Hi! Your cat Chai is absolutely beautiful! 😍 And great questions! I should have gone into more detail about that in the story. Yes, Derek got two of the tent & tube units. The two tunnels zip to each other, and then one of the tunnels zips to a tent. However, the second tunnel and tent didn't zip together because the male/female sides didn't match up right. So we took some zip ties and attached that side. It took about six zip ties but it works perfectly. :)

As for getting the cats outside into the tents... That part is a little trickier! Usually we make it a two-person job and one person unzips the tunnels where they connect and the other drops the cat in the tunnel. Mufasa is very gentle and doesn't try to run away, so it's easy with him. The toughest part for Bilbo was getting him back out, but he actually was ready to go. We're lucky in that both of our cats like to be held and carried, so this part isn't too difficult.

But I thought about what I would do if I had more difficult cats. In that situation, I'd suggest buying a harness for the cat and putting the cat in the harness, then (if she doesn't like wearing the harness, which a lot of cats don't), unhooking the harness once you get the cat into the tent (and hooking it back up when you're ready to bring her back inside.)

I've also seen some people who don't get the second tent, but attach one end of the two tunnels to a doggy door (and some have even put cardboard in a window and cut a hole out of the cardboard to attach the tunnel.) If you have a more slippery cat, that might be an option worth exploring. Hope this helps! :)