Feline lodge with his own hands

Cats are one of the few pets that independently determine their favorite place in the house and spend the most of their cat life there. And, of course, this place should be the warmest and cozy. Please give your pet and create a real "Koshkin House" for him with all the amenities that satisfy the needs of a fluffy pet. Such a house can be purchased at any store for animals, and you can also make a feline lodge with your own hands showing only a little fantasy.

Types of cat houses

There are three main types of dwellings for cats: sun beds, square or triangular shapes and house devices for cats.

1. Lounger is a common basket, covered with a cloth or carpet. Inside this loungers laid foam or other soft bedding. Soft bumpers for house cats are about 20 cm in height. This option is well suited for pregnant cats and there are already posterity. Sometimes a small vertical sunbeds attach zherdinu to which cling toys on an elastic band. For your cat, you can also make a felt lager, which is now quite popular. It is easy to maintain, requiring only timely vacuuming wool. Wash homemade felt lounger is possible even in the washing machine.
2. Standard house cat - a mini version of the real house. It has padded sun bed, the walls, the roof and the inlet. In most cases, to make such a house is used plywood sheets which are sheathed with soft material. Popular upholstery materials from suede and faux fur. To observe the animals of the roof of the houses sometimes make removable. Next to the house you can set a regular column from a tree or a coiled rope. This is done in order for the animal to sharpen their claws. At the top of the column, you can attach the toy or small platform, so that the cat can jump on it. This design does not require special care, just enough time prostiryvat litter and ventilate the house.
3. House with a playground. Is the whole complex structure, consisting of a small house, small bars, shelves, stairs and toys. Such a structure is suitable for several cats. Together, they will be much more interesting to play in a two-story structure. Number of levels is not limited.

How are home-made feline houses, you can see in the photo.

How to choose a cat house

When buying a house cat or, if you are going to do it yourself, you should pay attention to the following features:

1. Favorite place cat. New house for a cat is better to put in a place where your pet is most often or likes to relax. Ideal some nook.
2. The height of the house. If you have noticed that your cat adapted to sleep on chairs, chairs or other high platforms - immediately exclude the acquisition of an ordinary sun bed for it. You should think about a high house or its placement on some high surface. In case the cat is more often resting on the floor or carpet - boldly choose a soft sun bed.
3. Upholstery house. Of course, if the upholstery of the house is unpleasant smelling chemistry or plastic, the cat will never go there. Therefore, take care of the choice of more natural materials for upholstery or high quality materials.

Homemade house

Work on the creation of a cat house is an opportunity to fantasize and make an unusual salt for your favorite, which will not have analogues. With the help of improvised materials, you can easily and quickly construct any simple and convenient design for your cat. And in some cases it is not even necessary to invent a drawing of a cat house.

Watching houses are made of all kinds of materials with their own hands. This is cardboard, newspapers, papier-mache. As covers, both pile and fleece fabric are used.

You can also come up with an original hammock for a cat, which will be located on a warm battery.

Feline house plywood

If you are going to make a cat house, pay attention to the strength of the materials and the stability of the finished design. It should be remembered that the cat will never jump on the design that rushes.

Necessary materials:

• fathers thick sheet (10 mm);
• plastic tube (12 cm in diameter);
• furniture corners (20 pcs.);
• natural rope;
• pVA glue;
• foam gasket and sheathing for her;
• drill and screws, jigsaw and screwdriver.

In order for the future design to be stable, it is additionally screwed to the floor with screws, and then the animal will not be able to fill the house.

1. From the plywood sheet, cut the walls of the future house. Dimensions must be determined independently depending on the size of the animal. As a rule, the optimal size is 45x45x45 cm. Six blanks are needed to cut off: lateral, upper and lower sides. On one plywood blank, make the inlet with a diameter of 16 cm.
2. Machine parts can be built with each other parts of the house. For greater strength, the joints can be melted with glue.
3. Before fixing the last part with the opening for the entrance, all the harvested walls on the inside by cover the foam rubber or any other insulating material.
4. When the house is assembled frame, it should be attached to a pipe of plastic previously wrapped cord. For fixing metal corners are also useful.
5. On top of the pipe fasten the shelf out of plywood padded with foam or cloth. This shelf will serve as a platform for the observation of your cat.
6. When all of the above is satisfied, cat house is almost ready. It remains okleit its fabric covering.
7. If the house reeling fasten additional bottom sheet of plywood, and then display his favorite design.

Cat's house without nails

For the manufacture of such a house everything you need - it's just a cardboard box. Such material is certainly there in the apartment each owner. And as you can see, at any opportunity that appears every cat will not miss the moment to jump and play in an empty box. It can be assumed that a house made of cardboard in your performance like an animal.

1. Choose a cardboard box to the size of your pet.
2. Shots to the bottom soft surface and all the joints of the box, seal economic tape. Optionally okleit cardboard house any colored cloth or paper.
3. The front wall is to make the inlet opening and a house made of cardboard for cats ready. A minimum of effort and imagination, but this design will bring your pet maximum pleasure.

Cat house made of natural wood

To house made of wood is best suited pine. From this it will be manufactured house wall and the support bars. For wrapping bars can be used a solid rope of sisal fibers. Just do not be fastened his staples or nails, because the cat can injure feet.

To produce feline lodge themselves provide wooden slabs and the supporting bars of pine. Size bars about 25h25h800 mm.

• rope - 6 m;
• upholstery fabric;
• glue;
• screws;
• jigsaw Wood.

Before starting work, prepare the scratching posts. To do this, the existing wooden blocks, wrap the rope and secure with white glue, but not stapled. The height of the bars to be 1000 and 200 mm, respectively.

1. Good promazhte rope glue and tightly wound on the bar to the bottom.
2. To the base of a wooden plank using hexagonal screws fasten prepared bars.
3. Then the side walls and wooden floor box connect to each other by screws. Do not forget to cut the entrance hole in the front wall.
4. The finished box without a roof is carpeted and attach it to wooden racks. To do this, put the box to the bottom column so that the side surface of the house adjacent to the high bar. Screws fasten the box on the side and below, as shown in the photo.
5. At the bottom of the box, put the segment of the carpet and attach the ceiling wall.

The house for the cat is ready. Inside it can also be hampered by a soft coating, but to the racks to attach toys.

Cat's house. Video