Our catruns!
The building of the
first catrun
has begun!
My husband
Kim
built it
almost
all by
himself, while I
was at work. Thanks Kim!
The wood was
painted
black so
it
would fit
with our house.
All done,
just
the cats
that are missing.
Opening Ceremony!
The water
fountain is
very
popular!
I wanted to be able to split the catrun in two, which is why I built a wall.
Then I realized
that I also needed to build a staircase, so it was easier for me to go into the
little catrun;)
The cats can go out through the window when the door is cloosed. And if I want
to use
the whole catrun as one, I just open the door. In the corner you can see a small
house
that I built, there are two big litter boxes for the cats.
Now
I've put
up some
new
boards
for the cats to
go
on and shelves to lie on.
Also
put
stone
on the
ground,
it
was so
dirty
inside.
The grass
quickly turned
to mud
in our
rainy
climate.
The cats
have free access to
the yard
through the
cat
door
in the
basement window.
Climbing roses
start to
grow up,
soon the whole
side covered
resulting in a
lovely
shade
when the sun
shines.
Catrun number three has begun. This will be my first totally own project;)
The stones are in place and all the boards sawn to the right size.
The frame is
finished!
All shelves and
boards
are
in place!
The cats
go
in and out through
the window.
A
little room
for windy days.
Done!
And I'm
so proud to have
built it
all by myself
:)
I use a
padlock on
all doors
so that
the neighbors'
children
can't open
and the cats
can
sneak out.
I want the catruns to be related. Therefore, my husband welded a tunnel for the
cats to go through.
In the summer you can
hardly see
the tunnel.
I can
close it
with a door
at each end,
when I
want to split
the
catrun.
The construction
of the
catrun number four
has begun!
Now I'm
really good at
building
runs;)
This catrun has a door to yard number three, which can be open or closed when
necessary.
I had decided to have grass in this one, but as you can see later, I regretted
it and put stone on the ground;)
At the other end
is a
"window"
the cats
can
pass through.
There I
built a
little door,
which also
can be closed
if
the need exists.
Now I have started
building
catrun
number five,
under
our balcony.
A small house
to get inside
when the cats
want to sleep
for a while.
Under,
and protected from
the rain,
you can see a large plastic box
which they use as a litter box.
These
disgusting
animals
caused big problems
for me!
Killersnails just LOVE cat food and invaded the catrun!
Therefor, I had to invent a snail-free food bowl;) Works perfectly!
Now
is the catrun
completed!
All
are related
to one large
catrun, but you can
divide it
so it
will be five small ones.
Perfect when you
have
many
cats that
all
like
being outdoors
but do
not always
allowed to
be together,
because of
females in heat
and things like that.
On this
picture
you can also see
our
balcony,
which also has net and glass
for our cats.
Our balcony!
Putting the
network
on the balcony was
the first thing we
did when we
moved to our house.
The cats
have free
access to
the balcony
through a cat door
in
the bedroom door.
Have built a small
house that
the cats
have their
litterbox
inside,
then
I will not have
any
litter
on the floor
and it can't
rain
in the box.
Home made scratching pillar.
Our former catrun!
Even when you live in an apartment you can have a yard for the cats.
Only your imagination and the landlord is the limit;)
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