A cat's house with their own hands

Cats are one of the few pets that independently determine their favorite place in the house and spend most of their cat life there. And, naturally, this place should be the warmest and cozy. Give joy to your pet and create for him a real "cat's house" with all the amenities that satisfy the needs of a fluffy pet. This house can be purchased in any store for animals, and you can make a cat's house with their own hands showing only a little imagination.

Types of cat lodges

There are three main types of dwelling for cats: sunbeds, houses of square or triangular shapes and houses with gaming devices for cats.

1. Lounger is a normal basket, lined with a cloth or carpet. Inside such a lounger is laid foam rubber or another soft litter. The soft sides of the house for the cat are about 20 cm in height. This option is suitable for pregnant cats and already appeared offspring. Sometimes a small vertical zherdin is attached to the sunbeds, to which toys are attached with an elastic band. For your cat, you can also make a felt lounger, which is quite popular today. It is easy to care for, requires only timely cleaning of the hair with a vacuum cleaner. You can wash the homemade felt lounger even in a washing machine.
   
2. Standard house for a cat - mini version of a real house. It has a soft lounger, walls, roof and entrance. Most often, to make a house used plywood sheets, which are covered with soft material. Popular upholstery materials from velor and faux fur. To monitor the animal roof of these houses are sometimes made removable. Near the house you can install a regular column of wood or wrapped in a rope. This is done so that the animal can reap its claws. At the top of the column, you can attach a toy or a small platform so that the cat can jump on it. This design does not require special care, it is enough just to pierce the litter and ventilate the house in time. House with a playground. It is a whole complex construction consisting of a house, small crossbeams, shelves, steps and toys. This structure is suitable for several cats. Together they will be much more interesting to play in a two-story structure. The number of tiers here may not be limited.

How to look homemade cat lodges, you can see in the photo.

How to choose a cat house

When buying a cat's house or if you are going to make it yourself, you should pay attention to such features:

1. Favorite place of cat. A new house for a cat is better to put in the place where your animal often happens or likes to rest. Ideal for a cozy nook.
2. Height of the house. If you notice that your cat has adapted to sleep on armchairs, chairs or other high platforms - immediately exclude the purchase of an ordinary lounger for her. You should think about a tall house or its location on some high surface. In case the cat is more likely to rest on the floor or carpet - feel free to choose a soft lounger.
3. Upholstery of the house. Of course, if the upholstery of the house does not smell pleasantly with chemistry or plastic, the cat will not go there for anything. Therefore, take care of choosing more natural materials for upholstery or high-quality materials.

Homemade house

Work on the creation of a cat's house is an opportunity to dream up and make for your favorite an unusual nook that will not have any analogues. With the help of improvised materials, you can easily and quickly build any simple and convenient for your cat construction. And in some cases, you do not even need to invent a drawing of a cat's house.

Cat lodges with their own hands are made of all kinds of materials. This is cardboard, newspapers, papier-mache. As covers are used as nap, and fleece fabric.

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

Cat house of plywood

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

Materials needed:

• thick plywood sheet( 10 mm);
• plastic tube( 12 cm in diameter);
• furniture corners( 20 pcs.);
• natural rope;
• glue PVA;
• foam rubber gasket and casing for it;
• drill and screws, jigsaw and screwdriver.

To the future design was stable, in addition it must be screwed to the floor with screws, and then the animal can not fill up 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. You need to cut out six blanks: side, top and bottom sides. On one plywood billet make an entrance aperture in diameter of 16 see.
2. Corners for furniture fasten among themselves all parts of a small house. For greater strength joints can be smeared with glue.
3. Before fixing the last part with the opening for the entrance, all the prepared walls on the inside should be covered with foam rubber or any other heating material.
4. When the frame of the house is assembled, a plastic pipe must be attached to it, previously wound with a rope. Metal brackets are also useful for fastening.
5. At the top of the pipe, secure the plywood shelf with foam or cloth. This shelf will serve as an observation platform for your cat.
6. When all of the above is done, the cat's house will be almost ready. Will remain covered with a cloth coating.
7. If the house is unsteady, fasten it from below with an additional sheet of plywood and then show the design to your pet.

Cat house without nails

For the manufacture of such a house everything that is needed is just a cardboard box. Such material is certainly available in the apartment of each owner. And as you could see, at any opportunity that appeared, every cat will not miss the moment to jump and play in an empty box. It can be assumed that the house made of cardboard in your performance will please the animal.

1. Choose the cardboard box for the size of your pet.
2. At the bottom lining the soft litter, and all the joints of the box glue with household tape. If desired, you can paste a cardboard house with any cloth or multi-colored paper.
3. In the front wall it remains to make an entrance hole and the cat house made of cardboard is ready. A minimum of effort and imagination, but this design will give your pet a maximum of pleasure.

Cat lodge made of natural wood

For a house made of natural wood, pine is the best choice. From it will be made the walls of the house and the supporting bars. For wrapping bars you can use a strong rope from sisal fiber. Just do not fasten it with staples or nails, as the cat can injure the paws.

To make a cat lodge, provide yourself with wooden slabs and pine support bars. The size of the bars is approximately 25x25x800 mm.

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

Prepare the scrapers before starting work. To do this, the existing wooden bars wind the rope and fix it with PVA glue, but not with staples. The height of the bars should be 1000 and 200 mm, respectively.

1. Well grease the rope with glue and tightly wrap it around the bar to the very bottom.
2. To the base in the form of a wooden plate with the help of hexagonal screws are fastened prepared bars.
3. Then connect the side walls and the floor of the wooden box with screws. Do not forget to cut the inlet on the front wall.
4. A ready-made box without a roof is covered with a carpet covering and attached to the wooden racks. To do this, place the box on the bottom column in such a way that the side surface of the house adjoins the high bar. Screws fix the box on the side and from below as it is shown in the photo.
5. Put a piece of carpet on the bottom of the box and attach the ceiling wall.

Cat cottage ready. Inside it, you can also enclose a soft covering, and attach the toys to the posts. House for a cat. Video