News, Advice and Resources for Thoughtful Pet People
People are so clever! Today I bring you 4 easy DIY rat condos,cages or hutches from modified Ikea furniture. You can, of course, use other furniture too and these homes will also work for other small pets with some possible adjustments. If you don’t already own something that would work for these condos, you still …
Use photos of your own pets to make a nifty stencil for your jack-o-lanterns this year. These three tutorials show you how to do it. Tutorial 1 (photojojo.com) Tutorial 2 (photoshoptips.net) Tutorial 3 (carvingpumpkins.com) If that’s too fiddly, there’s a program called Pumpkinshop you can buy that converts your photos into stencils. If you don’t …
Litter boxes are the one bad thing about having a cat, but these 2 different hidden DIY cat litter boxes are a definite improvement. They’re based on modifications of Ikea furniture, so they’re pretty simple and they can double as a low table or bench. The first project uses a Besta shelving unit, which was also …
Last week, I had a post about a nifty dog crate coffee table with nice clean lines. This week brings an attractive bunny hutch made by modifying an Ikea shelf unit. For some reason, the instructions don’t appear on the tutorial page, so click here for the instructions and scroll down. The clever people over at Design Curiosities started …
I love this DIY pet crate! Unfortunately there aren’t instructions, but it is fairly simple if you have some experience building things. It’s made from plain plywood and has some features I really like: internal divider with doors the elevated lid for air flow also makes the piece look less massive magnetic latches make the …