I need recommendations, or even just a source, for a bed skirt that will keep cats out from under my bed. Googlefu is weak, since I mostly get hits for bed skirts with cat pictures on them. Not what I want.
It’s hard to see in that picture, but the ‘skirt’ is made up of panels with a steel perimeter that snaps into anchors along the bed (and floor). I have no idea how well it would work against a motivated cat though. Here’s a clearer picture.
Here’s another
Might at least slow down most cats 
, but I think a sufficiently determined one will figure out getting past it.
Storage bins. Pay attention to the sizes and you can completely block the area off.
Can I ask why cats under the bed are an issue?
To keep a cat from getting under a couch, I screwed in lauan panels to the frame, under the couch skirt. The under bed blockers above might work, depends on how sturdy they are, and how determined the cat is.
You will need something rigid that won’t move if the cat rubs it or scratches at it, nothing labeled “skirt” will do that.
In my case, it’s because if the cats even think that I might be wanting to take them to the vet they immediately run under the bed. With a queen size bed, it’s impossible to reach them to drag them out.
I made my own using 1/2" x 6" wooden planks cut to size and attached to form a square wall under the bed.
Damage to the box springs. The sheet that covers the underside of the springs has already been torn from the end of the bed. Now she’s climbing onto it.
That first item the @Joey_P linked to looks like it would do the trick. Well, half way. Its smallest length is 78 in (200 cm) which will do for the side of the bed. But I also need something for the end, which is 60 in (152 cm). Since it has a steel frame, I have doubts about whether I can use only part of it without a foot and a half sticking out into the room.
Then the bins would work. If having anything at all under the bed was an issue, the bins wouldn’t work.
We put an open carrier in the living room a couple of days before the vet visit. It makes them easier to grab at the appointed time because they’ve gotten used to seeing the carrier and being held and cuddled without being stuffed into it.
Oh, bad kitty!
Remember that Dollar stores are known for their large selection of good and cheap storage bins.
My cat carrier pretty much lives in a corner of my living room, for exactly that reason. One of my cats is diabetic and for a while he wouldn’t let me give him his insulin (fortunately, he’s adjusted to it). However, one time when I was going on a trip I had planned on boarding him at the vet’s, but couldn’t catch him to put him in the carrier.
When we adopted Abbey, she spent most of her time under the bed. I had some scrap pieces of 2x6, and I bought 2x2s. I cut the 2x6s so that they would interlock at the corners, and built the frame out of the 2x2s. My wife covered the four panels with fabric. Abbey has not been under the bed since.
(Abbey’s really starting to come out, BTW. Now she spends most of her time in the living room. She and Goo are almost getting along.)
One of the things you can do to prevent damage to the box spring is to put a fitted sheet on it, but put it on upside down. I had a cat who used the box spring as her refuge and another one who used it as his 2 a.m. noisemaker. Both problems solved with the upside down fitted sheet.
Excellent idea. I may just do that.
We had this problem. So I laid down cardboard on the bed slats before I placed the box springs.
Cat claws love cardboard!
Replaced the cardboard with 1/4 inch plywood. Problem solved.