r/Catio

Does anyone have experience with a catio near a loud busy road? I would like to net this off for my kittens but even I don’t hangout on the patio because it’s not exactly relaxing. Behind the hedge is a busy road, not a highway but cars go by pretty fast, and occasionally we get a really obnoxious loud car. I am worried if I go through the money and effort of putting something up they won’t use it. I have cracked the screen door so they could hear and smell outside. At first they were nervous but slowly got used to the sound and would hangout near the opening of a little bit. They are pretty brave in general. When I adopted them they didn’t hide away at all, they only run from like a vacuum or a blender.

Wondering if anyone has been successful with cats enjoying the outdoors despite it being loud? Would love to opened up this extra space for them.

hi all, i am currently in the process of turning my previously outdoor/indoor cat into just an indoor cat (not going great) and i want to give her a catio!

however we do rent this house and have upstairs neighbours with a shared garden that they solely look after (they are a retired couple and that’s what they want to do.) we do have a good relationship with them so i can’t see them saying no this, but i want to know other’s opinions of what i’ve designed. (i got very creative in procreate)

the neighbours go away for a month in september so i would want to do this then.

please let me know!

The bones are IKEA IVAR with 1” hardware cloth. We cut up pieces of carpet on the smaller side and added IKEA cat accessories on the larger side.

Haven’t completely finished since we don’t have a lock or hinges yet, but is a good size for two cats. And they love it!

IVAR pieces used are in the photos. Total cost wasn’t calculated, but about $250 cdn. It took about a day to put together with two people and hand tools.

Here's our attempt at a bridge.. Kampot Cat Park to see our attempts at building a kitty paradise for rescues awaiting adoption. ​

Still a work in progress at the moment.. We have a bridge, car mountain (with tubes running all the way thru it) and a cat island with a pond surrounding it.

One of our cats went missing for 1 week and returned at 3AM this morning ! So we really want to install a catio problem is we have a wide French door / windows

I was hoping do it across one of the windows which would open into the catio roughly 8FT by 4FT across 8 of our slabs

The problem is half of it would to across the PVC part

Would this he possible to install at all or any solutions? TIA

Hi, everyone!
I just rented a new home and all my windows are as shown in the pictures.
Do you have any ideas as how I can cat proof them?
thanks in advance ❤️

Since it's the middle of August, I figured this is a good time to see what everyone does to winterize the catio!

I got it in April of this year, so it wasn't totally cold at that time. So I have smaller shelters I put inside with straw in them.

It's in my backyard on a cement patio and I have an outdoor outlet next to the catio.

Any suggestions are appreciated!!

hi! seeking some renter friendly ideas to turn the upper part of my staircase into an enclosure for my kitty. we try to have supervised outdoor time everyday, but my health hasn't been great lately and I can't reliably go up and down the stairs. I'd love to have an option where we can just sit at the top together. I was thinking some sort of gate at the front and then mesh on the side, but I'm not sure how to install the mesh and what kind of gate would work.

edit: grammar and spelling

If anyone has suggestions of somthing new to put in would love to hear.

Its made with cat net + zip ties and random shelf things I had. If anyone else wants to avoid construction and costs, Im sure simmilar shelf things could be found online for cheap.

I can open the frount by unhooking the net.

Please note, if you're going to try somthing like this, it has to be spesficly cat net so they cant rip it, and you need to make certain there is no where that can push through gaps and get out or some how tangled in the net. Also note how, in the last photo at the openable frount, the net goes down the cat side and up under to hook at the frout of the wood, not right down the frount side, which would be much easier to escape from.

Cats are still nervous about going out there but are starting to get used to it. I think a big part of the unease is the window cat door that is hard plastic and snaps down on their tails.

This is a Habitat Haven "Lion's Den" 96" with no floor, and I didn't include the canvas cover since it's on a covered porch.

That's a mistake I may need to remedy... I hung a bird feeder a few feet away and the little birds *love* it. They don't care if people or cats are in the catio. They routinely perch on the top and sides of the catio and, well, I now have bird poop cleanup chores.

Thinking of buying a post and wrapping it with sisal rope so they can climb up / scratch.

From the front porch here they can watch us in the garden, view birds, bunnies, and anyone coming up to the house. We plan to build a larger catio in the back yard next year but this is great for now!

3 cats, the one out there in the pic is Zippy who spends the most time out there of all of them.

Hello!

I live on the 2nd floor with a balcony which I want to make it safe for my kitten to go into as it is very warm in our flat (and we are in the middle of a heatwave so I’m really eager to get it done quick)

I was wondering if anyone had any inspiration? I was thinking of tension poles and cat safe netting, but I’m worried it might not work.

Please advise! Also have a very crappy picture of my balcony just to show how it looks.

So my cats want to go outside so bad, obviously I’m not gonna let that happen but I’m thinking about getting this particular type of cat enclosure, and I wanted to know if any of you have used it with your cats. How did your cat react? Did they enjoy it ? I’d love any personal experiences or recommendations you can share! Thanks so much!