Probably most cat owners have dreamed of building their cat a little home at some point, but not like this! Peter, the founder of the ZenByCat organization, and the builder of this wonderful cat paradise that we’re about to show you, slowly but surely executed his life’s dream: living in harmony surrounded by the cuddly and perfectly happy rescued fluffballs.
Just how many cats, you might ask? Over twenty. But it’s alright, Peter’s house is built for it. Literally. So scroll right down and check out the catopia, the Shangri-La of cat homes, except this one exists for real.
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Here’s Peter, the founder of the “House of Nekko”
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Nobody could’ve imagined that he’d turn his house into catopia (cat utopia), but he did
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Peter, who bought the house in 1988, has designed the house to meet all of the needs of his rescue cats
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It has platforms specially made for cats to roam around without sacrificing the high ground
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There are tons of plants and feeding spots so they feel like the kings and queens of the jungle
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Separate feeding spots ensure that they’re never fighting for their food
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It even has spiral stairways that have access to floors only cats can get to
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Even the bathroom is decked out to suit the needs of the felines
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Yes, this is a cat hamster wheel
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There are even some plant-themed rooms just so they feel like in great outdoors
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The house has lots of high spots that cats love
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Of course there are scratchers and beds, too
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“I heard you like cat houses, so we put a cat house inside a cat house, so you can live while you live”
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Overall, Peter has over 20 rescued indoor cats living with him
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The cats are well taken care of. As if all of it is not enough, they even have their own pillows and blankets
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Peter’s ZenByCat non-profit organization was found to fight a deadly disease called FIP, Feline Infectious Peritonitis
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The story of Zen By Cat begins with a kitten Peter adopted in, 2016, Miss Bean.
Miss Bean was diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). With her condition rapidly deteriorating Peter seemingly had no choice but to euthanize her. But before the decision was final, Peter received a message from a friend of his. She said she knew a vet at UC Davis, who might be able to get Miss Bean into a Drug Trial for young kittens with FIP. Peter decided he had to try. Over the course of the next 31 days Peter and Miss Bean went on a roller coaster of improvements and setbacks against FIP. Sadly, Miss Bean lost her fight on July 26, 2016.
In honor of Miss Bean and all other victims of FIP, Zen By Cat was set up as a nonprofit to raise money and awareness for FIP research. Since this, Dr. Pederson and others at UC Davis, have made great strides in their research and have successfully cured many cats from FIP, including Peter’s cat Smokey. But there is still work to be done to bring the drug that saved Smokey and others to market. Please consider donating to support the work of researcher like Dr. Pederson and others that we help fund through The Bria Fund associated with the Every Cat Health Foundation who are all working to end this horrible disease known as FIP.
Peter’s workstation just screams “I love cats”
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And last but not least, an obligatory stalking window
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If there as such a thing as reincarnation, I want to come back as one of his cats.
Brilliant I love it! Thanks for being so generous and kind regards Mike Bunce
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I saw this in amazing interiors on Netflix, with more Information like prices and stuff.you should watch it! Peace! ;)
I've seen video's of this guy, and he is my f*****g hero. The worst part of living in romania is all the stray animals. It's absolutely soul crushing. Emaciated dogs, who in turn kill cats, both of which get hit by cars....I get attached to every single one of them, name them all, spend months earning their trust just to be able to give them medicine and get them fixed. I've found homes for dozens of cats over the past decade (my wife and i had 8 inside cats at our highest count, 3 died in the past couple years) and 20 that would show up in our garden...everyday. We have a peach tree in our garden that they like to climb....so i added a few decent sized platforms at different levels so they can sprawl out in safety, once the weather improves they'll be upgraded with little roofs so they can sit even when it rains. I've lost, hundreds of cats over the past decade....i wish i could have done everything this guy managed.
Much credit to you for doing as much as you can! Don't give up, there are people like me out here rooting for you. Have you thought of getting a GoFundMe account to bring in more resources to help you in your blessed work? I hope you get the love, support and reward you deserve.
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love it. Better not show this to my fat lump. Would need steel work to hold her weight lol. Yes that bed is big enough for a small to average dog lol 2022-01-05...3a6220.jpg 
But how does he clean all those spaces, and how long does it take? I'm not even a clean freak.
