It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 No winter cat shelter lasts forever, but foam boxes wear out fast if they become scratching posts. Protect interior of foam box shelters from "wall biscuits" by adding self-stick vinyl floor tiles & wallpaper. #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 No winter cat shelter lasts forever, but foam boxes wear out fast if they become scratching posts. Increase the lifespan of your foam box shelters by adding several coats of plastic-safe exterior paint. #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Plastic storage bins make great cat shelters, but DON'T ⚠️🚫 turn them upside down 🙃. The lid may make a stable floor, but will leak. Use weights like bricks🧱 or rocks🪨 for stability instead. #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr #catsofbluesky

Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Deluxe Simple Ice Chest Shelter Winter shelters can save the lives of feral and stray community cats! Giving cats who live outdoors their own insulated shelters not only offers them protection from cold, wet weather, but also means they won't have to climb into dangerous crawl spaces or car engines to find a warm, dry place to rest. Deluxe Simple Ice Chest Shelter This design really only requires a plastic ice chest cooler and an entry hole. The cooler is made of heavy-duty insulation sandwiched between layers of plastic, so it's warm and waterproof. The material can be cut using an ordinary kitchen knife. These coolers are usually on sale in colder months, just when the cats need them. Produced by: NYC Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Written & Presented by: Mike Phillips - President & Co-Founder, Urban Cat League Models: Sam & Zooey, Office Cats, Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Directed, Filmed & Edited by: http://Video-Editing-NYC.com Additional Editing: Hilary Basing, Kathleen O'Malley Special Thanks: Special thanks to Ashot Karamian of All About Spay Neuter — original cooler shelter designer — for his lifetime of work to help community cats. See Ashot's other cat shelter designs at https://flickr.com/photos/ucl/albums -------------------- Learn More! Webinar: Building Shelters for Outdoor Cats Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSH Webinar: Building Winter Cat Shelters with Kids Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKH Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Help Desk: https://nycfci.happyfox.com/new Follow Us on Social Media: https://campsite.bio/nycfci #bideawee #nycfci #communitycats #feralcats #straycats #tnr #trapneuterreturn #tnvr #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #tnrnyc #nyctnr #colonycaretaker

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on @Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Deluxe Simple Ice Chest Shelter": bit.ly/BFCIYTS4 Full Playlist: bit.ly/BFCIYT #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on @Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Deluxe Simple Ice Chest Shelter": bit.ly/BFCIYTS4 Full Playlist: bit.ly/BFCIYT #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Simple 2-Foot Foam Board Cube Shelter Winter shelters can save the lives of feral and stray community cats! Giving cats who live outdoors their own insulated shelters not only offers them protection from cold, wet weather, but also means they won't have to climb into dangerous crawl spaces or car engines to find a warm, dry place to rest. Simple 2-Foot Foam Board Cube Shelter Originally designed by Karin Hancock, Long Island, NY This elegant, economical design uses every square inch of a 2-foot by 8-foot piece of wall/roofing insulation meant for human homes. The boards are thick enough to keep cats warm and they form a sturdy little house with a built-in base and awning. Produced by: Bideawee https://bideawee.org Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative https://bideawee.org/fci Written & Presented by: Kathleen O'Malley - Director of Community Cat Education, Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Directed, Filmed & Narrated by: Tracy Rowland http://tracyrowland.com -------------------- Learn More! Webinar: Building Shelters for Outdoor Cats Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSH Webinar: Building Winter Cat Shelters with Kids Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKH Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Help Desk: https://nycfci.happyfox.com/new Follow Us on Social Media: https://campsite.bio/nycfci #bideawee #nycfci #communitycats #feralcats #straycats #tnr #trapneuterreturn #tnvr #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #tnrnyc #nyctnr #colonycaretaker

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Simple 2-Foot Foam Board Cube Shelter": bit.ly/BFCIYTS3 Full Playlist: bit.ly/BFCIYT #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Simple 2-Foot Foam Board Cube Shelter": bit.ly/BFCIYTS3 Full Playlist: bit.ly/BFCIYT #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Easy Plastic Bin Shelter Winter shelters can save the lives of feral and stray community cats! Giving cats who live outdoors their own insulated shelters not only offers them protect...

