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Was A Greenhouse - Now A Cat Run!

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:10 PM

Well a while ago now we picked up a greenhouse/shadehouse that was made with wire panels and shadecloth - we dismantled it ...after about 5-6 hours. After about three hours and a trip to bunnings the OH was ready to give them back their money and leave them the shade house - but we persevered...especially since we had it half down! After about 5-6 hours we got it onto the roof of the car and drove it home across town and took another hour or two to get it off the car and get it into the yard.

Several months down the track we got around to slowly putting it back together...and with a lot of hours put in by the OH we have a great cat run. Here are the pics -

Not quite finished...
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Where it joins the house for access -
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Inside -
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The log across the middle got swapped for a wider wooden bridge/panel -
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More inside -
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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:13 PM

Some of the kitties in the run...

Tango -
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Elvis -
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Everyone... i think (ETA - oops...missing Mikayla!)-

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And the old cat tree we put out there once we got the nice new one smile.gif


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We put turf down and cat grass/mint/nip/etc in there as well - they have a water bowl out there and free access in and out. At the moment we are looking at putting in a sliding door on a pulley system inside to lock them in or out - mostly because at this stage the kittens are too small and could easily get out - but i can't see it being too long before the littles are big enough to venture into the run smile.gif

ETA - just one more pic of the new cat tree since Mikayla wasn't in the other pics...lol


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( I was going to title this thread "Was a Greenhouse - Now a Cat House" but thought perhaps that wasn't appropriate wink_3.gif lol)

This post has been edited by Kitarsha: 19 May 2009 - 06:40 PM

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:14 PM

Fabulous - it is a great area for a furkid - heaps of room.

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:18 PM

very nice outdoors cat home smile.gif

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:18 PM

That looks absolutely great - bet it gets the paw or approval......just one question - what about the dirt area - don't they dig and use it as a toilet......lol.

The cat trees are also pretty cool....

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:19 PM

that looks great - lucky cats!

mine are all very jealous flowers.gif

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:21 PM

Hehe...as to the toilet...well only one cat has that problem sad.gif We will be putting turf there as well...but there was a bed there that Chaos poo'd in, so we took the bed off and left the hammock, so he poo'd in that - he also poos in the grass. None of the others do, they all come inside to use the trays...lol.

Mind you Chaos was pooing on the laundry floor but now poos out in the run - which means one lses for me to clean up (i do the trays) and the OH cleans the run *laughs*

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 11:01 PM

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Mind you Chaos was pooing on the laundry floor but now poos out in the run - which means one lses for me to clean up (i do the trays) and the OH cleans the run *laughs*


Sounds like a good deal to me..."grin"

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 06:14 AM

The lats few phtots have been eaten by Gus. It looks great, and I love the little beds.

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 06:19 AM

That looks great and the kits certainly approve!!

(Please resize the last few pics - they have been eaten by Sid!)

Cheers

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 06:47 AM

It Looks Great, Well Done..

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 06:40 PM

Fixed the pic's :D Thanks everyone smile.gif

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 07:05 PM

excellent!!!! Fantastic job. Know what you mean about things taking hours and hours. Kind of puts you off for a while lol!

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Posted 19 May 2009 - 09:15 PM

Wow it looks great,well done!

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Posted 20 May 2009 - 08:31 PM

Great idea and the cats look very happy!!!


QUOTE (Kitarsha @ May 18 2009, 08:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well a while ago now we picked up a greenhouse/shadehouse that was made with wire panels and shadecloth - we dismantled it ...after about 5-6 hours. After about three hours and a trip to bunnings the OH was ready to give them back their money and leave them the shade house - but we persevered...especially since we had it half down! After about 5-6 hours we got it onto the roof of the car and drove it home across town and took another hour or two to get it off the car and get it into the yard.

Several months down the track we got around to slowly putting it back together...and with a lot of hours put in by the OH we have a great cat run. Here are the pics -

Not quite finished...
Attached File  Pict2765.jpg (76.79K)
Number of downloads: 2

Where it joins the house for access -
Attached File  Pict2766.jpg (70.48K)
Number of downloads: 3

Inside -
Attached File  Pict2767.jpg (144.31K)
Number of downloads: 2

The log across the middle got swapped for a wider wooden bridge/panel -
Attached File  Pict2768.jpg (77.26K)
Number of downloads: 2

More inside -
Attached File  Pict2769.jpg (76.38K)
Number of downloads: 2

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