Homemade cage for cats

[turnn2theright]

Last year I made the statement, "I couldn't catch a cat in a cage if I was in a pet shop." Well I was wrong.

I looked at alot of cages on here and everywhere else. Since the only boxes I had were coon size, I built my own out 4" cow panel and made it 1x2x3. I used an old angle iron bed frame to make the dropping door. I welded large nails at a 45 deg angle that catch on an angle iron lip across the bottom. Even with the trap layed over the door still stayed locked.

This is my first cat in a cage,and its the one I built.

And now it is reset full of fresh pee and poo. I dragged my boot on the ground to make a fake trail into my cage. I use a feather taped to a fishing swivel on mono filiment in the back of the cage and bated it with a deer carcass bone.

 

[gregconrad]

Nice looking trap,and an even better looking kitty.Congrats...

 

[PrairieMuffin]

He was a real nice cat!

 

[ksboy2]

nice job....

looks like he's one up on you ang... LOL

i doubt you'll be outdone though huh?

hahahahahaha

nice cat and neat idea on the cage mr. muffin

 

[PrairieMuffin]

One up? Chit no... that's his 2nd cat plus he got his first beaver..

 

[Jeff Erwin]

Originally Posted By: PrairieMuffinOne up? Chit no... that's his 2nd cat plus he got his first beaver..

Oh the commit I could make on that statement, but I'll be nice for once and let it go

 

[OKRattler]

Congrats!That looks like a pretty good sized cat too.Did ya'll weigh it?I like that trap by the way thats pretty cool.

 

[ksboy2]

no wonder he is so happy he got a [beeep] and a beaver.. LOL

 

[PrairieMuffin]

 

[turnn2theright]

He weighed 24 lbs. The cage however weighs about 50. I'm gonna make another one but a little bit smaller.

 

[elks]

How does your trigger set up work? How does the door lock? I could make a similar trap, but would like to see details. Congrats on the cat.

 

[turnn2theright]

Elks I'll have to take some pics to detail it very much, but I'll try. Its a pretty simple setup, with a foot pedal on the floor and an upside down U that goes up to a swiveling piece that connects to the rod running across the top and rests under a hex nut welded to the door. When the expanded metal footpedal is pressed the U moves down a little and the swivel piece makes the rod pull back and the door comes down. On the bottom of the door there is an angle iron lip. I welded large nails on each side and bent them out past the angle iron lip so that they swing in as the door closes and spring back out once the door passes by them. It took a lot of tinkering and adjusting to make all this work. The cage was the easy part.
Good luck with yours and I'll try to get some pics up.

 

[reflexhunter]

congrats on the cat