Being mindful of Sparrow's nutritional needs was what brought me to TheCatSite. I didn't know that I was going to find a lot more! Reading about and seeing what everyone else is doing for their cat just sparked something, and now... I'm in Full Crazy Cat Lady Mode, except I only have the one cat (for now).
Since this is a community site, I feel that I can easily share "cat stuff" here. So here is it.
Full Crazy Cat Lady Mode - Catifying for Sparrow
So, after getting him a Kong Kickeroo (which he LOVES), a bunch of Da Bird knock off to play with him, walking with him everyday on harness and leash, and getting him the best wet food I can afford, I'm now interested in doing things myself. I don't have a lot of money, but lots of time. And it keeps me busy between work projects (I work from home).
I'm just going to give a bit of "humans" background here, feel free to skip it
And then a little "decorating" :
I put two different pieces of fleece (for free thanks to my mom, she has a lot of fabric left when she's sewing something) inside and outside.
I did two of these. The pictured one Kitty uses to sleep on top, so it's always out.
The other one is put away, and when we do play sessions outside, I just take the two boxes out in the courtyard, remove the fabric, and use them to hide "the prey". He loves to jump inside head first.
They're not pretty, but hey, I do what I can.
This one is to make the size of it more clear. It's a little box.
My hope is that the grass grows through the opening in the grate, and that Sparrow can munch on it without getting soil everywhere. We'll see. That one is way prettier than the cat cube
The kitty highway will begin from the mezzanine, right above the window in pic 3.
Then continues above the open closet in pic 2. Then a couple more shelves on the same wall, going left. Ideally, the two shelves would be staggered.
After that, I would love to be able to add a corner shelf high up left (see the corner wall in pic 1), and then one more shelf to reach the other end of the mezzanine.
SO is OK with everything, as long as he is not involved in the building process too much, so I would love suggestions, advices, opinions,... What do you guys think?
Since this is a community site, I feel that I can easily share "cat stuff" here. So here is it.
Full Crazy Cat Lady Mode - Catifying for Sparrow
So, after getting him a Kong Kickeroo (which he LOVES), a bunch of Da Bird knock off to play with him, walking with him everyday on harness and leash, and getting him the best wet food I can afford, I'm now interested in doing things myself. I don't have a lot of money, but lots of time. And it keeps me busy between work projects (I work from home).
I'm just going to give a bit of "humans" background here, feel free to skip it
And then a little "decorating" :
I put two different pieces of fleece (for free thanks to my mom, she has a lot of fabric left when she's sewing something) inside and outside.
I did two of these. The pictured one Kitty uses to sleep on top, so it's always out.
The other one is put away, and when we do play sessions outside, I just take the two boxes out in the courtyard, remove the fabric, and use them to hide "the prey". He loves to jump inside head first.
They're not pretty, but hey, I do what I can.
This one is to make the size of it more clear. It's a little box.
My hope is that the grass grows through the opening in the grate, and that Sparrow can munch on it without getting soil everywhere. We'll see. That one is way prettier than the cat cube
The kitty highway will begin from the mezzanine, right above the window in pic 3.
Then continues above the open closet in pic 2. Then a couple more shelves on the same wall, going left. Ideally, the two shelves would be staggered.
After that, I would love to be able to add a corner shelf high up left (see the corner wall in pic 1), and then one more shelf to reach the other end of the mezzanine.
SO is OK with everything, as long as he is not involved in the building process too much, so I would love suggestions, advices, opinions,... What do you guys think?