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DIY How to improve the user-friendliness of a covered litter box

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Further to my repeated exploits, Claire chose to put back the lid on our litter boxes. The advantage of a covered box, it is because when I shake my legs, I throw no more sand (or of poo) everywhere on walls and on ground. The inconveniences are the following ones : the smell stays inside, the air circulates less well and thus the sand dries less faster, you do not see what takes place in the surroundings, and if you do not think of keeping the head outside, you risk to bang against the top of the lid. I still have no this problem, but Zorro who is tall can confirm it.

To limit these inconveniences, Claire asked Momo to drill openings on the top of the lid, all the tour : the smell can evaporate, the air circulates and helps the sand to dry, and we see outside. Cunning, isn’t it ?

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Natural felted wool cat house

Recently, we received a funny thing : we would have said an egg of cow, but that could not be that, because it seems that cows do not spawn (it is Claire who told it to us). We better looked at the object and at its packaging, and we understood that it was a house for cats as a cave that super nice people of Kivikis had sent to us from Lithuania. Great, isn’t it ?
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As you can see, try it, it is to adopt it : you can play or sleep inside or above. The cave is made of hand felted natural wool ; it is shaped in some soapy water then dried under the sun. Can you imagine that thanks to the properties of the wool, the house is warm when the weather is cold, and cool when the weather is warm ? Incredible ! If an unexpected accident had to arrive, you can wash it in the hand in some cold water.
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This fabulous cave for cat is available in several colours and two different sizes in the on-line shop of Kivikis. They deliver in more than 50 countries all over the world.

Simply beautiful, ecological, natural, comfortable, cosy : what else ? We fell in love with this cat house from the first use !


These products were given us free of charge and we did not receive other compensation. The expressed opinions are only ours.

Attractive home-made pillow

motif protoZorro119I don’t mind to sleep on the ground from time to time, but when I have to use my PTU to go to the V-E-T, I like to have a minimum of comfort. It is already rather unpleasant like that…

Claire is a brilliant handywoman, she knows how to make a heap of things, and she adores sewing. As she was in a hurry, she made me a first flat pillow with an old sheet. The outside is cotton doubled by ouatine, and it is still stuffed with a little polyester as pillows. We can thus wash it in the machine at 40 degrees with no problem at all.

As soon as she saw the first pillow, a friend asked her for two for her cats :

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Claire had already ordered some more attractive tissues at Cotton & Color :

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My domesticated woman just requests the price of supplies (small : approximately 42 x 25 cm : 18 CHF, big : approximately 48 x 28 cm : 23 CHF) and shipping charges (Europe 9.50 CHF, world 12.-CHF) for her pillows, but nothing prevents you from putting a bit extra so that she buys me treats !

18 CHF     =  15 €   = 20 $
23 CHF     =  19 €   = 26 $
9.50 CHF  =  8 €     = 11 $
12 CHF     =  10 €   = 13.50 $