Winter Shelter Program
Winter shelter building
Every year around late August, the OSCatR Shelter Building team dust off their tools, tape, and exacto knives; watch for sales on totes and put in orders for straw.
We start off with a trip to a hardware store for durofoam, then we cut it to exact measurements to build each shelter.
Want to help?
When a cat has grown up without human contact, it is considered “feral” and these adult feral cats are very difficult to socialize.
There are thousands of stray and feral community cats living in the Ottawa area!
The most humane option for adult feral cats is to spay or neuter them, and then let them live outdoors with adequate food and shelter provided.
Materials we need
Here is a list of materials we use to build the winter shelters. Message us bellow if you would like to donate some items from our list.
- Plastic totes (114L/30 gal )or larger
- Rubbermaid Roughneck
- Mastercraft heavy duty Gorilla tape
- Duct tape - Heavy duty, weather resistant
- Red sheathing/tuck tape
- Duofoam 3/4" sheet insulation
- Straw
- Hardware store gift cards