Cats in a CG without cover?
My cats love to explore boondocks with lots of brush or tall grass. They feel safe from predators that way. But they are terrified of wide open campgrounds with nothing but trees and short grass or bare dirt. They feel too exposed.
I'm probably going to a family reunion type thing next month, in that type of open campground, and trying to think of a way to make the cats more comfortable.
I've got two cats. An old man cat, who has some health issues and I don't want to cause him the stress of being in a scary environment. But the stress of staying back at the S&B without me would be worse for him. In a wide-open campground like this one, he will probably feel that he can only go out for a few minutes in the middle of the night.
My younger cat is not so easily stressed, but he has a lot of energy and it would be a problem for him to be cooped up in the van all the time.
I've looked at cat tents and tunnels and stuff online, but none of them seem to be designed with actual cats in mind. They're mostly made from see-through mesh that would make cats feel too exposed.
I thought about getting a hundred feet of something cheap like landscaping fabric and stringing it up around the van as a skirting, or the around campsite to make a sort of 30 inch high wall. I thought that might make the cats feel a little more protected, plus it would be easy for them to get through in an emergency. But I still think it might be too exposed for them.
You know how cats are -- they want something where they can see out but nobody can see in, and where they can walk around and get some exercise.
Have you all found a solution for this? What works for your cats?
I'm probably going to a family reunion type thing next month, in that type of open campground, and trying to think of a way to make the cats more comfortable.
I've got two cats. An old man cat, who has some health issues and I don't want to cause him the stress of being in a scary environment. But the stress of staying back at the S&B without me would be worse for him. In a wide-open campground like this one, he will probably feel that he can only go out for a few minutes in the middle of the night.
My younger cat is not so easily stressed, but he has a lot of energy and it would be a problem for him to be cooped up in the van all the time.
I've looked at cat tents and tunnels and stuff online, but none of them seem to be designed with actual cats in mind. They're mostly made from see-through mesh that would make cats feel too exposed.
I thought about getting a hundred feet of something cheap like landscaping fabric and stringing it up around the van as a skirting, or the around campsite to make a sort of 30 inch high wall. I thought that might make the cats feel a little more protected, plus it would be easy for them to get through in an emergency. But I still think it might be too exposed for them.
You know how cats are -- they want something where they can see out but nobody can see in, and where they can walk around and get some exercise.
Have you all found a solution for this? What works for your cats?
