Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s check out how a friendly dream house that meets the welfare needs of cats would look like!
Keeping key environmental resources away from one another is really important!
Food bowl
Water bowl / water fountain
Cat net
Cat nets are very important to prevent potential accidents, e.g. flying cats. Good cat nets are strong, securely installed, and cover all the gaps at the edges of the windows. Don’t forget that the space between netting holes need to be small so that cats cannot squeeze behind the partition.
Hiding places
Cat pole
Cat toys
Scratching posts
Cat litter box
Synthetic pheromones
There are a lot of situations that may cause stress for your cats, e.g. seeing vets, having friends visiting, moving house, loud noise created during renovation from your neighbours… Synthetic feline facial pheromones, e.g. Feliway can help provide signals of familiarity and security to your cats and help to calm them down. And of course, it would be much better if you could help remove the source of stress!
Cat carrier
Carpet
Pet Stairs
Certificate of vaccination
Plants
Wall cabinet / Hanging units
Human perfumes / Diffusers / Disinfectants
Massage chair
Massage chair could cause danger to cats if they accidentally get into the gaps.