Excellent idea we looked for loads while we were researching oscars this is not connected to the house yet but hoping by the time summer comes there will be a tunnel to it
Here's some construction pics of the one OH made and the finished run also...

that is amazing!! looks fab can he make me one! :laugh:

Nearly everyone who has a kitten from me has enclosed their garden, one recently did it all herself with the overhang by buying materials herself, she isnt a builder but found it easy & it looks great! no pics though as its on my phone, then another lady completely surrounded her 5bed country house!! with a outside frame work, and it looks incredible! :laugh: am very jealous!!

another thing if you want a house is dont buy a cat house, they are so expensive, buy a shed, about £170-200, then get a cat run made up on ebay, about £50-100, so you get a massive 6ftx4ft house plus a 6ft by 4ft run!! you can put up shelves and have toys and outside cat trees and add to it as you go along

cant find a pic of mine now but we just added another 4ft to it 7 buying a outside cat tree and got some logs!

 

would love something like that but it really is nearly as big as my garden i think mine will have to make do with something small and ill have to put things on it so they can climb. a covered run sounds great as suggested earlier in the thread but id worry that takes away the outdoor experience for them. you have very lucky kitties

thank you for that. i have bought from my friend a insulated chicken house, but its only small and the cats dont use it alot, but it was put in when i had my conservatory built.
i have also added shelves for the cats to climb on and they can virtually walk around the bigger end of the pen at about 5 feet up from the ground suspended by chains and tied to the side of the pen.
the pen measures 48 feet and 8 feet at the widest.

 

Some really impressive runs here!

If I post some pics of my garden later perhaps you guys could give me some ideas about where we might fit a small run?

You all have much bigger gardens than we have though.

 

Living in suburbia with an enclosed garden I went the cat proofing route. Got the brackets, netting and fittings from Welcome to FeliSafe Secure Cat Fence Systems (Felisafe). I supplied my own chicken-wire for under the fence and LOTS of labour.

It took my much longer than I envisaged to put up, but I did have complications with a new metal shed and the decking jumping 5 foot...

For finished pics, see: https://plus.google.com/photos/104307319214732651613/albums/5669205034216944113

 

We only have a small garden so a run is out of the question so we put up brackets made from copper tube which hubby bent to an angle we did have some brackets and chicken wire it is very basic and it a little untidy but it serves its purpose we did have to add more wire as Tiga aka Houdini did get out 3 times but he has been well and trueliy grounded now I will put pics on if you want but maybe you may find it a little too untidy but we had to do it in a rush and meant to tidy it up but never got round to it but my way was very cheap we just used what was to hand and adapted it and bought chicken wire I think the most it came to was about £50 if that.

 

there used to be a company who came on here that did garden enclosures but i found was unreliable

 

My hubby, who is a joiner has said he will custom build anybody one, just a thought for anyone wanting a custom build?!

 

thats good to know

 

Wow had never heard of this before. I know I am going to be nervous when I start letting my kitten out but do want to and not practical for us to do either a cat run or cat proofing but a fab idea for people who want to. When I do start letting her out can anyone give me any tips or advice? Also is there a right or wrong age to start? Was thinking possibly April unless we decide to have neuteured first then would be after that. She Is 10 weeks old tomorrow so 6 months ish April.
Kim x x

 

Wow had never heard of this before. I know I am going to be nervous when I start letting my kitten out but do want to and not practical for us to do either a cat run or cat proofing but a fab idea for people who want to. When I do start letting her out can anyone give me any tips or advice? Also is there a right or wrong age to start? Was thinking possibly April unless we decide to have neuteured first then would be after that. She Is 10 weeks old tomorrow so 6 months ish April.
Kim x x

Please don't let your cat out before she is neutered. I would say that 6months is a bit young to be let out. I would suggest 10-12 months is a more appropriate age.

You could also consider keeping her as indoors only if you wanted.

 

Wow had never heard of this before. I know I am going to be nervous when I start letting my kitten out but do want to and not practical for us to do either a cat run or cat proofing but a fab idea for people who want to. When I do start letting her out can anyone give me any tips or advice? Also is there a right or wrong age to start? Was thinking possibly April unless we decide to have neuteured first then would be after that. She Is 10 weeks old tomorrow so 6 months ish April.
Kim x x

Why would you let her out without neutering her?

She is far too young to have kittens at 6 months, and too young to go out at 6 months in any case.

 

Am going to speak to vet bout age thank you for replys. Would only let her out without neuteuring if we decide to let her have one litter again need to speak to vet about this to.

 

Would only let her out without neuteuring if we decide to let her have one litter again need to speak to vet about this to.

Why would you want to do that? :::

It's a myth that cats miss out if they don't have "just one litter".

There are already far too many unwanted cats and the rescues are full to bursting to bring more moggie kittens into the world.

