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Hello friends! I have a stray cat that I care for. I call him Toby and he is very sweet. He found his way over to my house about a year ago and I have been feeding him ever since. When he first showed up I got him a shelter and he never used it. It wasn’t the nicest shelter but he still wasn’t interested. He took to living in the old saw mill behind our house. Well recently I we were having a winter storm and I was worried about him so I made him a box with a warm blanket and heating pad. He started using it right away. He pretty much stayed in for a week only coming out to go potty and eat. Well we live on a farm and have a farm dog and he found his shelter and started chewing the box up. It started to leak water and had holes in it. I decided to upgrade it and made one of those feral cat shelters with containers that I saw online. I put his same heating pad and blankets in there but he refuses to go in it. I’ve tried to put treats in it and put him inside to show him how warm but he won’t have it. I feel awful he doesn’t have that cardboard box anymore but I thought he would like this better. How do I show him it’s safe and get him to use it? I just put it up today so will it take time? He took his cardboard box in one day so I’m just discouraged. He’s now sleeping in the cold saw mill and I feel awful.