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You'll get them eventually, you just have to be persistent.
I'm a big fan of grass rather than flooring. You don't have to worry about flooding or weather damage. Grass encourages bugs which means you won't need to clean up the enclosure very often. My cats bury their poop outside and it gets dealt with by beetles and other insects. The only time I have to scoop the enclosure is after heavy snow.
Try planting some wheat grass, which cats love to chew. You could also try basil to keep mosquitoes away and lavender to repel fleas. Cat nip too, of course.
Do they have boxes to sleep in inside the horse stall? I guess if they are out of the rain cardboard boxes would be fine. Straw makes very good bedding. My cats have a modified dog kennel and a few other wooden shelters outside. They're not very feral any more though, they only sleep outside in the summer.
This is some of the stuff we built for them out of reclaimed timber.
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This one was made from a couple of dead trees we had to cut down.
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It gets very overgrown in summer, but plants attract bugs and bugs attract birds and mice, so the cats are happy.View attachment 270273
Dog kennel lined with cardboard and straw.
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