Kitty Kafé

Protected access for our cats to fresh grass and a nice view of birds and squirrels

The Kitty Kafé

Kitty door and "gangplank" into Kitty Kafé.

Baxter and Binky enjoy the Kitty Kafé

What's a Kitty Kafé?

Our three cats share the back yard with our two chickens. The chickens have "cleaned up" the back yard by consuming all the nice green grass the cats love to chew on to help them with hair-balls.

The front yard is not normally accessible to the cats or the chickens so there is plenty of green grass. We decided to build a protected caged-in area which could be accessed from the back yard, through a kitty door in the fence. The "Kiitty Kafe" is made from a 32" cylinder of 6" mesh heavy-gauge wire wrapped with chicken wire, sunk into the ground and weighted down with medium-sized rocks. The "gangplank" is a piece of plywood surround by a shield of chicken wire. The two pieces ar joined and "sealed" with nylon twist ties. The kitty door end of the gangplank is attached to the fence with exterior screws and large washers.

"Cutaway" illustration of Kitty Kafe installation

The Kitty Kafe gives the cats access to a grassy part of the yard while protecting them from neighborhood cats and night critters. It also doubles as an observation platform where our cats love to watch all the activity around our bird feeders. Our chickens have never tried using a kitty door, so, until they do, Kitty Kafe will be a chicken-free zone.

Other kitty problems solved:

See my Cat Cluez page for a growing list!