Agreed. So many people here willing to help - it's awesome.
But, if you can get it local it would be quicker and cheaper. Nice to support your community resources as well. Tough to do an iterative process though.
Of our 4 ferals, only one of them warmed up to us a little bit. If it was feeding time, you could pet him quite a bit. Other than that... NO way. That worked to our advantage when he had a major eye infection. Taking him to the vet would have been impossible. The vet gave us the antibiotic...
I've mentioned this before but..... Check with your local library. Ours offers 3D printing as a freebie. 1 object every 2 weeks. 6 hour max print time per object. You send them an STL or a link to one.
Yes, Timm, I know you're in the middle of nowhere. Just throwing it out there. If not...
We have a setup like below on each of our two back porches. Kitty Tube with a Rubbermaid tub on top. The platform has PVC legs and is clipped at 45° across the front to align with the tube opening. As we call it.... The platform is the "veranda" and the tub is the "cabana".
The Kitty Tube is...