Cat's house with his own hands

cats - one of the few pets that are free to determine their favorite place in the house and spends most of his cat's life.And, of course, this is the place to be very warm and cozy.Treat your pet and create a real "Cat's House" with all the amenities to satisfy the needs of a furry pet for him.This house can be purchased at any store for the animals, and you can make the cat house with their hands showing a little imagination.

Types cat houses

There are three main types of homes for cats: beds, houses of square or triangular shapes and houses with gaming 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 has appeared offspring.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 lager can be felt even in the washing machine.
   
2. Standard house cat - a mini version of the real house.It has a soft lounger, walls, roof and inlet.Most often, to make a house used plywood sheets, which are edged with soft material.Popular upholstery in velor and faux fur.To observe the animals of the roof of the houses sometimes make removable.Near 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 that the cat could jump on it.This design does not require special care, just enough time to air and litter prostiryvat house.
3. house with a playground.It is a 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 to look homemade 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.A new home for the cat is better to put in a place where your pet is most often or like to relax.Ideal some nook.
2. house height.If you notice that your cat is adapted to sleep on the chair, chair, or other high platform - just eliminate the acquisition of the ordinary for her lounger.Consideration should be given to the high house or placed on any high surface.If the cat is often rests on the floor or carpet - feel free to choose the soft lounger.
3. Upholstery house.Of course, if the interior house smells bad chemistry or plastic, cat no reason to not go.Therefore, take care of the choice of more natural materials for the upholstery design and high quality materials.

Homemade house

Work on the cat house - it is an opportunity to dream and do for your pet unusual nook, which will have no analogues.Use the materials at hand, you can quickly and easily build any simple and easy for your cat design.And in some cases you do not even need to come up with a drawing of the cat house.

feline houses with their own hands are made of different materials.This cardboard, paper, papier-mache.As the covers are used as the pile, fleece and fabric.

can also come up with an original hammock for cats, which will be located on the warm battery.

Cat's house from plywood

If you are going to make a home for the cat, then pay attention to the strength and stability of the materials ready-made designs.It should be remembered that the cat never jumps on the design, which is reeling.

Materials Needed:

• thick sheet of plywood (10 mm);
• plastic tube (12 cm in diameter);
• corners for furniture (20 pcs.);
• natural rope;
• PVA glue;
• foam seals and trim for her;
• drill and screws, jig saw and a screwdriver.

to the future structure was stable, in addition it must be bolted to the floor with screws, and then the animal will not be able to fill up the house.

1. From veneer sheet Cut the walls of the future house.Size alone is necessary to determine, depending on the size of the animal.. As a general rule, the optimum size - see it 45h45h45 drank six blanks necessary: ​​the side, top and bottom sides.At one plywood workpiece make an inlet diameter of 16 cm.
2. corners for furniture fasten together all parts of the house.For greater strength adhesive joints can miss the mark.
3. Before fitting the last piece with a hole to enter, all harvested from the inner side wall upholster, foam or any other insulation material.
4. When the house frame is assembled, it should be attached to the tube of plastic pre-wrapped with rope.For fixing metal corners are also useful.
5. On top of the pipe secure the shelf 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, the cat house is almost ready.Will paste over its fabric cover.
7. If the house totters, secure the bottom of the additional sheet of plywood and then show his favorite design.

Cat's house without nails

for producing such a house everything you need - it's just a cardboard box.Such material is certainly available in every apartment 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 is believed that a house of cardboard in your performance like an animal.

1. Select a cardboard box to the size of your pet.
2. Shots At the bottom of a soft cloth, and all joints of the box, seal economic tape.If desired, you can paste over the cardboard house any fabric or colored paper.
3. The front wall is necessary to make an inlet and a house made of cardboard cats to be ready.Minimum effort and imagination, but this design will bring your pet maximum pleasure.

Cat's house made of wood

To house made of wood is best suited pine.From it are made house wall and the supporting bars.For wrapping bars, you can use a strong rope of sisal fiber.Just do not strengthen it with nails or staples as cat can injure feet.

to manufacture cat house provide themselves with wooden panels and supporting bars made of pine.The size of the bars around 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 brackets.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, side walls and floor wooden box, connect to each other with screws.Do not forget to cut the entrance hole in the front wall.
4. box ready roofless okleyte carpet and attach it to a wooden rack.To do this, the box on the lower column so that the lateral surface of the house is adjacent to the high bar.Screws tighten drawer side and bottom as shown in the photo.
5. put carpet cut and attach the ceiling wall at the bottom of the box.

House ready for the cat.Inside, it is also possible to upholster the soft cover and attach to the posts toys.

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