Even if you really were convinced that your cat should have "just one litter" why on earth would you want to send her out to mate with any random Tom cat and potentially catch whatever random disease?

There are so many reasons for you not to even consider what you are thinking - do your research, find out why. Please, please get her spayed as soon as your vet will allow it.

 

Several months down the line, none of mine have managed to escape, although I DID have a naughty visitor the other day......
I think he came in via the flat roof that I share with my neighbours, jumping up to it from their fence. Poor thing was pretty upset when I found him ( just so happens the house on the other side was getting its roof stripped off that morning with LOTS of noise) He really could not find a way out and as he is a pretty unfriendly full Tom I was risking life and limb trying to grab hold of him.
Anyway, it just so happens that at the bottom of one fencing panel there was a patch of wood screwed on covering what had previously been a cat flap sized hole which I had cut out back in the days when my cats were free roaming.
The moral of the story......leave an easily accessed way out just in case!

 

I had mine made by a member's partner about four years ago. Can't remember her user name I think it was Shortbackandsides.

I cannot fault the work, or the timing and he also made me ledges and shelving for the cats to climb and sit on.

It is attached to the back of the house so the cats are able gain access through my kitchen window. Getting them back inside is an art . It means I can open my kitchen window when cooking or to air the room without worrying about the boys. :thumbsup:

 

Think I may of caused confusion as I said of course I would research and actually my kitten came to me just like that and she was from second litter. I said one litter as wouldn't want more, plus all the kittens went straight away to good homes mine would only go to friends. Probably won't let her have a litter only put it as we need to speak to professional before making that decision. I have had cats before but always from rescue homes. Had a kitten once but over 12 years ago so can't remember and she was a house kitten. I would never make any decisions about my pets without doing what is best for them. Thankyou though for advice and i'm sure she will not be having babies now. I am new to this site and was hoping for some help and advice not judgement and ridecule. Sorry if I caused people unnecessary concern x x

 

I need updated pics cos i rearranged there garden lol and added tunnels but here is the basic cage.

 

Wow these are incredible, what fab owners you all are!

 

Hi peeps,

I was wondering roughly how much you guys have spent on your cat runs? It's not something suitable for here, but when I get my own place it's something I would consider.

 

Hi peeps,

I was wondering roughly how much you guys have spent on your cat runs? It's not something suitable for here, but when I get my own place it's something I would consider.

Mine was done in oz lol but it is stainless steel, lifetime warranty and its seven metres by three and has a tunnel and cat door to the house up the side, it cost me $3800 which converted to pounds is approx 2513, and this was done through a steel company not a pet one, they also do bird cages etc, anything with metal

 

Hi peeps,

I was wondering roughly how much you guys have spent on your cat runs? It's not something suitable for here, but when I get my own place it's something I would consider.

I can't remember now how much ours cost I think maybe around six/ seven hundred mark, probably more cos my memory is useless! Ours is all done in hard wood though and dipped etc for long lasting! Hubby works at a joinery manufacturers so we got all our wood at cost also

 

Ours pen is powder coated metal, it isn't very big but ample room for them to run and jump around or laze in the sun.

I cannot give an accurate figure as to cost as I can't remember but I think it was around £700.00. The delivery I remember was going to be ridiculously expensive around £200.00 but hubby's company came to the rescue and arranged the delivery for us.

The outdoor cat tree was around £80.00 and the dog kennel around £100. The dog kennel houses their litter tray.

I have peace of mind knowing where the boys are and that they are safe.

 

Excellent idea we looked for loads while we were researching oscars this is not connected to the house yet but hoping by the time summer comes there will be a tunnel to it
Here's some construction pics of the one OH made and the finished run also...

Insulated sleeping den hinged from the top so it can be opened in the summer so it's not too hot! It is also double glazed, the insulation is polystyrene between the wood.

It has roofing on half of it so if it rains and they don't want to go in the sleeping den they can go under the covered area

Hubby went out and searched for a fallen tree stump to lead up to the sleeping den then covered it with small border panel logs from wicks

Shelving he made, some of these are now covered in carpet

And swinging hammock

Hubs with his handy work

Bridge and tunnel he built

Artificial grass added cos it hurt oscars bad paw jumping up and down on to the concrete I also grew some grass in an old corner litter tray so he had some grass to chew on

It has now had electric sockets added to it so they can have the water fountain outside and hubby is also going to add lighting to it

WOW THAT IS AWESOME! i hope ours turns out like that!

 

Thanks

 

Thanks

Just wanted to pop in and say I am having an exact copy of your amazing cat run built for Angel and Tinks, Angel is deaf and I know Tinks will love this too as she had previously been let out by her previous owners. I was so inspired by your pictures and I think it's amazing. x