Plush Pumpkin Cave Bed
A hood, which is the only feature a cat actually votes for.
The pumpkin is decoration. The hood is the product. A roof and three walls is what makes a cat pick one sleeping spot over another, and it is the reason this outlasts everything else in the seasonal range.
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- Semi-enclosed cave with a hooded opening
- Sherpa trim around the mouth, padded base inside
- Two sizes: 32 x 32 x 25cm and 40 x 40 x 30cm
- Weighs 150g in the small, 200g in the large
- Compresses flat for storage between Octobers
Size: Small — 32cm
Why you'll love it
Made for happy, healthy pets
Cats choose hoods, not cushions
An open cushion leaves a cat's back exposed, which is why they end up in cardboard boxes and airing cupboards instead. A roof and three walls is the part doing the work here; the pumpkin is the part doing the decorating.
It earns its shelf space after October
This is the one piece in the Halloween range that is a real object rather than a costume. An orange cave reads as autumn rather than as Halloween specifically, so it can stay in the corner of the room until the spring without looking like you forgot to tidy up.
It packs down to nothing
The whole thing is plush over a soft structure, so it squashes into a bag and springs back. A 40cm bed that stores like a cushion is the difference between keeping it and giving it away in November.
Good fit if
- Cats that sleep in boxes, cupboards and drawers
- Kittens and adult cats up to roughly 5kg
- A room where an orange object is welcome all autumn
- Storage, because it squashes into a bag
Look elsewhere if
- You want a dog bed; the opening is 25cm at its tallest
- You need a machine-washable cover
- Your cat has only ever slept stretched out in the open
Cats are choosing the roof, not the cushion
A flat bed leaves the spine and the back of the head exposed. A cat asleep in the open keeps some part of itself alert to that, which is why the expensive open cushion gets ignored and the cardboard box the cushion arrived in becomes the favourite. Three walls and a roof remove the problem, and the animal drops into deeper sleep because nothing can arrive from above or behind.
That is the whole design argument here, and it has nothing to do with the season. The pumpkin shape is a coincidence of geometry. A sphere with a hole cut in it happens to be both a good cave and an obvious pumpkin. The sherpa trim around the mouth is the other detail worth noticing: it marks the entrance by texture, which matters to an animal going in head first in the dark.
Soft-sided, and what that trades away
There is no wire hoop or moulded shell in this. The arch holds itself up but yields under a paw, so a cat that wants to flatten one wall and sleep half in and half out can do exactly that. Some cats want the rigid kind that holds a perfect dome; most do not care, and a fair number prefer being able to collapse a side.
What the softness buys you is storage. The whole thing compresses into a bag and springs back, which is the difference between keeping a seasonal object and giving it away in November. A rigid 40cm dome has to live somewhere for eleven months. This does not.
Two sizes and an honest word about dogs
The small is 32cm across and 25cm tall, the large 40cm by 30cm. Measure your cat curled rather than stretched, because a cat that sleeps in a tight circle needs far less floor than its length suggests. Most adult cats suit the large; the small is a kitten bed, or a bed for a genuinely small adult that likes to be wedged in tightly.
The supplier's listing mentions chihuahuas, poodles and pomeranians. We have left that off the page. A 25cm opening and a 32cm floor is a cat space, and a small dog that likes to burrow might use the large, but selling this as a dog bed would be optimistic in a way that ends with a return. It is a cat bed.
In the box
Everything you need
- Plush pumpkin cave bed with padded base
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The details
Specifications
- Material
- Plush outer, sherpa trim, padded base
- Small
- 32 x 32 x 25cm, 150g
- Large
- 40 x 40 x 30cm, 200g
- Colour
- Orange with a green stalk
- Structure
- Semi-enclosed, soft-sided — it compresses
- Suits
- Cats and kittens; the opening is 25cm at its tallest
- Care
- Sponge clean and air dry; do not machine wash
Size guide
| Size | Dimensions | Weight | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 32 x 32 x 25cm | 150g | Kittens, small adults |
| Large | 40 x 40 x 30cm | 200g | Most adult cats |
Measure the cat curled up, not stretched out. If you are between the two, take the large — a cat will happily under-fill a cave and will not use one it has to squeeze into.
Sponge clean only. Vacuum the plush with a soft brush head rather than picking fur off by hand, and flip the base occasionally so it wears evenly. Stored compressed it will come out creased; stand it up for a day and the arch recovers on its own.
Good questions
Before you buy
The supplier lists chihuahuas and pomeranians, but at a 32cm footprint with a 25cm opening this is really a cat bed. A very small dog that likes to burrow will use the large; anything with legs will find it cramped. We would sell you a cat bed honestly rather than a dog bed optimistically.
No. It is soft-sided with a padded base rather than a removable cover, and a machine cycle collapses the structure and leaves the base wet through the middle for days. Sponge the plush, blot it dry and stand it open to air.
It holds an arch but it is soft, not rigid — press it flat and it springs back rather than staying up like a wire frame. That is what makes it pack away for eleven months of the year, and it is also why a cat can flatten one wall and sleep half-in.
An orange dome with a green stalk reads as autumn more than it reads as Halloween specifically, which is deliberate on our part in stocking it. It sits in a room through to the spring without looking like a decoration somebody forgot to put away.
Probably not, and we would rather say so. A cat that has never chosen an enclosed space is unlikely to start because the enclosure is orange. Try it somewhere the cat already sleeps rather than somewhere you would like it to, and give it a fortnight before deciding.
Last reviewed September 13, 2026