Ankle Biter Mosquitos
🐱 Don’t let ankle-biter mosquitoes ruin your outdoor fun in LA summers! 🌞 According to the LA Times, the pesky newcomer, first introduced in 2011, has been expanding. The “aggressive biter has the ability to pierce …
VIDEOS: Watch Catio Protect Cats from Raccoons, Bobcats, and Mountain Lion
The cat guardians of one of our all-time favorite builds, The Jungle Catio, set up trail cams next to the Pacific Palisades enclosure. Despite living in a residential neighborhood, video from the cameras shows Bobcats, raccoons, and even a …
House Cats Can Roam 2 Miles and Other News Highlighting Need for Catios
There have been a plethora of unrelated news items of late that independently point to catios as the best possible solution for pet cats. Here’s a quick rundown:
Cat Tracking Program Shocks Owners
From the DailyMail:
Domestic cats wearing …
Plants Make Great Catio Additions
Customize Catios With Plants
Custom Catios builds beautiful cat enclosures. That said, once we complete a job, we hope homeowners will take our creations to the next level by adding cat beds and hammocks, signs (“No Dogs Allowed!”), toys, …
Should Cats Go Outside?
We at Custom Catios feel strongly that the answer is a big fat NO, but that’s the question Camille Schake asks at Good Pet Parent (hat tip to the highly recommended Facebook group, Kitty Gardens, Catios, House Cats And Catification…
Catios Protect Pet Cats From Coyotes
Coyotes Kill Pet Cats at Alarming Rates
Reading the National Geographic book, “How to Speak Cat: A Guide to Decoding Cat Language,” by Aline Alexander Newman and Gary Weitzman, I came across the following shocking statistic: “A 2009 …
Urban Coyotes Dangerous to People and Pets Throughout Los Angeles
Coyotes Spreading Across the Country
The Washington Post published an informative article on coyotes today titled, “Here’s why there are so many coyotes and why they are spreading so fast.” The report, based on an exhaustive new study, is not …
Coyote Visits Eagle Rock Catio Job Site
Coyotes Dangerous to Cats
There are many benefits to building a catio but, perhaps, none are more important than the protection they provide cats from predators. In Los Angeles, the number one predatory threat to our feline pets are coyotes. …
America’s Foremost Cat Expert Recommends Outdoor Enclosures to Combat Behavioral Problems
Best selling author of 10 books, Pam Johnson-Bennett, warns in her latest effort, CatWise, that under-stimulating cats can lead to “boredom-related or stress-relieving behaviors, such as overgrooming, chewing inappropriate items, picking on companion pets, retreating into isolation, overeating, self-mutilation, …
Catios Recommended by the American Association of Feline Practitioners
Indoor Living and Outdoor Roaming Both Bad for Cats
Veterinarian Dr. Karen Shaw Brecker, whom we introduced last month, is back writing about catio life. In a recent article she discusses the problem with indoor only living and outdoor roaming:…