Review on 🐱 Outdoor Cat Enclosures - Outback Jack Portable Cat Tent, Cat Tunnel, and Playhouse - Play Tents for Cats, Outdoor Cat House, and Outside Cat Enclosure - Ideal for Indoor Cats and Small Animals by Michelle Lynn

This tent has been used by us for a long time and again and again when raising kittens. We live in a small cottage and have 3 cats. Every time we get a new group of adoptees, we have to quarantine them and get everyone used to each other. With a tent, it's easy and convenient. When the kittens are wild they have time to get used to the activities around them (sometimes we start with parts of the tent closed depending on how wild the cats are; we always provide a tunnel for them to move in hide and play) Note: If the cat/kitten is too wild, the size of this tent allows the animal to back away from behind and there is no way to reach it without climbing inside (not a good situation). They can also go completely crazy indoors if they aren't given enough privacy and time initially, so we usually start with a small playpen when we have a small or very wild animal since it's easier to grab it to heal /interact with him (most pens allow you to enter from the top and side) but then we put them in this tent so they have space to play. As soon as everyone has adjusted to the new situation, we release the kittens into the main area. They then happily climb onto the outside of the tent, which acts as a kind of trampoline and sleeping hammock. This is great for kittens, but if they weigh over 4 pounds they can hit the mechanism that closes it and the whole tent will collapse. Obviously this is not the manufacturer's fault, just a warning that there is a weight limit if you allow animals to use it as a climbing frame. When we leave the house we bring the kittens back to ensure everyone is safe and easy to find when we return. We rarely use the tunnel part - it's quite large and just doesn't suit our situation. Others complained that the zip didn't attach to the tent, but we didn't have that problem. Everything worked as expected. Although the tent is big, we even made it work in our little cottage. The size makes it so perfect - you can easily attach stuffing, food bowls, beds, toys and even leave the play area. A small hole was left at the end after the metal spiral toy got stuck in the web, but it has withstood a lot of abuse and has held up great. We've had cats try to claw/bite out and the kittens would hang on their claws from the inside and play outside with other kittens and they never had a tear and the cat/kitten didn't get tangled in it. That. Cleaning is a bit of a chore and you can miss organisms that might be in the stitches - (most kittens come with parasites - we live in the Caribbean) so they need to be cleaned regularly with Rescue and/or bleach - but we do fold easily Take it on deck, spray it, clean it, hose it down and let it dry in the sun before putting it back on. We've had no trouble putting this tent up or down so far and it fits easily under a bed when not in use. I highly recommend this if you are raising animals of any kind or introducing newly adopted pets to each other. It's a nice safe place until everyone gets used to it. We will be donating this to the cat shelter we are raising here when we return to the US in a few months and we will be buying another one for ourselves for future adopters right away.