Cat house - quick and easy.

 A quick and dirty (and cheap) cat house for stray cats.

I feed an older stray cat (Madame Obi) see recent posts.
Winter is coming and sometimes the temperature is dropping already below 10 C.

I made her a house from a carton box a few days ago but the box started getting wet already, so something more useful was necessary.

A PP box (600 Yen), some carpet (600 Yen), some blankets (200 Yen) and a bit of doubles-sided tape and half an hour of work and the quick and dirty cat house was "finished". Actually, it is not finished yet, I am looking for polystyrene sheets to better insulate it.

The cover can be removed that I can move the house into the sun to remove humidity. Additionally, I can easily remove the blankets for washing and cleaning the carpet.

Update: Madame Obi became a house cat and the house were given away to another person feeding strays.




Location: Narita, Chiba, Japan

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