Cat trees?

[Laura's Babies]

I like that too! What a idea!! Hummmmm..

They will be to busy enjoying their perch you build them to sit in your lap and love on you but once yous see how much they love it, you will want to build them another, and another, and another!..and they seem to know as you are working on it, that it IS for THEM!

[Corinna]

Hey that ladder one you could buy ladder at garage sales then it would be really cheap. I would how ever paint the ladder first. ummm going to have to go garaging now. With 3 cats I guess its time . I did make a cat bed from the pattern some of you great cat people gave It got a little big . But Moose seems to use it most so large is good for my(newly weight boy now hitting ) 25 Lbs.

[PJ's Mom]

Are wooden ladders cheap new? I'm thinking of running to Hope Depot to get a small one.

[LauraT7]

I was looking at building a cat tree, but then came across this website -

http://www.katwallks.com/

Even if you don't think they're for you - watching the videos of the cats playing on the shelves is fun!

They are basically carpeted shelves that you put on your walls to turn the whole wall/ room into a cat gym! sure looks like fun and would be VERY easy to cover some boards with carpet and mount them on the wall. the hardware they use to mount the shelves at any angle is simply the same hardware used for stair handrails - so it's easy to get at any hardware store.

Since my house doesn't have alot of floor space to dedicate to a cat tree, these will work better for me - and Pixel LOVES being up 'high'.

Also, when you build a cat tree, I think I read somewhere that you want to have 2 square feet of base for every 2 feet of height over 3' - so the taller you build, the more base or anchoring it's going to need - esp if you have more than one cat, or a heavy or athletic cat that might tip it. You can also 'anchor' it with a brace to the wall or ceiling.

laura

[PJ's Mom]

Thanks for that link, Laura.

[janelle]

My Siamese use to just love to jump up onto the refrigerator and then on top of the cabinets. they are mounted about two feet from the ceiling. I have baskets up there and he would get into one and sleep. Hasn't done it lately, not sure why.

My little one jumps up on my bannisters and they are one story up on the top floor. She jumps up and runs along them. Also balances and trys to catch her tail. Scares me but she is perfectly happy. Especially since the Siamese can't do it. He is too heavy to pull such a stunt, He would fall.

I have the same situation in my bathroom. The top of the closets are about two feet down from the ceiling. My little one can actually jump more than twice her body length and get on top of one of them. She jumps from the counter top. Then she jumps from one ledge to the other. three in all. She thinks she is so hot when she does it and she is up so high. Simon, the Siamese, cannot follow her.