Cat Environment Enrichment: Condos & Hideaways

Video Transcript

"For some of you it may not be practical or possible to build a wall shelf for your cat in your home so this is a good alternative, a condo area. This is a big piece of furniture that has multiple shelves on it and then as you can see it also has scratching areas built right into it. There's this great little basket that cats can jump in and it's a wonderful little sleeping place for them. So that's a great place for them to hide out if they like something soft and cushy to sit in. As you can see Midge just enjoys the shelf here. That makes her feel like she can see everything and she is very comfortable and safe here. Now as we move down you can see that there are several other places for the kitties to hide. There is this jut little fabric hideaway place that they can jump into when they want to have a nice quiet nap in a warm spot. You could even put a little bed in here or some catnip in there for them to encourage them to use it. As you can see there is the posts that holds the whole condo together also serve as scratching areas as they are covered with sisal rope. Now another way to provide a hidey hole is to use a covered cat bed like this so that you can see inside. They have a nice soft place to curl up and it provides them a little bit of cover so they feel like they're hiding."