When equipping their homes in preparation for a new feline arrival, many owners overlook their outdoor space. Be sure to provide a cat-friendly environment where they can indulge their natural behaviours.
Latrine areas
If possible, dig over and appropriate private area to create a pit, then fill it with gravel and some good quality yellow play sand to the soil. Clean the latrine regularly to prevent your cat from searching freshly dug areas in your prize flower beds.
Hiding places
As for indoors, cats love to have places to hide and observe from. These can be provided by outdoor kennels, large plant pots and tubs arranged near cat exit doors or the cat flap. Shrubs and trees provide shady resting spots and elevated positions.
Climbing
Shed or garage roofs and fences, playhouses all provide platforms that allow cats to get up as high as possible to observe what's happening around them.
Territorial markers
Your cat will need somewhere to leave a marking scent and visual marker to declare his territory boundaries. Tall, stable soft wooden objects untreated with chemicals, such as fence posts are ideal. Provide dedicated scratching posts to protect garden furniture and trees from unsightly scratch marks.
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