Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These Kitty Tubes not only leak in the rain even with the awnings on and the handle-holes closed, but other wild animals such as racoons can get into them! I purchased two Kitty Tubes for some feral cats we have living in our backyard - one in the middle of Summer so I didn't know it would leak until I bought the second one in January. I then bought two awnings for the Kitty Tubes so that the leaking would stop. I even made sure to have the handle-holes closed so that no water would get in that way and I moved them to better areas but they still leaked. And I had to throw the insulation away because it got gross due to the rainwater. I have submitted four photos: two of each Kitty Tube with rainwater in the bottoms of them, and two of a racoon that made its way in. I'm so disappointed in all the money I spent on these just to have poor wet feral kitties desperately looking for a dry place to sleep. UPDATE ON 2/1/2016: I had been looking for some type of circular plastic grates to place inside the bottoms underneath the hay so that the rainwater doesn't touch the hay or the kitties, which would help. All I could find were these 22" diameter (2" high) storm drain grates on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Drain-FSD-3017-G20B-Round-Grate/dp/B002GJ47RA (Storm Drain FSD-3017-G20B 20" Round Flat Grate for Catch Basin). They're not cheap and I needed to order two (one for each Kitty Tube). The total came to $84.22. I will still need to drain the rainwater from each Kitty Tube after each rainstorm as the grates are only 2" high. 2nd UPDATE ON 4/1/2016: I decided to drill two small holes (the size of pencil erasers) in the bottoms of both Kitty Tubes so that the rainwater will drain out on its own, and then set the Kitty Tubes on top of bricks to help with the drainage.. so far so good.