{"id":985,"date":"2014-12-02T19:22:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T19:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spayneuter.org\/?page_id=985"},"modified":"2014-12-02T19:41:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T19:41:32","slug":"feral-cat-shelter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/trap-neuter-return\/feral-cat-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Feral Cat Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Easy to Make Feral Cat Shelter<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-987 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/dca242074df99445611543514c101e3d.jpg\" alt=\"dca242074df99445611543514c101e3d\" width=\"250\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/dca242074df99445611543514c101e3d.jpg 250w, https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/dca242074df99445611543514c101e3d-220x189.jpg 220w, https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/dca242074df99445611543514c101e3d-187x160.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>This shelter is very effective and incredibly easy to make. It uses a 30 gallon plastic tote with lid (such as a Rubbermaid tote) and styrofoam. You can buy large pieces of styrofoam insulation and cut them to size or use a simple styrofoam cooler to assemble this. Then simply add straw to help keep them warm.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Winter cat shelter\" href=\"http:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/feralCat_shelter-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the plans in PDF form here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p><strong>TIPS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Line the bottom with 1) thick layer of newspaper, \u00a02)straw bedding or fleece blankets.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use cotton; it absorbs moisture, makes cat wet and cold.<\/li>\n<li>Camouflage is good, so paint the shelter to match the environment, brown and green are good colors.<\/li>\n<li>Best to elevate the kitty house on 2 x 4\u2019s or pallet.<\/li>\n<li>Styrofoam boxes can usually be found at medical facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Read about our feral cat shelter heros<\/strong><a title=\"Feral cat shelter heros\" href=\"http:\/\/spayneuter.org\/feral-shelter-heros\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy to Make Feral Cat Shelter This shelter is very effective and incredibly easy to make. It uses a 30 gallon plastic tote with lid (such as a Rubbermaid tote) and styrofoam. You can buy large pieces of styrofoam insulation and cut them to size or use a simple styrofoam cooler to assemble this. Then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":992,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-985","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985\/revisions\/1008"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spayneuter.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}