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Hello all!

Ive been slowly catifiying my home, and have come to a crossroads on a design for a hallway closet. I have two young cats, and they like to get into everything, one will clear a whole shelf just to sit there.

Here are a few ideas i got, i am wondering how realistically "cat proof" it may be, along with maximum use of the space? Feel free to ask questions about or add your own ideas.

Important notes:

-Bottom shelf is to be an enclosed litter (they have one i made last year and its worked great so far, also stops the dog from scavenging with the kitty door)

-Middle shelf, or at least half of it is to be closed off from the front view and is to open up into the bathroom as a medicine cabinet.

-We do NOT want the cats to have access to anything above the litter

-The closet door is to be removed as it doesn't close properly, the doorframe will be cut out and re moulded to have access to the full width of this closet

The left most drawing has the idea of using one of those magnet screen doors as a "door", but i feel like the cats will end up finding out how that works. Both other ideas are to put shelving, either built-in or plastic units up to the medicine cabinet shelf, which would be minimum 49" up, but lifting it is possible if needed.

The rest of the closet would be used for Paper towels and/or blankets.

Thanks in advance.

Hi! Wondering if anyone has a found an enclosure/cabinet thing for their automatic litter box (I have PetLibro Luma), something similar to the picture attached. Toying with the idea and wanted to see if anyone has any insight or issues

I am planning on getting a kitten and am trying to kitten proof my room but because I live in a 2nd apartment it is hard to install anything, please see attached and advice or any budget friendly product or diy, I was thinking to only crack like an inch of a window and then buy a window lock to prevent it from sliding. Would that be enough ?

I have a pocket door leading to my laundry room, where my cat’s litter box is. I need to keep my child and dog out while still allowing my cat to freely go in and out.

I’m looking for a way to keep the pocket door open at a set width that’s large enough for my cat to pass through but not my child or dog. The challenge is that my child loves closing doors, so I want a solution that prevents the door from closing beyond a set width so my cat doesn’t get locked out. I’ve seen finger pinch guards but those still allow the door to close too much to where my cat can’t get in. I also need to be able to easily open the door whenever I need to enter or exit the laundry room.

Does anyone have a solution that would work for all of these needs?

So we are moving into a house with a loft and there is a long ledge that leads to a long drop with the staircase. I’m terrified my cats will hop on the ledge and fall. They won’t jump up if I have something on the ledge any creative ideas that aren’t such an eye sore?

Link do tkaniny:

https://www.davis.pl/kolekcja/fancy/

Jest to dokładniej tkanina o nazwie Fancy 20, co myślicie o tym wyborze tego materiału mając kota w domu który sporadycznie się przeciąga o róg narożnika.

I just moved to a new apartment in a high rise building and the windows don’t have screens. They are awning windows and open at the bottom and push out. Full out is about a 6-7 inch gap.

I’m renting so don’t want to drill or make any permanent changes, but also needs to be sturdy enough for my cats to not pull it out.
I’d most likely only have the windows open when I’m home. But my cats are WILD - think 6 month old kittens 😂.

A real catio is in the works for our cats, but we won't be able to construct it for probably a year (we need to replace some double doors at the back of our house, etc.) Until then, I really want to at least have a window catio for them (2 are 6 months old, and a year old adult). My son is a good builder (he's only 11...but excellent), so we thought about getting blueprints, and building our own. But I'd rather get a put-together one, sort of like Ekea furniture? I started to shop online, but would love hearing from you all here with experience in window catios. Could I find something for $100-$150?

A cheeky cross post, would appreciate any advice and experiences ❤️

Please help!

We adopted a bonded pair of cats back in February this year, we have bought toys things and so much. We have multiple little boxes the highest quality food they will eat (side note why do they like garbage food omg). We already do most of their dry food in play balls.

Since toys are mostly a nope from them, I want to catify my house. I wanted to put astroturf on a ceiling, I will go full send on this. We own a house and are extremely handy. Bought a cat tree at first and they dont touch it. I have a cat door in 1 room they love, and will be buying more, but they are amazing babies and deserve more. What do your cats like, as far out as they may be, what makes them the most happy, curious, and healthy? (We also live in New England and the temp this morning was 44° f so can only do indoor for now)

(When I had guinea pigs they didnt like each other but each got... 3 times the minimum space and floor time and literally everything I could do to make their lives amazing besides getting them girlfriends- I go hard.)

Tl;dr what home mods worked best and made your cats happier and healthier?

My cats enjoy coming up on this high ledge but it’s not safe and I’m on the verge of a heart attack. Any ideas on how I can block it off/make it an enclosure? I need something renter friendly. It might be difficult with the high ceilings. Any advice is appreciated.

long story short after getting our third cat the red little Abyssinian Vladimir🦊, my girlfriends allergies flaired up severely and we were getting to a pretty bad place including considering rehoming them and other crazy options... so we decided to segregate our house and gave them our bedroom moving all the cat stuff around the apartment into here... anyways I decided to go a bit crazy and give them a cat room/jungle of their own and keep the allergens at bay meanwhile! it has been such a success and the cat room DIY is ongoing... roughly 70% done ish 😁 oooh plus plenty of cat tax to be spotted (Dante and Rafael too 🐄🐄)

I have a cat litter robot that works great and my kitties love it. The problem is that my robot is in the living room and it looks ugly, because who wants to look at cat poo when they watch TV. My house a townhome, meaning more stairs, smaller living space on each level (narrow hallways, small bathrooms). How can I make it less ugly? I was thinking cat friendly plants around it? What do you guys think?

In the photo, TV is on the left, and staircase is on the right. The other 2 photos are just for fun 🐱🐱

I hated the idea of just tossing the cat try my kitties love so much, but I also HATED the idea of replacing these torn up legs with MORE junk that they'll just tear apart again! Solution- some 2 inch pvc piping, flat caps, 1/4" drill bit, and some adhesive scratch pad stuff for furniture. The pvc is soft enough for the screws that came with it to thread themselves in. Pro tip- use an actual Allen bit and a drill when putting it back together. Doing it by hand would have been more than possible, but exhausting. Total cost for pipes (these came in 2 foot sections so balance that against possibly just buying longer and chopping) and caps $30ish. The carpet (left over from already doing the furniture) $18. So at about $50 I could have just gotten another tree, but this saves the trash and means it'll last as long as I replace the carpeting now and then.

Next up- recarpeting the box.