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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Vodulas@beehaw.org to c/diy@beehaw.org

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My partner and I have been talking about making some cat paths in our house since long before we owned our house. We recently got 2 new dogs, so now it is a high priority project. The first step was putting up some shelves in the hallway and making a portal from the hallway to the bedroom closet (you can see it just above the tent). The surround for the portal is this 3D printed tunnel

https://www.printables.com/model/3068-cat-door

The next project is going to be putting a portal from the spare bedroom into the stairwell so they can go up and down floors without the dogs being in the way

https://i.imgur.com/rxI55E4.jpg

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[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is, however, very inconsiderate of you to not put things on these shelves to be pushed off :D

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago

lol, we do put toys up there, but they get immediately removed

[–] meowbotage@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love this idea, it's really cute! I like the secret doorway, it's probably good for them to have a secondary escape path.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

Yup! We keep the dogs in the bedroom at night, and there is a cat portal in the door as well. That way they have 2 exits. I'll post pics of the stairwell one when we get it done

[–] Devi@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

You can get some premade pieces to add to this, I have one of these which they use to climb up and as a scratching post, and this bed which acts as a resting point along with my standard shelves. Neither were very expensive.