the top! Here's a link to one site showing a cat enclosu http://www.brushyland.com/cats/enclose.htm It's not exactly what you have in mind, but if you google cat enclosures you'll probably find others. Here's another link that has a variety of enclosures linked: http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-worldenclosures.htm Gail F. |
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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
On Apr 25, 8:54 am, sheelagh wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( I had a look @ Chatnoir photos and they truly are inspiring, hence my request for any other ideas for containing the cats, but allowing fresh air and freedom of a degree. Cheryl provided a few with the guarded warning that they might try tunneling.. so we might have to dig 2 bricks down to ensure that they cannot get out. I would be devastated if that were to happen!! Just some idea's would be great if you have any? I have decided that we should build it straight out of the patio door in the living room to allow us to leave the door open all of the time in the summer & it also gives the cats the chance to pop out when they want to to as well. In the winter, we can also allow them access to it, but we can also close the door if we wish to, to maintain the heat in the living room. .... I think that our only major problem is that because we have doubled glazed windows and doors too, that there is absolutely no chance that we could install a cat flap that would allow them to come and go as they please. If anyone has any ideas as to how we might work around them one that one, I would be ever so pleased to hear about it if possible? I was going to try installing that mesh fencing around the garden, but now that I have seen examples of both C.Noir & Cheryl's ideas, I also see that it is a far better idea, much more interesting for the cats, & very human friendly, so that we can go out there too if we want to join them. I would like to shelter the vast majority of it & leave a little bit open to dun light so that they cats bask in the sunlight if they want to. All of them like a nibble of grass occasionally to assist with removing hairballs..... Advice regarding flora would be need on what I might be able to grow inside it, because I have no idea what plants are poisonous to cats other than Lilly's. If anyone knows about plants & could assist with this, that would be a tremendous help also. If I am going to build this, I want to go the whole hog and make it a sanctuary for humans and cats, both!! I worked out that the amount of money that it was going to cost me to surround the entire garden comes to around £850 - $1700. That is a hell of a lot of money for a bit of a fence, that may.. or may not work. I don't want to take my chances. With the same money, we could build a hell of a covered pergola & fill it with activities for them & a comfortable areafor us to enjoy too, as long as we do the project ourselves. With 2 strapping son's, I am certain that we could do this if we all pulled together.. Lots oF photos and ideas/ & advice in general would be most appreciated indeed. Thank you all, Sheelagh;o) I'm not sure what you have in mind, but we did build an enclosure for my daughter's cats when she married & left home. Here are a couple of pictures during the time we were building it. I don't have any pics of the enclosure after it was finished, but the cats had access via a cat flap and had a lot of trees & ramps. It was built on an existing concrete slab but extended out where they had some grass also. http://members.aol.com/sriddles/room1.jpg http://members.aol.com/sriddles/room2.jpg Sherry |
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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
"Sherry" wrote in message oups.com... I'm not sure what you have in mind, but we did build an enclosure for my daughter's cats when she married & left home. Here are a couple of pictures during the time we were building it. I don't have any pics of the enclosure after it was finished, but the cats had access via a cat flap and had a lot of trees & ramps. It was built on an existing concrete slab but extended out where they had some grass also. http://members.aol.com/sriddles/room1.jpg http://members.aol.com/sriddles/room2.jpg Sherry That is incredible Sher it IS an addition to your home one would.. simply replace the common screen mesh with kennel wire I guess It's interesting... we goto lengths to care for our cats At first, people passing by say... Oh there's something wrong with them people, they are goo goo over cats. but then! they see how beautiful and captivating the cats are... and they say.. aaahhh no wonder those people are so protective of their cats. Then they go about scratching their head saying "I had no idea cats could be so sociably undulating" |
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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
On Apr 25, 7:54 am, sheelagh wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( I had a look @ Chatnoir photos and they truly are inspiring, hence my request for any other ideas for containing the cats, but allowing fresh air and freedom of a degree. Cheryl provided a few with the guarded warning that they might try tunneling.. so we might have to dig 2 bricks down to ensure that they cannot get out. I would be devastated if that were to happen!! Just some idea's would be great if you have any? I have decided that we should build it straight out of the patio door in the living room to allow us to leave the door open all of the time in the summer & it also gives the cats the chance to pop out when they want to to as well. In the winter, we can also allow them access to it, but we can also close the door if we wish to, to maintain the heat in the living room. .... I think that our only major problem is that because we have doubled glazed windows and doors too, that there is absolutely no chance that we could install a cat flap that would allow them to come and go as