My foreman got a barn cat, right now it mostly lives indoors until it grows bigger. We have owls and other large animals roaming the property at night, so we are waiting for the cat to grow larger and become a full grown adult before we let it spend the night outside. But until then we built a box for it that we will place outdoors. Its purpose is to help protect the cat if a predator goes after it. By having a corridor design the cat can escape and stay safe inside if the need emerges.
There is an outer wall and an inner wall, this way the cat can get deep into the box for safety. We plan on putting a blanket in there as well.
The workshop is a bit of a mess right now.. lol
Using plywood its all measured and cut to size.
Hinges are used to connect the doors and box.
Marking with a sharpie we have a good line to cut using the skill saw.
The first few pieces are cut.
We start assembly by just holding them up, making sure everything will fit.
Using small 2x4 blocks it gives us more meat to screw pieces together.
The inner wall is being attached to the outer wall.
Testing the first door, there are two.. a smaller one for the cat compartment and a bigger one that encloses the rest of the escape box.
We can see the small opening the cat has, and should help protect her from wild animals.
With it almost assembled its now time to find some weights to put in it to keep the box from being flipped over.
And its done, now we wait for the cat to grow. Its a young kitty so it needs to be bigger before it can be outside at night alone. But feels good we have a box built for the cat to use.