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Catio Spaces Celebrates 10 Years: Our Story

Catio Spaces Celebrates 10 Years: Our Story

The journey began with a small dream and one determined orange tabby named Serena. After losing my first cat, Shahzae, I wasn’t sure I’d open my heart to another. But Serena changed everything, inspiring me to build her a catio where she could safely explore the outdoors. That project became the spark that launched Catio Spaces.

CATIO FAQS: Everything You Need to Know

CATIO FAQS: Everything You Need to Know

If you’re a cat parent considering a catio to keep your cat safe while enjoying the enrichment of the great outdoors, check out these frequently asked questions below. From why have a catio to types of locations, costs, building materials, and how to get one, we’ve got the scoop.

Winterize Your Catio for Cold Weather

When a hint of a winter chill arrives in the evening air, cat parents ponder how to keep their cats enjoying their catio all year round. Feline fascination with the wonders of winter will draw almost every cat outside to watch the season unfold. Whether winter rolls...

How to Build a Catio For Your Cat

How to Build a Catio For Your Cat

Whether you have an indoor or outdoor cat, you can provide many benefits for your feline friend, including safety, enrichment, fresh air and the stimulation of nature, by building a catio. Catios are cat enclosures or "cat patios" that provide peace of mind knowing...

Is It Cheaper To Buy or Build a Catio?

Is It Cheaper To Buy or Build a Catio?

When starting any cat enclosure project, whether you’re following a DIY Catio Plan, using a kit with pre-built panels, going custom with a catio designer/builder, or just winging it, it’s crucial to consider both the time and expenses involved to budget wisely. Here’s a handy list of costs and things to think about while you’re dreaming up your catio masterpiece.

Where Can You Build a Catio?

Where Can You Build a Catio?

The primary purpose of a catio is to provide safe, enriching outdoor access for your cat, but it’s so much more than just a big wire box. A catio can add beauty to the outside of your home or be a focal point for your garden.

Catios for Small Spaces

Catios for Small Spaces

Keep your cats safe, healthy, and happy in an outdoor cat enclosure. Catio Spaces offers a vartiey of DIY Catio Plans that take the guess work out of building a catio to save time and money. Build one yourself or hire a carpenter to build a catio plan for you.

Trampoline Kitty Gets a Catio

Trampoline Kitty Gets a Catio

If your cat is a door-dasher, window-launcher, or a trampoline escape artist, a spacious, secure, and attractive catio is exactly what your home and cat need! See how Catio Spaces helped one adventure-seeking cat with her very own custom catio design.

8 Catio-Building Mistakes to Avoid

8 Catio-Building Mistakes to Avoid

When you build a catio, you’ll want it to last and provide freedom from stress and worry. That means starting with a a tried-and-true DIY Catio Plan and making some sensible upfront decisions that will ensure your new catio is a secure, attractive haven that you and your cat will enjoy.

A Deck Catio: Love is Blind

A Deck Catio: Love is Blind

Cats have an insatiable curiosity fed by a true love for adventure, so we shouldn’t be surprised to learn that sight-impaired cats don’t usually let their physical challenge slow them down. If you meet a blind cat, or should your cat become sight-impaired in their...

5 Tips from Your Cat to Ring in the New Year

5 Tips from Your Cat to Ring in the New Year

If any living being has learned to make the most of living enjoyably indoors – while also enjoying safe outdoor excursions in a catio – it’s our feline soulmates. Paying attention to what makes them happiest is exactly the inspiration you need to enrich your own life in the coming year.

Home Safe Home: Pet Safety and Catios

Home Safe Home: Pet Safety and Catios

We know how curious pets can be, especially now that the weather is cooler and we are in and out of the house, completing our countless pre-winter projects. Whether you have cats or dogs, an exploring pet can quickly swallow unattended objects, munch on toxic...

Two Happy Catio Tales

Two Happy Catio Tales

September is Happy Healthy Cat Month! As cat parents and children head back to work and school, separation anxiety can become an issue for cats in many households. However, with a commitment to quality time with your favorite feline, some enrichment tips, and catio stimulation, you can keep your cat happy and your home harmonious with life changes.

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