Aivituvin Outdoor Feral Cat House 2-Story Cat Cottage Kitten Shelter with Window

Overall this was the best for us. Sadly our neighbor got a few outdoor only "mousers" kittens but they always seemed hungry so I started feeding them and they preferred to be on our porch. We are in the mountains and already have indoor only cats because we regularly get raccoons and mountain lions and it's not safe for outdoor only cats. So to help them I wanted something warm as it gets cold and reasonably safe protection from predators. Some research said that most predators won't follow upwards and it's easier to defend so I wanted something 2 stories. Also feeding them in the 2nd story helps keep the food smell from attracting other animals. Having the window is great to let in light and see if they are there. Plus the 2nd upper floor door is great as you always want them to have a 2nd way out if needed.Constructing is easy-ish. The directions are pretty minimal but the parts are easy enough to figure out. Also not mentioned is that you need to disassemble one section to properly remove the plastic protection from the window then reassemble it.Some people have complained about some off gassing smell when first opened. Which is true because of the nice tarred roof. which is will protect well and last in the rain.This is made with real wood so it will not be super warm in very cold winter. But will look better and last and can be painted. Adding in some RV type insulation will help in very cold areas. Also I needed to modify the slide out bottom floor with a small cutout to let in a cord for a heated pad (19X19") and for a blink camera to check on them and track temperature. Being a slide out floor it only had to be large enough for the cord itself.Overall it's a great choice if you must have your cats outside.

After reading lots of reviews I was not sure I should go ahead and get this, but it is perfect for me. Easy assembly, I am good with an electric drill and that's the only thing I used. Put it together by myself just hanging out in the garage on this snowy 30 degree day. I used some of the packing styrofoam and then added a cardboard "rug" on the top layer before I added the small electric cat heating pad for some extra insulation. It is real wood, I will probably paint it next year but it is certainly good enough of a finish to last well until then. Well-engineered it went together very smoothly. The doors open well for easy cleaning access. I drilled a 1/2" hole on the right trim of the top access door for my heating pad wire to slide through. I think maybe next year I'll add another porch like I saw someone else did. Creating this from scratch is something I could do, but this was so easy and very cute. Well worth the money.

We have quite a few feral cats and we got this to try to help some of them have a place to stay away from the others. This does get used but we've had to really try to figure out how to place it exactly right so that wind and snow doesn't blow in the doors. We do live in open High Plains so wind is very dramatic. The cats do seem to enjoy the house.

Love this ! I have a cat that was dumped at my house and absolutely refuses to use a litter box. So I was worried about her being outside. She loves this house. I did have to weather proof the side with the doors due to hard rains. I highly recommend this.

I should start out by saying that where I live, it's COLD. I have an outside cat that adopted me a few years ago. Ideally, she would be inside, but she's very not interested lolUntil now, she had the single-story version of this cat house . It was okay. But I thought that she definitely needed an upgrade.This one was easier to put together than the smaller ones. The quality is great. I can tell that she's gonna stay nice and warm in there. The liner is a nice upgrade.I love the 2 doors on the side that open, so that you can access both floors on the inside.It has 2 exits, so that she can easily exit and won't feel trapped.I'm even thinking that she may not need the heating pad that I bought for her because this house is so cozy.Amazon AI is telling me that people want to know about the weight also. The package weighed in at 33lbs. It's big, but it is not heavy.