I reckon he probably has one of those adjustable duster heads on a telescopic pole that brushes away the dust and then another damp one to wipe them over with.
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This is amazing! Lucky kitties. But I wish you would have shown what he has for litter boxes. I know that's not a very glamorous subject, but that is also part of having healthy indoor cats. We have 8 and are always looking for ideas.
I have rescue cats as well. 25 of them right now. They are well taken care of as well but they don't have all the amenities yours have. Absolutely beautiful.. God Bless you!
I Showed My Feline Gurls This and They Said Ok Mum Let's Get Packing That's Where We Are Going To Live LOL
Ikr 🤣 my girl is as spoiled as i can make her, but doesn't have this luxurious surrounding, I'm sure she's going to react the same way as your girls when I show her this😂
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Needs a cat-e-o.put in a screened box outside the window about a foot deep
With how much his kitties have, I'm sure there must be at least one cat-e-o for them 😂
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How heartwarming to see your great love and kindness for precious kitties. This is amazing. I wish I could this. Thank you 😻😻😻😻😻🌷🐝
Young Man you are awesome, I thought I was the only one with 20+ . I wish I had your eyes your Heart See's purrfectly, Thank you, are you a psychic? We attract furry things.
Super fun! Love the tree mural and all the kitty towers. All I think of is the fur raining down from from all the high purches. Maybe leave one or two rooms like the kitchen and dinning areas kitty purch free. Cuz yeah wow that's a lot of kitties! Other than that it's adorable and fun and very sweet! These are the happiest kitties ever. Love the jungle feel and all the cubbies and feeding stations. Kitty tower galore! 😍 🐈
I love it and I wanted to do something similar at home for our own princess. Then I realised that the cat walks would leave no space for bookshelves. Now I am trying to come up with a creative solution
Good luck! I understand trying to find balance for the cats and the books, I'm trying to find a creative solution myself for my kitty, because if there's room for improvement, our cats deserve it!
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I wish I could do this. My husband says that's what trees outside are for.
I was thinking that too! My cat does that so i keep the plant outside and occasionally grow her cat grass because she likes to munch on leaves
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Magnificent and inspiring! I have 4 cats and having a hard enough time integrating the newest kitty. I've been adding catification and need to see this sort of feline architecture.
I love the house, and commend you for taking in so many rescues. I have two cats of my own and added 18 rescues. It's a full house but we manage
Exceptionally kind and cleaver man. Looking at this house inspires awe in the man who designed it. What lucky cats!
It's amazing. For sure. But am I the only one seeing all those plants and being like "oh those are all gonna be flipped over"?
Must be hard keeping the litter boxes clean! I have 4 cats and I feel as though all I do is clean poop 💩 and pee !!! 😳
Fantastic 😊 this guy is so kind and thoughtful well done for all his efforts and wow the cat house home well truly cat fun 😁😁
Wonderful house. Fascinating design. Excellent! I love this story and the man behind it!
I wish you had a business where you can renovate a whole house or a few rooms to be for cats only with their doggy housemates in Pennsylvania. I will hire you for a reasonable price. Just asking.
I hope hope HOPE my wife never finds this article, I won't ever have any free time again, but honestly it's beautiful and amazing, what a dude.
This article really hit home for me. I lost two cats to FIP, so I fully empathize with Peter. God bless him. His house is jaw-dropping.
Wow this place is Just Beutiful, Thank you For being such a great Loving Person, God Bless you and all the Cats that found you, to save Them❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
I want to do that but im just getting a tiny house and some kind of outside cage. Behid my rental house and donate tge property to the closest rescue. Where the profits of the rental to have a finance angle in it to eventual build more help more rescues
Is anyone else feeling worried about that ceiling fan? What a great house! I didn't see one litter box, did you?
This warms my heart. I have 22 cats myself some rescue and some kittens from the mom's I rescued. I'm a disabled women so money is hard to come by do you know of organizations that will help me fix these cats so they don't have more kittens lol all places around wear I live in nc are not helpful or have so many vouchers to spay and neuter but will only spay 2 a year and pocket all the unused vouchers. I've seen other counties around here spay as many as 10 for 1 person but won't help me cause I don't live in that county. I'm also trying to find new homes for some of my fur babies. I don't want to but I'm not able to keep on with so many and I refuse to bring them to a shelter it's cruel and I don't want them to get killed so the shelter can make room for other animals. You can email me at MelissaLovesCats1983@Google.com
I have 30 or more rescue cats and I love them all . I wish I could build all those play areas but don't have the funds although they all have there own beds and b. When COVID first hit blankets whencovid first hit several of them kept the distance rule so funny..