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Easy Plastic Bin Shelter": https://buff.ly/4gGE0o1 Full Playlist: https://buff.ly/40HBV5t #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to videos for each of our 4 designs now on Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Easy Plastic Bin Shelter": https://buff.ly/4gGE0o1 Full Playlist: https://buff.ly/40HBV5t #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

Building a Winter Cat Shelter - Great Project for Kids! Kathleen O'Malley, Director of Community Cat Education for Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative, teams up with middle-schooler Molly A. to demonstrate how to build simple winter cat shelters out of foam shipping boxes. They also provide tips on how to decorate shelters, line them with straw for warmth, and place them in the best locations. Winter shelters can save the lives of feral and stray community cats! Giving cats who live outdoors their own insulated shelters not only offers them protection from cold, wet weather, but also means they won't have to climb into dangerous crawl spaces or car engines to find a warm, dry place to rest. Building life-saving winter cat shelters is the purr-fect creative project for cat-loving families, scouting groups, and school clubs! Produced by: Bideawee https://bideawee.org Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative https://bideawee.org/fci Written & Presented by: Kathleen O'Malley - Director of Community Cat Education, Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Molly A. - Tween "Advocat" Special Appearance & Oversight by: Thor Katten Directed & Filmed by: Tracy Rowland http://tracyrowland.com Music by: Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com Monkeys Spinning Monkeys March of the Spoons Industrious Ferret Licensed Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -------------------- Learn More! Webinar: Building Shelters for Outdoor Cats Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSH Webinar: Building Winter Cat Shelters with Kids Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKH Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Help Desk: https://nycfci.happyfox.com/new Follow Us on Social Media: https://campsite.bio/nycfci #bideawee #nycfci #communitycats #feralcats #straycats #tnr #trapneuterreturn #tnvr #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #tnrnyc #nyctnr #colonycaretaker

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on @Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist. "Building a Winter Cat Shelter - Great Project for Kids!": bit.ly/KidsCatShelter Full Playlist: bit.ly/BFCIYT #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Super Simple Foam Box Shelter Winter shelters can save the lives of feral and stray community cats! Giving cats who live outdoors their own insulated shelters not only offers them protection from cold, wet weather, but also means they won't have to climb into dangerous crawl spaces or car engines to find a warm, dry place to rest. Building life-saving winter cat shelters is the purr-fect creative project for cat-loving families, scouting groups, and school clubs! Super Simple Foam Box Shelter This design is really easy for kids, teens, and adults to make — it's simply a foam shipping box with a doorway! You can get a box for free from a restaurant or seafood shop, or you can recycle your own shipping boxes. The box itself is waterproof, holds in heat, and is easy to cut using a regular kitchen knife. Easy, creative add-ons make the shelter more weatherproof, help it last longer, and make it easier to hide. Produced by: Bideawee https://bideawee.org Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative https://bideawee.org/fci Written & Presented by: Kathleen O'Malley - Director of Community Cat Education, Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Directed, Filmed & Narrated by: Tracy Rowland http://tracyrowland.com -------------------- Learn More! Webinar: Building Shelters for Outdoor Cats Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSH Webinar: Building Winter Cat Shelters with Kids Recording: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKV Handout: https://bit.ly/BFCIBSKH Video: "Building a Winter Cat Shelter - Great Project for Kids!" http://bit.ly/KidsCatShelter Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative Help Desk: https://nycfci.happyfox.com/new Follow Us on Social Media: https://campsite.bio/nycfci #bideawee #nycfci #communitycats #feralcats #straycats #tnr #trapneuterreturn #tnvr #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #tnrnyc #nyctnr #colonycaretaker

