tile stove

[fretki]

we'll be moving during summer into our new home and my ferrets will get an outdoor enclosure.
we will connect it to our home, but access will require a bit of climbing, and even with isolated sleeping dens and nest boxes I already worry that my oldies might not have it comfortable as they are used to (even if I'm sure they will be happy to have a place outside), so I checked the web if I could find something cozy to make me worry less.
I still have spring, summer and fall to adapt my new tile stove for cats for the ferrets:

the picture from the manufacturer:




unfortunately the belonging pillow is filled with straw, so it crinkles and my youngers have tried to stash it, I had to put a second bedding on top, but it seems to be a comfortable place:


next step is to do custom bedding for the stove, and I'll probably also paint it with ceramic paint...

[unclejoe]

That's pretty cool. Can it keep the heat up when the outside temperatures getting cold?

[Sherry]

My main concern would be someone chewing the cord given it will be completely unsupervised.

[fretki]

unclejoe
according to the manufacturer it can keep the heat up, I'm not 100% convinced (we can have rather cold winters)... but I guess I bought it early enough to have time to experiment how to construct a nice warm place outside:
I'm thinking of a footlocker (there are pretty huge ones, so even each ferret could have his own bed, in case they don't want to curl up together) or I could isolate one of those wooden kids playhouses. We have a carpenter in the family, so I guess I'll get help, I don't want to construct a sauna

Sherry
I never had issues with cord (not even in my appartment), but I think if I can build it in somewhere I'll use cable duct, just to be sure

[Sherry]

Likely a good idea. All it takes is one getting curious and/or bored.