This is truly wonderful what you have done for these cats. I wish there were more places like this for our furry friends. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had many, many places like this instead of fereal colonies. Aplace where cats were safe, well fed & loved instead of roaming the streets & having to scrounge for food & shelter from the elements. If I ever win the lottery this is something I would like to do for as many homeless cats & dogs ascould rescue.
Wow I love this wish I was allowed to keep my cats indoors. Also ive never even heard of FIP I'm guessing it's kinda like parvo or canine distemper but for cats?
If I was a cat person, I would totally do this to my house too, lol. Looks like paradise for the cats
I love this! Bless this man! I’ll have to ask, too, about litter boxes. I’m sure he has a creative solution.
i love this i have an outdoor cat and this would make him stay forever!
OMG, I want to move in today. My two kitties would love this paradise, and they would make so many new friends! LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!!
Who's seen Miss Kitty? She didn't come out for dinner and Ive been searching for her high and low for hours... Is a sentence I'm sure will be said at least once... Cute place though!
If there as such a thing as reincarnation, I want to come back as one of his cats.
Brilliant I love it! Thanks for being so generous and kind regards Mike Bunce
Load More Replies... I saw this in amazing interiors on Netflix, with more Information like prices and stuff.you should watch it! Peace! ;)
I've seen video's of this guy, and he is my f*****g hero. The worst part of living in romania is all the stray animals. It's absolutely soul crushing. Emaciated dogs, who in turn kill cats, both of which get hit by cars....I get attached to every single one of them, name them all, spend months earning their trust just to be able to give them medicine and get them fixed. I've found homes for dozens of cats over the past decade (my wife and i had 8 inside cats at our highest count, 3 died in the past couple years) and 20 that would show up in our garden...everyday. We have a peach tree in our garden that they like to climb....so i added a few decent sized platforms at different levels so they can sprawl out in safety, once the weather improves they'll be upgraded with little roofs so they can sit even when it rains. I've lost, hundreds of cats over the past decade....i wish i could have done everything this guy managed.
Much credit to you for doing as much as you can! Don't give up, there are people like me out here rooting for you. Have you thought of getting a GoFundMe account to bring in more resources to help you in your blessed work? I hope you get the love, support and reward you deserve.
Load More Replies... love it. Better not show this to my fat lump. Would need steel work to hold her weight lol. Yes that bed is big enough for a small to average dog lol 2022-01-05...3a6220.jpg
But how does he clean all those spaces, and how long does it take? I'm not even a clean freak.
I reckon he probably has one of those adjustable duster heads on a telescopic pole that brushes away the dust and then another damp one to wipe them over with.
Load More Replies... This is amazing! Lucky kitties. But I wish you would have shown what he has for litter boxes. I know that's not a very glamorous subject, but that is also part of having healthy indoor cats. We have 8 and are always looking for ideas.
I have rescue cats as well. 25 of them right now. They are well taken care of as well but they don't have all the amenities yours have. Absolutely beautiful.. God Bless you!
I Showed My Feline Gurls This and They Said Ok Mum Let's Get Packing That's Where We Are Going To Live LOL
Ikr 🤣 my girl is as spoiled as i can make her, but doesn't have this luxurious surrounding, I'm sure she's going to react the same way as your girls when I show her this😂
Load More Replies... Needs a cat-e-o.put in a screened box outside the window about a foot deep
With how much his kitties have, I'm sure there must be at least one cat-e-o for them 😂
Load More Replies... How heartwarming to see your great love and kindness for precious kitties. This is amazing. I wish I could this. Thank you 😻😻😻😻😻🌷🐝
Young Man you are awesome, I thought I was the only one with 20+ . I wish I had your eyes your Heart See's purrfectly, Thank you, are you a psychic? We attract furry things.
