Thank you! We really enjoyed creating this for them and they absolutely LOVE laying in the sun every day now and watching the birds and squirrels :)

Thank you, they are so enjoying their days laying outside :)

There is enough shade from the trees most of the day, the couple of hours the sun hits the top of the catio, the cats lay on the ground section where they are shaded by the shelves, so smart!!!

they have a whole indoor cabin with beds and chairs and blankets etc.... we added outdoor furniture cushions to the outside part 😊

This was the initial build, not the finished version. We added cushions, beds etc.... plus they had a much larger tiled screened lanai as well as this catio. A full size door wasn't needed in this instance and the other window had an a/c unit in it, so that needed it's own space.

we added one later on 😊👍

Yes, 2x4's, you are correct. Treated pine.

I purchased the property personally and with a mortgage. The animals basic needs of feed/hay/farrier are paid for through a small group of monthly donors, public donations, (usually) monthly fundraiser auctions, annual giving challenges, couponing and marketplace sales! We personally cover the monthly mortgage and utilities by 3 streams of work/income and we have no paid staff or volunteers, all work done by myself and Tommy on his time off. This is all worked very hard for :)

Gentle Souls Animal Sanctuary Homestead you’re both amazing

They have a 10x16 heated/cooled cabin, plus a 500 sq ft screened lanai. They are not confined. This was just an extra sun spot for them, but thank you for judging rather than asking 🤷‍♀️

I've been told no

We live in Florida. Our cats had a 16x10 insulated cabin with electric and air conditioning and 2 large litter boxes inside. They also switch out to a 10x10 air conditioned cat room with an attached 400sq ft screened lanai with large litterboxes, so this catio is just an extra outdoor sun spot but it is partially under a tree so they get shade part of the day too. They go in and out of it as they please, everything is moveable, replaceable and pressure washed 😁 We have since added a tin roof. I hope this answers all of your questions. If you would like to see more of all the cat areas, check out our Facebook page Gentle Souls Animal Sanctuary. We post lots of pictures, videos and updates of all the animal areas we have at the sanctuary. Our HOPE is once we relocate to Tennessee to build a giant outdoor catio, so that will be an upcoming video :)

Oh my god dude do you really not have a life I seen these kind of long paragraphs when it has to do a politics but not with a cat house and you don't even know where they live so it might not snow there it might not be that hot there cats might live differently in the area they are in that's the mindset of most Americans they see everything through one layer

It's a combination of personal and public donations as Gentle Souls is a 501c3 registered non profit charity.

we did add a roof, this was just the initial build 😊👍

They go inside the cabin if it rains.... 😊