Listen folks, you know what’s important in life? Making sure our Bengal queens have a stress-free, secure spot to bring their little ones into the world. I’ve been breeding these majestic felines for over a decade and I’ve learned a thing or two about their birthing preferences: dark, quiet, small, and secure – basically like my own private life.
But let’s be real, a cardboard box just ain’t gonna cut it for our royalty. I’ve seen some options online, but for $300 bucks, you could buy a pretty decent bottle of gin… or just build your own, like a boss. That’s what I did. Oh, and it’s a good thing I don’t drink. so I’m still trying to figure out what do spend my extra scratch on because mine came in under $80.00.
$300! For Wood?
That’s how it was decided, “Time to build one.” It’s fair to say that theirs is far superior in design and trimmed out expert craftsmanship. The price they are asking isn’t at all unreasonable. I’ll provide a link to them below. You can order one from the original designer and builder.
So I drew up some plans, estimated the dimensions based on previous boxes I’ve built, and headed to the hardware store. There I grabbed three sheets of 24″ wide wood. With a little creativity, (and a router) I turned them into the purrfect birthing palace for my queens.
Building Is Fun and Costs Less!
Oh, sure you could buy one from the original designer and builder. Where’s the fun in that? I added some gas arms, used some hidden cabinet hinges I had lying around. Snagged some magnetic latches for a few bucks — just like that, I had a birthing box that put all others to shame. As long as they didn’t know Rufi had a better one.
All I needed were three sheets of wood. All 24″ wide, two were 48″x24″ and one was 36″x24″.
The folding top and folding front were made with four equal sections of 36″ length. The top, bottom, and sides were made from the two 48″ lengths.
Ordering the gas arms was easy with Amazon of course. On hand were some hidden cabinet hinges from previous work, and the magnetic latches were a few bucks at the hardware store.
The entire job took one afternoon with a circular saw, table saw, router, drill, and impact drill. The cost came in under $80.00. Of course, the family wants me to sell them for a couple hundred each online. That seems a bit of a stretch. I have a job and breed as a hobby. This was just an exercise for fun.
So if you want to be the cat’s meow when it comes to birthing boxes, grab some wood and let your imagination run wild. Trust me, your queens will thank you. Of course if you don’t drink gin, here’s where you can buy the original custom built kitten birthing box, check out the wooden birth box by Rufi.
