The first two interior paintings in the hedgehog feeding station.
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Normally whenever I do anything with the hedgehog houses I get a 'THAT WON'T STOP A CAT!' guy turn up to be wrong at me
This time I actually designed the entrances myself, based around my understanding of cat anatomy which I only learned to stop them getting in the damn hedgehog houses. I am perfectly placed to 'well, actually...' and not a single such guy has emerged.
I am both thrilled we have moved past it but gutted for my unaired prepared argument
@babe@glitterkitten.co.uk lowering my voice, putting on a fake mustache, creasing my brows, taking an arrogant tone well ACTUALLY...
(let it rip! I wanna hear the argument!) -
@babe@glitterkitten.co.uk lowering my voice, putting on a fake mustache, creasing my brows, taking an arrogant tone well ACTUALLY...
(let it rip! I wanna hear the argument!) -
Normally whenever I do anything with the hedgehog houses I get a 'THAT WON'T STOP A CAT!' guy turn up to be wrong at me
This time I actually designed the entrances myself, based around my understanding of cat anatomy which I only learned to stop them getting in the damn hedgehog houses. I am perfectly placed to 'well, actually...' and not a single such guy has emerged.
I am both thrilled we have moved past it but gutted for my unaired prepared argument
@babe How does that stop a cat?
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Normally whenever I do anything with the hedgehog houses I get a 'THAT WON'T STOP A CAT!' guy turn up to be wrong at me
This time I actually designed the entrances myself, based around my understanding of cat anatomy which I only learned to stop them getting in the damn hedgehog houses. I am perfectly placed to 'well, actually...' and not a single such guy has emerged.
I am both thrilled we have moved past it but gutted for my unaired prepared argument
To just go ahead and explain it anyway:
Cats have certain options when it comes to getting through small spaces.
For the most part they can duck through a small entrance, but need space the other side of the entrance to pull themselves through. A very low tunnel is impossible for many cats for this reason, they can't get purchase to pull their body as there's no height available for it. -
To just go ahead and explain it anyway:
Cats have certain options when it comes to getting through small spaces.
For the most part they can duck through a small entrance, but need space the other side of the entrance to pull themselves through. A very low tunnel is impossible for many cats for this reason, they can't get purchase to pull their body as there's no height available for it.@babe I was just about to ask you to explain it anyway, thank you for doing that
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To just go ahead and explain it anyway:
Cats have certain options when it comes to getting through small spaces.
For the most part they can duck through a small entrance, but need space the other side of the entrance to pull themselves through. A very low tunnel is impossible for many cats for this reason, they can't get purchase to pull their body as there's no height available for it.Bends present a similar challenge because they physically cannot duck AND bend around a sharp corner at the same time. ducking is an entirely forward motion
The original baffles were two 90 degree turns, but where they went wrong is they were too wide (around 15cm) and with a high ceiling behind the entrance (about 20cm), giving cats a chance to pull their body into the space of the baffle, like an entrance hall
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Bends present a similar challenge because they physically cannot duck AND bend around a sharp corner at the same time. ducking is an entirely forward motion
The original baffles were two 90 degree turns, but where they went wrong is they were too wide (around 15cm) and with a high ceiling behind the entrance (about 20cm), giving cats a chance to pull their body into the space of the baffle, like an entrance hall
The ones in the pictures above, the ceiling is the same height as the entrance all the way through (11-12cm) and requires a 180 degree turn with that low ceiling. It is essentially a winding tunnel, making it about as cat proof as it gets whiles till allowing wildlife.
You could use a wide boar u-bend pipe and have the same effect
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The ones in the pictures above, the ceiling is the same height as the entrance all the way through (11-12cm) and requires a 180 degree turn with that low ceiling. It is essentially a winding tunnel, making it about as cat proof as it gets whiles till allowing wildlife.
You could use a wide boar u-bend pipe and have the same effect
While I was doing all the original trial and error with cat proofing and learning all of this a few years ago I figured out there's an extremely simple baffle you can use that's extremely effective, owing to a cat's inability to turn in a duck. Far simpler than a u-bend.
A stick.
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While I was doing all the original trial and error with cat proofing and learning all of this a few years ago I figured out there's an extremely simple baffle you can use that's extremely effective, owing to a cat's inability to turn in a duck. Far simpler than a u-bend.
A stick.
Before building any baffles, I just put a stick just inside the door of the hedgehog feeders. Just sticking up out of the ground.
A cat needs to be able to pull itself through the gap, so must get part of its body through to get a foothold, so it needs a clear space beyond the entrance.
A stick a few cm in stopped it being able to do that, but also meant in order to get in it would have to duck and turn to avoid the stick. -
Before building any baffles, I just put a stick just inside the door of the hedgehog feeders. Just sticking up out of the ground.
A cat needs to be able to pull itself through the gap, so must get part of its body through to get a foothold, so it needs a clear space beyond the entrance.
A stick a few cm in stopped it being able to do that, but also meant in order to get in it would have to duck and turn to avoid the stick.I have no idea where they are, but I've got a bunch of videos from the feeding station before it was all done up, of cats desperately trying to evade a twig in the ground and failing miserably, while hedgehogs strolled in like nbd
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How it's looking atm
@babe its absolutely gorgeous, I'd live there
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I have no idea where they are, but I've got a bunch of videos from the feeding station before it was all done up, of cats desperately trying to evade a twig in the ground and failing miserably, while hedgehogs strolled in like nbd
As an aside, for anyone trying to figure out what the colour scheme is reminding them of but can't quite place it: Friends.
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As an aside, for anyone trying to figure out what the colour scheme is reminding them of but can't quite place it: Friends.
@babe I was literally just trying to place it, that's amazing
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A little over 2 weeks later and the Igel's Nest (hedgehog nesting box) is finished!
Undercoated in mold resistant stain blocking paint, made fully waterproof by 2-3 layers of enamel based paint, topped off with an acrylic based paint for colour and then covered with a few layers of polyvine varnish. This thing should now outlive me!
With a solid resin floor it also makes it easy to keep clean and won't be attractive to woodlice.
@babe this has nicer wall finish and floors than the ground floor of the house i live in :D
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I have no idea where they are, but I've got a bunch of videos from the feeding station before it was all done up, of cats desperately trying to evade a twig in the ground and failing miserably, while hedgehogs strolled in like nbd
@babe nbd?
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@bigpawedbear @babe "no big deal"
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@bigpawedbear @babe "no big deal"
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As an aside, for anyone trying to figure out what the colour scheme is reminding them of but can't quite place it: Friends.
WE'RE FINISHED!
The Urch Inn is now fully renovated, placed, plugged in and ready to start serving the local hedgehog population!
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WE'RE FINISHED!
The Urch Inn is now fully renovated, placed, plugged in and ready to start serving the local hedgehog population!
With god knows how many layers of paint and varnish, and resin floors throughout, this will now hopefully last long into the future.
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WE'RE FINISHED!
The Urch Inn is now fully renovated, placed, plugged in and ready to start serving the local hedgehog population!
@babe I love the effort of painting a little artwork the camera never sees, it's just for the hedgehogs
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