Do you have a pattern to build a "catio" (outdoor enclosed area)?

Pat
by Pat



  6 answers
  • Dfm Dfm on Nov 24, 2017

    same way I’d build a cage..4x4 s to make a closet sized frame work. Cover with hardware cloth, make an acess for the cats. Ad perches. Play things. Don’t forget the flea and tick treatments

  • Dfm Dfm on Nov 24, 2017

    there is a web site catiospaces.com they have plans. Pick up a few ideas and do your own thing. 1 more time don’t forget flea and tick treatments. Lost 3 cats Du to insect born disease.

    • Pat Pat on Nov 25, 2017

      Thank you again. My cat has a balcony & I thought she would be ok without flea & tick treatm but I will heed your warning & continue to treat her. I am sorry you lost 3 cats.

  • 62q10370829 62q10370829 on Nov 25, 2017

    You can get 10x10x6 dog kennel (the kind that has brackets on corners) & set it up with 1 panel on each end & 2 across & set against house & I use plastic chicken wire on top to keep my 3 climbers in. I have 7 cats. Or you can keep it square. But if you have pet door its easier the 20x10. You can use gate to go in & out.

    • Pat Pat on Nov 25, 2017

      Thank you for this idea. I share a balcony with my neighbor & I can't keep my cat on our side but this could work.

  • Nancy Gramm Nancy Gramm on Nov 25, 2017

    Funny you should ask this. We are in the midst of making one ourselves. Don't do it our way! We have designed on the fly, redone it once, and just this afternoon I had to threaten mayhem to keep the hub from starting all over again. I think I did find one set of plans online, though I don't remember where, but I might as well spit in the wind as get my husband to follow someone else's directions. Right now we're on a break--not from each other, though I threatened that too!--and I can still only see the finish line by squinting. (Some days I wonder if I love any of them that much. [We have 2 indoor cats. Hub's the last of the any in that equation.]) In the end, though, I'm sure we'll all love it. (What would a girl do without her dreams?)


    Let us know how it works out for you.

  • Dfm Dfm on Nov 26, 2017

    they were indoor out door kitties...some thing from a ticks bite did them in.