Would it burst with temp changes. Would it get too hot or too cold. Need some ideas. Both cats have always been indoors and don't want them bitten by mosquitos and fleas.
2006-10-03 14:39:52 · 7 answers · asked by Betty G 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Plexiglass gets cloudy with time and can work like a greenhouse to concentrate heat in the summer.
How about mesh? Like in screen doors instead of the metal screening, get it at Home Depot. It's almost like screening, but it's softer like fabric. You could make a large enclosure out of mesh then put small doghouses in for them to get in out of the weather. The doghouses will be easier to heat and cool and the cats could come and go as they please. Best of both worlds, a yard and a roof.
Just a thought.
2006-10-03 14:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your cats have always been indoors then why let them out at all?? certainly I hope they are not going to have to live outside all the time - this will freak them out and be very difficult
I had a cat run for mine next to my house - it was made from chicken wire and 2x4's with a window I could leave open so they could get in and out - I kept them in if it was cold of course.. I had a door on one end big enough so I could get into it if I had to...
fleas can get in to a plexiglass cage if their is a tiny hole and if there are no holes your cats will over heat and die...
you would have to talk to a builder to know more about plexiglass
2006-10-03 14:48:59 · answer #2 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The enclosed glass will get very hot.
As already suggested, you can use chicken wire or aviary wire. If you paint it black (two people using a paint roller on either side at the same time) it will become invisible and you'll look straight past it to the animals.
We are in the process of enclosing our verandah at the back of our house with lattice on the sides and end with an aviary wire roof we will be painting black. When we can afford it, we can extend it down to the grass, through a hole in the brickwork. We will doing that in aviary wire as well.
2006-10-03 15:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by sarah071267 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm wondering if when the sun shines on it if it might get way too hot! I've seen things called cat enclosures, which are like a big screened in area for cats to be outside safely. Try Googling "cat enclosures."
2006-10-03 14:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by babydoll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The temp changes are a big factor. I wouldnt try this material, it would be better to use proper wire enclosure material for outdoors, and perhaps an MDF for the closed area which would keep the temperature even for them.
2006-10-03 15:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by Caroline P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; I don't think so unless you live in an area that has extremes in temperature. But I hope you've seen to the ventilation of your plexiglass cat house.
2006-10-03 14:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that chicken wire would be best and most inexpensive. You wouldn't have them out in the hottest of summer or the coldest of winter. So they can get fresh air, see around them better. And hear the birds.
2006-10-03 15:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by doris_38133 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there any way you could make a little one to put in the grange?? Thats prouply the best way.. And no, there would be not cold or hot. If you do make it, put a little light in it, It keeps them warm better....
2006-10-03 15:09:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