Conference misery::feline_v1

    First of all, your doing the right thing.  Take time to plan what
    you want first.
    
    For some ideas, Cats Magazine Exhibitors Edition has a section in
    "Cat World" that shows different catteries around the world.  Gives
    floor plans, space layouts, etc.  A great place to get some ideas.
    
    Also, you might want to find breeders around you who may have set
    up catteries.  Plan a few visits, and talk to them about the positives
    and negatives their cattery plans offer.  
    
    My cattery is a large room finished off in the cellar.  It has one
    large space for all the females to run, and a walk-in pen for Fire,
    my stud male.  I only have seven cats, so my requirements are not
    as large as some other breeders.  There is plenty of space for me
    to set up large cages when I have mothers and kittens, although
    I usually raise the kittens upstairs rather than the cattery.  (I
    usually have only one litter at a time.)  I have a deep laundry
    sink in the cattery for filling bowls, cleaning, or washing the
    cats.  
    
    The cellar isn't exceptionally cold, so in the winter we heat with
    one of those oil filled radiators style heaters running on the lowest
    temperature.  Just keeps the chill out.  Of course, their beds,
    litter boxes and food dishes are all there.
    
    My kids are very happy with their space.
    
    purrs
    cin
    
    Please, keep the ideas coming, my cattery isn't quite finished yet.
    This weekend, were putting in the ceiling!!!
    
    

    
>    For some ideas, Cats Magazine Exhibitors Edition has a section in
>    "Cat World" that shows different catteries around the world.  Gives
>    floor plans, space layouts, etc.  A great place to get some ideas.
    
This sounds wonderful, can someone suggest where I can find this magazine?
I've looked in two libraries and they have Cats Magazine but not the
Exhibitors Edition.  Anyone willing to photocopy articles or lend me
their issues so I can make my own copies?

I work at PKO3 and my husband works at ZKO2 if that helps.  Thank yo
in advance.


Anybody else have suggestions for me, this doesn't seem to have stirred
up lots of replies!  Some specific questions are:
	How much space should each cat/dog have?
	Recommended floor material (concrete, linoleum, etc.)
	Nifty water devices (one suggestion was a Lick-it, any others?)
	For fencing, what gauge or size?


I know there's a lot of expertise out there, please feel free to offer
anything you know!  Thanks.


Jan  who_still_isn't_sure_where_to_start

    Hi there again Jan!!!
    
    Let's arrange a time, and I will bring in the past 1 and 1/2 years
    worth of CATS Exhibitor Edition -- we can meet at Thompson ST. 
    entrance, okay?  I don't remember if every issue has cattery info,
    but I do remember seeing some of the diagrams.
    
    I'm also interested, because I will be moving soon...and the
    1st requirement was a place for cats (basement for cattery, but
    all-over-the-house in general, of course!), and 2nd was
    proximity to the vet.  Try explaining THAT to a broker ;-)  ;-)
    
    	P

Re: < Note 1065.4 by GLINKA::GREENE >
    
>    proximity to the vet.  Try explaining THAT to a broker ;-)  ;-)
    
 We've been looking for a house since October, and I'm sure the
various brokers we've been dealing with think we are nuts --
I can't tell you the number of houses we've seen that are just
what we wanted EXCEPT that there is no way we can give our dogs
and cats a proper setup.  Land just drops off behind (and beside)
the house, no way to put out a dog run or build a proper kennel/
cattery.  They are being patient because they have so few buyers
anyway, but I know they don't understand our commitment to our
pets.  


Jan  who_can't_wait_to_warm_up_the_copier

    re: .3
    
    I'd be inclined to go with a washable floor like Solarian.  More
    comfy, probably, than concrete, and more aesthetic.  I've had it
    in my kitchen for maybe a year and two pusses scidding(sp?) to halts
    and so forth haven't harmed it.  I've got a dark brown/red tile
    pattern, so you're not stuck with "kitchen" looking stuff.
    

    As I said in .2, my cattery is still in process. I am planning on
    using a no-wax solarian/linoleum.  
    
    In the meantime, since we are still working on completing the room,
    something had to be done with the cement floor.  It was so dusty
    and dry.  
    
    We put down two fairly thick coats of polyurethane on the floor.
    It worked great!!!  Makes the floor easy to wash, and also sealed
    it so that it wouldn't absorb odors (in case of accidents!).  
    
    It's funny, though, when I bring someone down to the cattery to
    see the cats...they always ask if the floor is wet!!!
    
    still looking for ideas
    cin