Weatherproof Heated Cat House for Outdoor Cats in Winter - Easy to Assemble Outdoor Heated Cat House

We’ve been seeing this little stray tuxedo cat around the neighborhood for almost a year. Only a month ago have we started to feed it. And now that we get to see the personality of this beautiful kitty up close, we are all in absolute love with her!She began sleeping on a regular cat bed (not enclosed) during November. And on one particular evening when a cold front came in I could see the cold wind blowing the trees around. I could see the fibers on the bed blowing around. And I saw kitty all rolled up in a perfect ball tucking her face in her body trying to keep warm. I knew I had to get an enclosed heated cat bed. So I bought the Petyella bed and set it up next to our outdoor laundry room. For several weeks she completely ignored it. Then I started to worry that if winter was anything like last year, she may have to endure 20 degree weather not realizing she had a heated bed to crawl in if she needed. So to get her familiar with her bed, I sprayed a few squirts of catnip oil on the bed. Then she immediately crawled in, rolled around a few times, then started rubbing her cheeks all over the bed. As soon as she sat up, she looked at me with a look on her eyes, like “hey this is heated, kitty like!”She’s been using it regularly ever since. And now I don’t have to worry about her when the weather gets cold.A couple things to note about this bed:1) the bedding isn’t that warm to the touch. But keep in mind it doesn’t need to, because this is insulated and will be plenty warm to an animal inside. Using an infrared thermometer, the inner heating element gets just over 100 degrees F. Once the heating element is inserted into the bedding, the bed gets to about 80 degrees F. This was observed when outside temperatures were around 40 degrees F. This is New Orleans and this is about average temperatures during our winters. We’ll see if the inside temps. remain at 80 when outside temperatures dip lower than 40. If so, I think our kitty will be able to avoid most discomforts of the cold! EDIT: We’ve just experienced a week of fridged temps of 24-32 degrees (wind chill was 11). As temps degreased, I took 2 small blankets (each were plush material at 4’x4’ size), folded them over and laid them over the heated bed. With those temperatures outside, the inside of the heated bed was 75-80! Kitty was so warm and cozy that she rarely left her house! This bed has really saved her from much discomfort and possible frostbite!2) If your cat is ignoring this bed, don’t force them inside. Instead, try putting catnip on the bed. They’re likely to ignore the bed no longer!3) this bed has been through a couple outdoor rainstorms and has done really well. It isn’t entirely rain proof, but after several hours of rainfall (mind you, it’s up against an outdoor laundry room), I’ve noticed only slight dampness getting in through the flap(s). An ideal situation is to keep the bed under some sort of cover, while being able to reach an electrical power source safely.4) I’ve read other reviewers say the bed is too light. That hasn’t been a problem in my case. It stays put. Our kitty has an easy going personality and doesn’t move the bed. Nor does the bed move when wind blows.Overall, this bed is awesome. It performs well under harsh conditions. And it is super cute! The picture I’m including in my review is of her in her bed, inside her little multch garden with a few little petsafe plants planted next to her bed. She even has her a little Christmas tree next to her bed! I think she has come to really like her heated bed!

My husband bought this house. I thought it was a waste. BUT after a few months our stray cat decided he LOVES it. So it ended up being a great purchase. I think it just took him some time to trust he is safe inside it. I would definitely recommend this purchase.

Performance size for any house cat, my cat is obsessed with it during the cold months, the heat pad option is wonderful! Sturdy roof that can be removed for easy cleaning.

The house is on the smaller side for my large cat.My cat took some time to like this house. It's summer now and and I still have it outside for her. She likes to go in it on rainy days.

It took an entire month of my neighborhood feral cat checking it out, only putting in his front paws at a time, but he finally went in completely and has been coming to sleep everyday since. The neighborhood human-friendly stray went inside immediately. Might not work for every cat, but if you’re a bleeding heart trying to save some strays/ferals, this is definitely worth trying.Here are some tips:-do NOT put food or treats inside. Cats do not like to sleep where food is because that can attract other cats/raccoons/predators and they won’t deem it a safe place to sleep. I can confirm this because I have a neighbor who feeds the same feral and friendly stray and neither of them have entered her cat house even once (that she puts food in).-I ONLY put catnip/silvervine inside to attract ONLY cats. This worked super well to getting them to peak inside and even notice that it might make good shelter.-I did not use the flaps because I wanted him to get used to it without dealing with the flaps first. By the time he got used to it, the weather got so cold that I didn’t want to scare him off by attaching the flaps. I was just glad he was in it at all.-I don’t have anywhere else to put food and water in a heated bowl. Both of those are about 3 to 6 feet from the house. The house provides a vantage point so he can see/hear if anyone is coming.-my friendly neighborhood stray cat comes inside to sleep overnight in one of my spare rooms, so the feral doesn’t have to fight for his house. I’ve occasionally had a couple other ferals that do not come by very often (the pictured one comes by multiple times per day), and my feral has chased and fought them away. My bleeding heart went and bought a second one of these and placed it on the other side of the wall covered under a plastic table.Other info - I leave mine plugged in all the time. I’ve laid my hand on the pad and can feel it’s warm pretty quickly. Snow has fallen on top and not gotten in, but it is in a semi covered porch. This also protects it from strong wind that could knock it over. This should have some sort of protection from direct rain or snow. I have the house on a pallet cut to match the size to keep it off the ground. It wasn’t super easy to get the Velcro to match together well, but I promise it does - just takes some adjustments and it’ll fit.