It’s Curtis’s 3rd birthday, so what better day to move a 200 pound 4x4x2 night box 1/10 of a mile by hand? This night box actually got finished in December of last year, but it was too cold to put him out, and it was so hard to move that it just got put off for way too long.
We made this night box out of completely scrap material in my construction class, with a bunch of 15 year old kids that think everything needs a hole hammered into it, but I hope it still lasts a very long time. This took so long to make, and hopefully we have it much longer.
It is completely insulated on every wall, and the door works as a ramp. Since it’s summer it doesn’t need any additional heating, but I’ll be putting a space heater in very soon. He’ll be locked in at night, and have the option to go in and out whenever he wants year round.
Obviously he will be getting full access to the yard very soon, but having it smaller temporarily lets me moderate how he’s doing, and it’ll hopefully get him to go into the night box every night on his own. The enclosure isn’t done either, and I still need to stain and caulk the house.
Curtis weighs in at 7.2 pounds and 11 inches in length, and he’s only getting larger from there. It’s crazy to think he used to be 46 grams!