they please. If anyone has any ideas as to how we might work around them one that one, I would be ever so pleased to hear about it if possible? I was going to try installing that mesh fencing around the garden, but now that I have seen examples of both C.Noir & Cheryl's ideas, I also see that it is a far better idea, much more interesting for the cats, & very human friendly, so that we can go out there too if we want to join them. I would like to shelter the vast majority of it & leave a little bit open to dun light so that they cats bask in the sunlight if they want to. All of them like a nibble of grass occasionally to assist with removing hairballs..... Advice regarding flora would be need on what I might be able to grow inside it, because I have no idea what plants are poisonous to cats other than Lilly's. If anyone knows about plants & could assist with this, that would be a tremendous help also. If I am going to build this, I want to go the whole hog and make it a sanctuary for humans and cats, both!! I worked out that the amount of money that it was going to cost me to surround the entire garden comes to around £850 - $1700. That is a hell of a lot of money for a bit of a fence, that may.. or may not work. I don't want to take my chances. With the same money, we could build a hell of a covered pergola & fill it with activities for them & a comfortable areafor us to enjoy too, as long as we do the project ourselves. With 2 strapping son's, I am certain that we could do this if we all pulled together.. Lots oF photos and ideas/ & advice in general would be most appreciated indeed. Thank you all, Sheelagh;o) On Apr 25, 7:54 am, sheelagh wrote: I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( I had a look @ Chatnoir photos and they truly are inspiring, hence my request for any other ideas for containing the cats, but allowing fresh air and freedom of a degree. Cheryl provided a few with the guarded warning that they might try tunneling.. so we might have to dig 2 bricks down to ensure that they cannot get out. I would be devastated if that were to happen!! Just some idea's would be great if you have any? I have decided that we should build it straight out of the patio door in the living room to allow us to leave the door open all of the time in the summer & it also gives the cats the chance to pop out when they want to to as well. In the winter, we can also allow them access to it, but we can also close the door if we wish to, to maintain the heat in the living room. .... I think that our only major problem is that because we have doubled glazed windows and doors too, that there is absolutely no chance that we could install a cat flap that would allow them to come and go as they please. If anyone has any ideas as to how we might work around them one that one, I would be ever so pleased to hear about it if possible? I was going to try installing that mesh fencing around the garden, but now that I have seen examples of both C.Noir & Cheryl's ideas, I also see that it is a far better idea, much more interesting for the cats, & very human friendly, so that we can go out there too if we want to join them. I would like to shelter the vast majority of it & leave a little bit open to dun light so that they cats bask in the sunlight if they want to. All of them like a nibble of grass occasionally to assist with removing hairballs..... Advice regarding flora would be need on what I might be able to grow inside it, because I have no idea what plants are poisonous to cats other than Lilly's. If anyone knows about plants & could assist with this, that would be a tremendous help also. If I am going to build this, I want to go the whole hog and make it a sanctuary for humans and cats, both!! I worked out that the amount of money that it was going to cost me to surround the entire garden comes to around £850 - $1700. That is a hell of a lot of money for a bit of a fence, that may.. or may not work. I don't want to take my chances. With the same money, we could build a hell of a covered pergola & fill it with activities for them & a comfortable areafor us to enjoy too, as long as we do the project ourselves. With 2 strapping son's, I am certain that we could do this if we all pulled together.. Lots oF photos and ideas/ & advice in general would be most appreciated indeed. Thank you all, Sheelagh;o) Well, when I bought the House, there was a entrance for a dog built into the wall of the House! So, you could build an entrance and exit into the wall and have a double cat door to keep out the cold! There are a few sites for cat friendly plants - Inside and outside!: http://paws-on-floors.co.uk/catplants.html http://www.burkardnurseries.com/page...l_friendly.htm http://www.geocities.com/catwhiskasplace/plants2.html http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants-non-toxic.html http://www.siliconhell.com/madcat/facts.htm#plants http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...lx?P=A&A=9&S=2 http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...=14730&t=23213 Well, I grow Grape Vines on My Cat Cage! I allow them to cover the top of the cage; but you can cut them down from there! When covering the cage, It does not help in removing the snow for the top and shades out most plants! Was surprised bristly greenbrier was listed as cat friendly! I grow it on my outside perimeter of my property to keep out unwanted guests! |
