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If you are going to go this route please make sure the cats have a way to easily balance and drink. You do not want your cat falling into the water trough because it had to lean so far over while balancing on the edge.
Our barn cats have a heated cat hut like This. It works great. The cats love it. This will be its third season.
I admit our barn cats did fine for lots of years with nothing but we felt that since they were getting older that it was time to add a heated spot for them. And no, they can not come in the house. They do not tend to come near the house and attempting to pick them up would lead to a freaking out cat and a shredded human. They let us pet them but they will never be house cats. They have held onto their feral side just enough.[/QUOTE]
Bold mine. THank you for bringing this up.
In addition to a heated tackroom with beds, I make sure there are snuggly beds in the hayloft and I have another storage room, and have built a couple ramps with warm kitty huts at the top of them as well. I keep a number of old warm blankets, throws and comforters that are cut to fit in the huts. They are stored away during the warmer weather, then I just unpack them and the huts when the weather starts to turn.
