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kitchen accomodations for a companion animal
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and pets.
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Top view of pet sanctuary
Right click on the image below, then choose
view image to see a larger version.
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actual table/sanctuary combination
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My design of a rolling sanctuary for my kitty.
She can sit in safety and
see what I am doing and I can take a break to pet and play with her.
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Some background:
- My quest to move past my disability has been throughly trashed by the student organizations that were
helping me over 24 years.
- While they did not suceed in wrecking my creativity or making me homosexual
(I assume the former, have no doubts about the latter),
they did suceed in wrecking my self image so that I feel there is something inherently wrong with me for being alive,
for expecting to be treated like a human being..
- Because I am disabled does not mean my needs of love and affection have vanished.
- My wants and needs are shared by by every human being, disabled or not.
- I was in a quandry. I needed to have a pet and, at the same time, I needed to keep the creature safe from the wheels of
my chair and rolling table.
The design:
- My balance is seriously damaged from a traumatic accident. To do things in the kitchen is difficult
for me unless I use chairs and tables with wheels.
- I designed a perch for a cat or small dog that will allow them to see what their owner is doing without the
risk of being runover and will allow their owner the opportunity to take a break to pet them
or play with them as they are making something to eat.
- If you right click on the image on the upper left (the schematic), a more readable and printable image appears
(after right-clicking, choose 'view image').
- The pentagonal base is made of 3/4" kiln dried plywood.
- There are five 1" dowels about 3" long between the bottom of the base (pentagon) and the top of each leg.
These must be there to support the cat's weight.
- It is surrounded by a two inch high 'fence' of 3/8" plywood (interior finish).
- The surface has been varathaned to make it resistant to water damage and easy to clean if the cat has an accident or spills some food.
- You may print this image and use it to help design your own cat santuary.
- Please notice the fact that the cat sanctuary does not extend the length of a particual table leg. The table leg
extends almost an inch and three eights further. This is because the sanctuary is not meant to act as a bumper.
More durable items (the table top, the table feet) will meet an object first.
- Please take the time and email me your comments. I appreciate hearing what other people think
and I can use your feedback to improve this site.
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