K&H Pet Products Outdoor Cat Shelter - Heated or Unheated Multi-Kitty House

Amazon Customer: We now have two of these for the two ferals that come around our house, and it gets them through every winter. (We’ve also managed to trap/spay/release them)

The shelter is easy to clean, and nice and warm. I also highly recommend the K&H heated food/water bowls. Great products!

Canada on Sep 18, 2022

Rachael: Bought this for a stray cat that had been sleeping in our garden in the middle of a snow storm in -17. The cat has not left the bed since! It looks so content and happy. I was fearful that this tent would be too light and thin, but was pleasantly surprised by the materials and thickness of it! It’s the perfect way to keep kitties alive during the winter! I removed one flap to get the cat to use it because originally it wouldn’t (they’re Velcro)

Canada on Jan 10, 2022

PPaw NW Ontario: Ordered and received earlier than the estimated time. A breeze to put the house together with velcro tabs, tested the heating pad as instructed and the pillow was nice and warm. With our extreme cold temperatures -30 to -35C without the wind chill we found the temperature inside was too cold for our feral cat. Off to the hardware store for a sheet of 2 inch pink styrofoam 2’x8’. Cut in half and installed under the cat house on top of our deck and put the house about 18 inches back to have a warmer front “porch” on the 4 foot section for sitting in the sun. Cut the second 4 foot piece in half and made a peaked overlay 2’x2’ to cover the A frame. Taped together with outdoor tape to keep in place and allow easy removal if needed. The plastic flaps worked well to let her in and out but also allowed a lot of cold air exchange and wind chill keeping the inside temp quite low on cold days. Ordered two auto closing doors and installed them into 1 inch pink styrofoam cut to fit under the overhang. These work A1 just need to make some space between the wall in order to allow some air exchange and alleviate frosting on the see through doors. Our feral cat is a good size around...

Canada on Jan 21, 2018

active online shopper: Bought this for the outside stray cats, The one cat that's always around to eat started using the house right away. Although the house is big enough for 2 cats or more if they would snuggle, so far only this one cat (who was bullied by the others) has been enjoying the house. I hope it's warm enough for him. I have placed it on the front covered porch under a table and put a heavy mat around it, leaving a bit of space for the back exit. Don't know yet how well this will work when the heavy snow comes along with high winds. Will have to check it regularly to make sure that the heating pad continues to work. The picture is deceptive, check the measurements. The house is actually much longer than it looks in the pic.

Canada on Nov 18, 2017

Fractal Cat: spring-going-on-summer 2017: i have to research this more, but i have heard that jade is cooling, so i plan to get a small jade fir (far infrared) mat to put inside this house that sits on the patio. probably won't put on the heat at all in the summer, and the stones might feel good to lay on. but in the winter, i'll place the mat inside the furry cover for the heating pad, and the cat can stay warm with far infrared heat that will be good for her body. :)

latest update: winter 2017: only one cat now, as the two cats ended up not getting along. the Snowshoe spends a lot of time in this house. only the back flap is on, so air can't move straight through, and she likes the other side open. over time she has become more and more attached to spending time in it. really a good purchase. gives my kitty a lot of comfort. in the summertime i leave it unplugged so the mat doesn't heat up when she lies on it. last update--see bottom of review--was winter 2016.
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i've had this house for a few weeks now. my cats initially wouldn't use it until i removed the flaps, and even then, they didn't spend hardly any time in it,...

United States on Dec 19, 2015

Toni: After having this house for one week I have the following experiences to relate. 1) I have a feral cat that sprays this house every night. The outside cover is almost impossible to wash easily and when i wipe it down with vinegar and water, it freezes outside in the cold this is probably the more important oversight of the product. I'm sure many cats will be inclined to spray these houses as an act of marking their territory. 2) The house is quite large so it does take up a significant amount of space 3) It is poorly insulated and only really provides a form of shelter from the wind, the door plastic flaps are a thicker plastic but leave large gaps of space for cold air to get in 4) the only way for the cat to be warm is to have it's weight on the floor to initiate the eventual light heating of the pad. We've had extremely cold weather this year, almost one month of wind chills at -20 to -30 degrees Celsius, so it was pretty much useless. I can see this house being helpful should you have milder winters or a spot where you can tuck this house away where if will have significant protection from the elements. We however have some harsh winters, so unfortunately I'm still looking for...

Canada on Mar 01, 2015

Sweet Pandora: Even though this A frame cat house is advertised as being able to use "outdoors", which it isn't, I am still going to give it 5 stars since I fortunately have a garage and this A frame adorable cat house is perfect for a garage, or even a covered or protected patio. The wonderful heating pad I am able to leave plugged in for long periods of time as it is winter now in the state I live in. A female cat was dumped off next door to me in the spring. I took pity on her and fed/watered her through the spring/summer/fall. As it started getting cold in Oct., I was at a total loss of what to do for Kitty. I put about 4 warm, wool blankets out in my garage and she slept there. I was still concerned as it had turned very cold and I was worried about her. I stumbled across this heated house on Amazon and purchased it in Nov. I love it and Kitty loves it! I put a couple of old rugs over the outside of the A frame and kept the protective covering on in the back of the house. I removed the front plastic flap and with the rugs and a small blanket (only on the outside of the A frame, don't put anything in with the heating pad inside) covering most of the front entrance, it has proven to be a most...

United States on Dec 16, 2014