2025 Catio Tour: Explore Creative Feline Spaces in Portland

Photo by Halil İbrahim ÇETİN

Calling all cat lovers! If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your cat’s living space, this is the event for you. The Bird Alliance of Portland and Feral Cat Coalition are hosting the annual Catio Tour, showcasing creative and unique catios from around the Portland area.

First things first. What’s a catio? It’s an outdoor cat enclosure, or cat patio, that provides feline safety and enrichment in your backyard. They have become so popular among the cat-loving community in Portland that there are enough to make this tour an annual event.

The Catio Tour is a self-guided tour showcasing creative and unique designs for all different types of spaces.

The tour is part of Bird Alliance of Portland and the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon’s Cats Safe at Home campaign, which seeks to reduce the number of cats living outdoors in the Portland area in a humane and environmentally responsible manner. The Catio Tour was created to offer inspiration for people who are looking for ways to give their cats safe outdoor time.

Here’s how you can participate in this year’s event.

2025 Catio Tour

The Catio Tour is September 6, 2025. Take a self-guided tour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The tour features catios from Southeast Portland, Lake Oswego and Milwaukie. You can start at any location.

Catio hosts are onsite to answer construction questions and resident cats are there to model their catios.

Here’s what you can expect to see at the event:

One-of-a-kind designer catios.
A variety of fencing and roofing styles to easily compare and see what might be best for your catio.
Get a guidebook with photos, construction information and maps to help you plan your day.
Take photos and talk with the people who built the catios.
Meet the cats who enjoy them.
Participate in a raffle for a chance to win a Visa gift card, kitty basket and on-site consultation.