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to construction videos for each of our 4 designs now on @Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Super Simple Foam Box Shelter": bit.ly/BFCIYTS1 Full Playlist: bit.ly/BFCIYT #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to videos for each of our 4 designs now on @Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist. "Building a Winter Cat Shelter - Great Project for Kids!": https://buff.ly/3iZCWnh Full Playlist: https://buff.ly/40HBV5t #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 How-to videos for each of our 4 designs now on @Bideawee's FCI YouTube playlist! "Build a Winter Cat Shelter: Super Simple Foam Box Shelter": https://buff.ly/3WNC46p Full Playlist: https://buff.ly/40HBV5t #bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Mylar bubble wrap provides hardly any insulation for cat shelters, but "shines" as "radiant barrier" to reflect cats' body heat back. Use both for warmest shelters, or foil tape or foil-coated insulation! @bideawee #nycfci #communitycats #feralcats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Black plastic water bowls can slow freezing of water when placed in sunny spot. Feed on schedule and fill bowls with warm water. Add hot water to wet food for hydration alternative. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 To keep wet cat food from freezing in cold weather, put instant hand/foot warmers under plastic bowl/tray inside small insulated foam box. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Modify ready-made outdoor cat house with foamboard insulation lining, block one door & reduce main door size to 5x5" w/ wood for better protection better protection from cold, rain, snow. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Transform your existing cat shelters into a mix 'n' match high-rise apartment complex by layering with sheets of plywood. Use cinder blocks for stable foundation, and bricks or rocks as roof weights. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Whether simple or fancy, adding an awning to your winter cat shelter keeps rain and snow out and keeps cats dry as they peer out the door to monitor their surroundings. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Adding a windbreak wall inside the doorway of your shelter creates a "mudroom" for blocking wind 🌬️ and trapping snow ❄️ and rain 💧, plus a cozy kitty bedroom! 😻 @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Sub-freezing temps are coming to NYC/LI, so double-check your winter cat shelters to minimize drafts. Face entrance away from wind or behind windbreak like wall, shrub, another cat shelter. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Ordering #communitycats shelter straw online rather than buying in-person? Check product dimensions! These straw bales looked perfect online, but when they arrived, actual "bales" were teeny-tiny! 🙀😾😹😿 @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 What is ideal size for winter cat shelter door? Small enough to minimize heat loss, big enough for largest colony cat to comfortably come and go. Thor says 5½" round or 5x5" square hole is ju-ust right. @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 In most cases, cat shelters should have ONLY 1 DOOR! 2nd door creates drafts & lets in more cold air & moisture. Predators can't enter 5"x5" door & #communitycats #feralcats are far safer inside than running outside. @bideawee #nycfci #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 This video goes into detail on how to tell hay from straw. Watch to become an expert in picking the perfect straw for your winter cat shelters! youtu.be/yXgwQ79AdYE @bideawee #nycfci #feralcats #communitycats #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Now is great time to get straw for #feralcats #communitycats winter shelters! Hardware, garden, craft supply, and other stores often sell straw at reduced prices after #Halloween. @bideawee #nycfci #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Now is great time to get free straw for #feralcats #communitycats winter shelters! Ask neighbors, community festivals, stores, restaurants, religious orgs, etc. for straw left over from #Halloween decorations. @bideawee #nycfci #tnr

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 To avoid moisture & retain heat, winter shelters for #feralcats #communitycats should be lined with straw bedding, NEVER hay, blankets, towels, or cat beds! Register for free 11/13 #webinar: https://buff.ly/48vvaan @bideawee #nycfci #tnr

It's #MeowGyverMonday! Winter #TNR trapping is possible as long as cats have warm, dry places to sleep as fur grows back on spay/neuter incision sites. Warm up bait food or use valerian root bait. Trap at regular meal time. #meowgyver #communitycats #feralcats #nycfci @Bideawee

It's #WinterShelterWednesday! 🌬️❄️🏠🌡️🐈 Now is the BEST time to find FREE straw for #feralcats #communitycats winter cat shelters! Ask neighbors, festivals, stores, restaurants, religious orgs, orchards, etc. for straw bales left over from fall decor. @bideawee #nycfci #tnr