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On Apr 25, 7:54 am, sheelagh wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that we can no longer take the risk of allowing our cat's out, even in our own Garden. After recent events, I feel that we can't even allow them in the garden in case someone takes a pop shot @ them all. In light of this, I have decided that the best thing that we can do, would be to build a large cat run in the garden off the side of the house so that they have access to it all of the time, but they are all enclosed and safe from cat haters, or simple idiots who couldn't care less what they hurt, (as long as it doesn't affect them;o( I had a look @ Chatnoir photos and they truly are inspiring, hence my request for any other ideas for containing the cats, but allowing fresh air and freedom of a degree. Cheryl provided a few with the guarded warning that they might try tunneling.. so we might have to dig 2 bricks down to ensure that they cannot get out. I would be devastated if that were to happen!! Just some idea's would be great if you have any? I have decided that we should build it straight out of the patio door in the living room to allow us to leave the door open all of the time in the summer & it also gives the cats the chance to pop out when they want to to as well. In the winter, we can also allow them access to it, but we can also close the door if we wish to, to maintain the heat in the living room. .... I think that our only major problem is that because we have doubled glazed windows and doors too, that there is absolutely no chance that we could install a cat flap that would allow them to come and go as they please. If anyone has any ideas as to how we might work around them one that one, I would be ever so pleased to hear about it if possible? I was going to try installing that mesh fencing around the garden, but now that I have seen examples of both C.Noir & Cheryl's ideas, I also see that it is a far better idea, much more interesting for the cats, & very human friendly, so that we can go out there too if we want to join them. I would like to shelter the vast majority of it & leave a little bit open to dun light so that they cats bask in the sunlight if they want to. All of them like a nibble of grass occasionally to assist with removing hairballs..... Advice regarding flora would be need on what I might be able to grow inside it, because I have no idea what plants are poisonous to cats other than Lilly's. If anyone knows about plants & could assist with this, that would be a tremendous help also. If I am going to build this, I want to go the whole hog and make it a sanctuary for humans and cats, both!! I worked out that the amount of money that it was going to cost me to surround the entire garden comes to around £850 - $1700. That is a hell of a lot of money for a bit of a fence, that may.. or may not work. I don't want to take my chances. With the same money, we could build a hell of a covered pergola & fill it with activities for them & a comfortable areafor us to enjoy too, as long as we do the project ourselves. With 2 strapping son's, I am certain that we could do this if we all pulled together.. Lots oF photos and ideas/ & advice in general would be most appreciated indeed. Thank you all, Sheelagh;o) Oh, when I wnet to build mine way back, I did a search and found some amazing enclosures that Individuals had built! Just a few out there!: http://www.catsofaustralia.com/cat-enclosures-2.htm http://www.catsofaustralia.com/cat-enclosures.htm http://brushyland.com/cats/ http://brushyland.com/cats/enclose.htm They are out there on the web! Just a bit hard to find with all the commercial sites that flood the web! I never had any problem with cats trying to dig out! |
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Any good idea's on how to build an outside run for our cat family.
"chatnoir" wrote in message oups.com... Oh, when I wnet to build mine way back, I did a search and found some amazing enclosures that Individuals had built! Just a few out there!: http://www.catsofaustralia.com/cat-enclosures-2.htm http://www.catsofaustralia.com/cat-enclosures.htm http://brushyland.com/cats/ http://brushyland.com/cats/enclose.htm Those are very nice.... 2 things come to mind one... some of those look tediuos to keep looking tops (but that's ok... like we have anything much better to do.. it could be theraputic) second thing comes to mind.. PUT SOME FISH IN THE PONDS hahaa |
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On Apr 26, 5:54 am, "ode de sweat" wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message oups.com... I'm not sure what you have in mind, but we did build an enclosure for my daughter's cats when she married & left home. Here are a couple of pictures during the time we were building it. I don't have any pics of the enclosure after it was finished, but the cats had access via a cat flap and had a lot of trees & ramps. It was built on an existing concrete slab but extended out where they had some grass also.http://members.aol.com/sriddles/room...dles/room2.jpg Sherry That is incredible Sher it IS an addition to your home Oh, thanks. It wasn't that hard and only cost about $200 for wire & boards. The concrete pad & roof was already there, it was an open patio cover thing. Yeah, people tend to think you're weird for going to lengths like that, except for cat people. |
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"Sherry" wrote in message
oups.com... On Apr 26, 5:54 am, "ode de sweat" wrote: "Sherry" wrote in message oups.com... I'm not sure what you have in mind, but we did build an enclosure for my daughter's cats when she married & left home. Here are a couple of pictures during the time we were building it. I don't have any pics of the enclosure after it was finished, but the cats had access via a cat flap and had a lot of trees & ramps. It was built on an existing concrete slab but extended out where they had some grass also.http://members.aol.com/sriddles/room...dles/room2.jpg Sherry That is incredible Sher it IS an addition to your home Oh, thanks. It wasn't that hard and only cost about $200 for wire & boards. The concrete pad & roof was already there, it was an open patio cover thing. Yeah, people tend to think you're weird for going to lengths like that, except for cat people. We're thinking about enclosing in the deck - both for the cats and to keep the mosquitos out when we're hot-tubbing. Big job, though, if not for the expense then for the labor. I admire people who actually *carry through* on their projects!! ; Hugs, CatNipped |
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