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At Custom Catios, our specialty is building outdoor cat enclosures that please humans as much as felines. Cats love outdoor sounds and smells, basking in the rays of the sun, watching the birds fly by and the squirrels run by, and napping the night away. Cat owners, however, generally want three things:…

This is an excellent news piece on the advantages of catios that dives deep into the havoc that cats cause the environment. According to an expert, cats merely being in the same vicinity as rabbits can be lethal. They also pose grave danger to frogs, birds and many other species. From…

Catio Guy: Tell us a bit about your practice, Dr. Napolitano. Dr. Napolitano: I have a Los Angeles based small animal practice that specializes in cats and dogs. I developed a three pronged approach that I live by when practicing veterinarian medicine: 1. I make animals as comfortable as possible. Vet…

My friend Josh is an animal lover. So it was no surprise when he built a sweet catio for his three cats. But that appears to just be the beginning of outfitting his home for his pets. He recently completed a tortio (tortoise patio) for his newest family member named…

My wife and I recently returned from a vacation that included a stop in Tel Aviv, Israel. Walking through the city with friends - wearing a Custom Catio t-shirt - we encountered a "Cat's Hotel." Although it had no occupants in the middle of a scorching hot day, it was a…

The above video is our design for a complicated project we are working on in Tarzana. We had to plan around the following obstacles: A mature tree lies in the middle of the proposed catio site. So we built a hole into the shingle roof (which matches the house) and also…

A fascinating article in arsTechnica titled, "Cats are an extreme outlier among domestic animals," reinforces the long held human belief that cats are still a bit wild and untamable. From the article: People who live with cats like to joke about how these small fuzzy creatures are still wild, basically training…

Since launching the Custom Catios website we have had a number of cat owners reach out asking about our service area. Generally, we can build a catio, which normally takes 3 to 4 days to complete, anywhere in Los Angeles County including but not limited to: Agoura Hills Bel Air Beverly…

The outdoors are extremely dangerous for cats. Cars and predators are the main culprits that cause feline injury or death. As a result, indoor cats typically live more than three times as long as outdoor cats. Two quick catio owner stories evidence the risk of allowing cats outside. First, a…

Last year CountryLiving published an excellent piece on catios titled, "14 Amazing Catios You Have to See to Believe," that rightly concludes that "backyard catios are a thing." The article goes on to show examples of more than a dozen cool catio structures worth checking out for their variety alone. That said,…

Nearly seven year ago the New York Times published, “Catios Bring Cats Outdoors,” which introduced “catios” to the mainstream: "Catios have made inroads in the suburbs, where they range from small, practical structures — like a box made of wood and chicken wire — to all-out fantasy cat playgrounds, replete…

Fact: Cats should never be allowed to freely roam outside. It is too dangerous for cats and too dangerous for the wild small animal population. Choice: Relegate cats to the indoors or build an outdoor cat enclosure that protects cats from predators. Recommendation:  We are, of course, a catio company so we are…