Along the way, walking on grating would help shake any kitty litter she would have stuck on her paws. The idea is to maximize surface area and distance that she would have to walk in order to exit the litter box. I cut an L shape, leaving a 7" x 6" opening up through which the cat could jump when she finished using the pan. A 2x2 center support was placed on the top both to help with load bearing and also to help support the catwalkĬatwalk: The catwalk was cut from leftover egg crate grating I had from making an aquarium rockscape. Floor planks were cut to fit and laid out horizontally across the bottom and nailed into place. The side walls were then connected on the top and bottom using 2x2 cross pieces in both the front and back. Side walls, framing, floor: we used 4 shelving planks side by side for each wall, screwing the planks to a 2x2 across the bottom edge. Japanese handsaw (we have a Dozuki "Z" saw which is amazing) 1/2" black egg crate grating (already had) approx 22" x 16" piece of 3/4" thick engineered wood (already had) pre-fabricated cardboard bookcase backing (free) 16" wide piece of 1/8" plywood, cut to fit frame (already had) approx 19" x 25" wooden painted picture frame, glass and backing removed (free) Henjne shelving boards, deconstructed (measured approx 1/2" thick x 3 1/4" wide) (free) Extra litter is stored next to the litter pan to maximize space use.Ĭost: As we love making and building things, we already had most of the materials on hand, leftovers from other projects. We made the inner dimensions of the box just under 14" deep and 20" wide since we happened to have an empty corner next to the dining hutch that measured 20". The Pluggis measures 12 ¼ " W x 13 ¾ " L x 8 ¾ " H. It's easily washable and the high sides would keep the litter from spilling out. We scoured the web for an appropriately sized container for a litter pan and decided on the Ikea Pluggis recycling bin ($9.99).
HIDDEN CAT LITTER BOX FULL
Since our cat, Naledi, is a tiny 6lbs full grown (she's 6 years old), we felt most of the commercially available litter boxes were unnecessarily big.
It looks to be an Ikea Henjne shelving unit with 5 shelves. It started with me spotting this curb alert on the walk to work, which my boyfriend handily hauled home. Between all the fur and feathers, there's already a lot of sweeping and vacuuming going on, so we came up with a way to keep tracked kitty litter off of the the floor. My boyfriend and I live in a tiny Brooklyn studio apartment, approx 350 sq feet in total, which we share with a cat, 2 parrots, and 3 fish tanks, so space is at a premium.
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