Super fun! Love the tree mural and all the kitty towers. All I think of is the fur raining down from from all the high purches. Maybe leave one or two rooms like the kitchen and dinning areas kitty purch free. Cuz yeah wow that's a lot of kitties! Other than that it's adorable and fun and very sweet! These are the happiest kitties ever. Love the jungle feel and all the cubbies and feeding stations. Kitty tower galore! 😍 🐈
I love it and I wanted to do something similar at home for our own princess. Then I realised that the cat walks would leave no space for bookshelves. Now I am trying to come up with a creative solution
Good luck! I understand trying to find balance for the cats and the books, I'm trying to find a creative solution myself for my kitty, because if there's room for improvement, our cats deserve it!
Load More Replies... I wish I could do this. My husband says that's what trees outside are for.
I was thinking that too! My cat does that so i keep the plant outside and occasionally grow her cat grass because she likes to munch on leaves
Load More Replies... Magnificent and inspiring! I have 4 cats and having a hard enough time integrating the newest kitty. I've been adding catification and need to see this sort of feline architecture.
I love the house, and commend you for taking in so many rescues. I have two cats of my own and added 18 rescues. It's a full house but we manage
Exceptionally kind and cleaver man. Looking at this house inspires awe in the man who designed it. What lucky cats!
It's amazing. For sure. But am I the only one seeing all those plants and being like "oh those are all gonna be flipped over"?
Must be hard keeping the litter boxes clean! I have 4 cats and I feel as though all I do is clean poop 💩 and pee !!! 😳
Fantastic 😊 this guy is so kind and thoughtful well done for all his efforts and wow the cat house home well truly cat fun 😁😁
Wonderful house. Fascinating design. Excellent! I love this story and the man behind it!
I wish you had a business where you can renovate a whole house or a few rooms to be for cats only with their doggy housemates in Pennsylvania. I will hire you for a reasonable price. Just asking.
I hope hope HOPE my wife never finds this article, I won't ever have any free time again, but honestly it's beautiful and amazing, what a dude.
This article really hit home for me. I lost two cats to FIP, so I fully empathize with Peter. God bless him. His house is jaw-dropping.
Wow this place is Just Beutiful, Thank you For being such a great Loving Person, God Bless you and all the Cats that found you, to save Them❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
I want to do that but im just getting a tiny house and some kind of outside cage. Behid my rental house and donate tge property to the closest rescue. Where the profits of the rental to have a finance angle in it to eventual build more help more rescues
Is anyone else feeling worried about that ceiling fan? What a great house! I didn't see one litter box, did you?
This warms my heart. I have 22 cats myself some rescue and some kittens from the mom's I rescued. I'm a disabled women so money is hard to come by do you know of organizations that will help me fix these cats so they don't have more kittens lol all places around wear I live in nc are not helpful or have so many vouchers to spay and neuter but will only spay 2 a year and pocket all the unused vouchers. I've seen other counties around here spay as many as 10 for 1 person but won't help me cause I don't live in that county. I'm also trying to find new homes for some of my fur babies. I don't want to but I'm not able to keep on with so many and I refuse to bring them to a shelter it's cruel and I don't want them to get killed so the shelter can make room for other animals. You can email me at MelissaLovesCats1983@Google.com
I have 30 or more rescue cats and I love them all . I wish I could build all those play areas but don't have the funds although they all have there own beds and b. When COVID first hit blankets whencovid first hit several of them kept the distance rule so funny..
This is truly wonderful what you have done for these cats. I wish there were more places like this for our furry friends. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had many, many places like this instead of fereal colonies. Aplace where cats were safe, well fed & loved instead of roaming the streets & having to scrounge for food & shelter from the elements. If I ever win the lottery this is something I would like to do for as many homeless cats & dogs ascould rescue.
Wow I love this wish I was allowed to keep my cats indoors. Also ive never even heard of FIP I'm guessing it's kinda like parvo or canine distemper but for cats?
If I was a cat person, I would totally do this to my house too, lol. Looks like paradise for the cats
I love this! Bless this man! I’ll have to ask, too, about litter boxes. I’m sure he has a creative solution.
i love this i have an outdoor cat and this would make him stay forever!
OMG, I want to move in today. My two kitties would love this paradise, and they would make so many new friends! LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!!
Who's seen Miss Kitty? She didn't come out for dinner and Ive been searching for her high and low for hours... Is a sentence I'm sure will be said at least once... Cute place though!
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