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Where To Buy Straw For Cat Shelter

  • We are unable to ship them (sorry!)
  • SIZE (approximate): L=22 x H=15 x W=12 (in inches)
  • Appropriate for 1 (maximum 2) cat
  • Lined with Durofoam
  • Already filled with strawTSC website - Shelter - grey (dimensions and compilation) Jan2020

SHELTERS:

Please note the change in prices as of December 11, 2023 (due to the increase in the cost of supplies)

  1. $15 per shelter OR
  2. $10 per shelter for each used shelter you “trade in”
    • the used shelter must not be cracked,
    • the Durofoam lining/straw MUST be removed in advance,
    • please return the plastic tube so we can reuse it)
  1. ETRANSFER (preferred) to [email protected]
  2. PAYPAL allowed for payments over $50 (send to [email protected])

Until next season shelters can be picked up from Bathurst/St Clair. After you place your request we’ll contact you to arrange a date to pick up and provide you the exact address.

Click here to place your request for shelter(s).

IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS/QUESTIONS EMAIL [email protected]

Click here for loads of excellent DIY cat shelters (for all skill levels)

OSPCA Newmarket – each fall their volunteers make a limited number of cat shelters for caretakers to provide a safe, warm place for their colonies during our cold, harsh winters. Contact Monica Seto, Manager, Shelter Health & Wellness – Phone: 1-888-668-7722 or 905-898-7122, Ext 383; Email: [email protected] for more details.

  • Click here for some simple (but important!) tips for how to maintain your cat shelter (ie where to place it, how to entice cats into it, how to improve the environment around the shelter to keep the cats etc)
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October is the perfect time of year to find straw in stores – it’s sold for Hallowe’en/Thanksgiving decorations, fall dances at schools, you name it. But after Hallowe’en/Thanksgiving, it gets MUCH harder to find. You can get a whole bale of STRAW (don’t buy HAY for shelters) for under $20 and keep it in your garage for the season. ALWAYS ask to make sure the straw has NOT been treated with fire retardant.

NOTE: opt for OAT straw – it’s the softest (what we use)

  • Check your local nurseries, garden centers, and grocery stores (that sell plants).Contact local schools to see if they have any available (for free) after their Hallowe’en dance.
  • Google search animal feed & farm supply stores (I did a quick search and there were ones in Caledon, Newmarket, Lindsay…)
  • Hardware stores (i.e. Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Lowes, Rona, etc)
  • Kijiji (that’s how Toronto Street Cats originally found our “source” for straw >> which is in Courtice, ON – email Brad at [email protected] – EXCELLENT resource!)

Where ever/however you look for it, make sure it’s STRAW you’re getting. Not HAY

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