We finally successfully cat-proofed Dante's enclosure!
We previously had a single piece of plexiglass over his enclosure that was originally meant to help hold in humidity, not to keep out Houdini-esque kittens. Once they figured out how to make the jump up, they were very interested in the heat light. Thankfully they were ONLY interested in the heat light. Aside from a brief meet-and-greet, they avoided Dante as he romped around. Dante seemed intrigued with the extra warm, furry beings and tried to climb on them. Yay warm things!
So the new cover is made up of 5 pieces of overlapping plexiglass supported by dowels. They are locked in place by the slit along the length of the wood we added to the top of the enclosure so they slide in and out. We cut smaller holes for the lights because that's how the mini-Houdinis were getting in (literally, all it took was 2-3" of space to fit through). So far it's working well! Dante seems happy with the re-designed interior (note the mess!) and probably wouldn't mind if those warm, furry beings visited again....but I'm glad they haven't Too nerve-wracking!!
We previously had a single piece of plexiglass over his enclosure that was originally meant to help hold in humidity, not to keep out Houdini-esque kittens. Once they figured out how to make the jump up, they were very interested in the heat light. Thankfully they were ONLY interested in the heat light. Aside from a brief meet-and-greet, they avoided Dante as he romped around. Dante seemed intrigued with the extra warm, furry beings and tried to climb on them. Yay warm things!
So the new cover is made up of 5 pieces of overlapping plexiglass supported by dowels. They are locked in place by the slit along the length of the wood we added to the top of the enclosure so they slide in and out. We cut smaller holes for the lights because that's how the mini-Houdinis were getting in (literally, all it took was 2-3" of space to fit through). So far it's working well! Dante seems happy with the re-designed interior (note the mess!) and probably wouldn't mind if those warm, furry beings visited again....but I'm glad they haven't Too nerve-wracking!!