My New cat scratch Just bought on Ebay today

debbie560 · 4th December 2010, 08:57 AM

I have just realized that ALL my cats love to sleep in the hanging beds off the cat scratches!! each of my cats scratches has 2.. so that makes a total of 12 but I have more cats than the hanging beds.. and the coonies love them!!

So I have been on eBay for a look..

And I have just bought this new one for 36 euros... I am well chuffed..

I was so chuffed last week to get my new ( wood burning stove for the cats) for just 35 euros euros.. that I bought another one for the basement which I got for 250 euros.

I have already made my paper and reconstituted sawdust briquettes from used paper soaked in water and the old litter from the cat trays the maker also bought from ebay!! for just 20 euros!!

I put a layer of paper mulch in the bottom then top up with litter them more wet paper them press, out come the briquette they dry in the house in one of the basements where the boiler is for a few weeks and you have bi stuff and this keep the cats warm!!

They will next week be super warm and cosy when the chimney man comes and passes the wood burners which is law, ! can't turn them on until then which is a shame!! but already prepared with wood and stuff for them!! I have already seen them in action as my friend who already does this invited my self and Amber for lunch and we watched her use them, they burn for ever and they throw off a lot of heat!

I love Ebay!!

**Chak78** · 4th December 2010, 11:24 AM

Debbie thats total genius with the use of cat litter for fuel! How beautiful and rustic that wood burner is, I am jealous!! I want one! The only snag is that my house is too small to fit one in... hmmm this has got me thinking!

Nice cat tree and an absolute bargain at that price! You will have a lot of happy snuggly kitties this Christmas, a great present for them!

Merry Christmas!

Chak

**Rachel-C** · 4th December 2010, 11:34 AM

Love the cat tree Debbie, looks great fun! What seller did you get it from?

**Antonia** · 4th December 2010, 02:05 PM

Nice wood burners... we used to have one ages ago and they do give off a lot of heat indeed.
In our present house we have an open fireplace, which of course looks fab but doesn't really do much for warmth. Worse still, the chimney runs through the centre of the house but when the house was built someone in their endless wisdom decided to insulate it! So the wall of the chimney stays 'nice and cool' (and the upper floors as well) while most of the heat goes straight up into the sky to warm the feet of the birds.

**Howlinbob** · 4th December 2010, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Antonia

In our present house we have an open fireplace, which of course looks fab but doesn't really do much for warmth. Worse still, the chimney runs through the centre of the house but when the house was built someone in their endless wisdom decided to insulate it! So the wall of the chimney stays 'nice and cool' (and the upper floors as well) while most of the heat goes straight up into the sky to warm the feet of the birds.

Haha, what a genius! Our chimney breast stays nice and warm, you can feel it in the kitchen and the upstairs landing - vital as we don't have central heating radiators or a gas boiler.

debbie560 · 4th December 2010, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Chak78

Debbie thats total genius with the use of cat litter for fuel! How beautiful and rustic that wood burner is, I am jealous!! I want one! The only snag is that my house is too small to fit one in... hmmm this has got me thinking!

Nice cat tree and an absolute bargain at that price! You will have a lot of happy snuggly kitties this Christmas, a great present for them!

Merry Christmas!

Chak

Thanks thats the idea!! I am hoping to then just put the ashes in the garden and thats it!! less of a mound to move every spring!

Mind it makes good mulch for the garden and keeps the weeds a bay!

debbie560 · 4th December 2010, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Howlinbob

Haha, what a genius! Our chimney breast stays nice and warm, you can feel it in the kitchen and the upstairs landing - vital as we don't have central heating radiators or a gas boiler.

When I had gas Central heating put in the house I had the Chimney done at the same time. Next year some time I will get a wood burner for the house as the chimney runs right up the middle of the house so the hall, office 2 of the bedrooms and the lounge and kitchen will get warmed by this. But for now I wanted one each of the two main cat rooms in the house to keep them warm at night!!