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Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:24 PM Oct 2021

I bought, and ASSEMBLED a cat tree, today

No written instructions - just a diagram and everything in metrics. Ok, that wasn't really an issue. Regardless, I had to back track at least twice because, well, no written instructions. The kittens are already going to town, which makes me SOOOO happy. I bet this is where they will spend most of their day. In the Spring I plan to have the 3 season room finally emptied of 'family estate stuff' and move the tree and other cat related things, there. It's a big, airy room that leads to the screened in porch. Ideal for felines.

Sophie is still in the "I don't recall you ever buying ME a cat tree!!" stage, right now.

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I bought, and ASSEMBLED a cat tree, today (Original Post) Siwsan Oct 2021 OP
Maybe sophie would enjoy a hammock? SheltieLover Oct 2021 #1
Did they enjoy the box too? Sanity Claws Oct 2021 #2
I hid the box! Siwsan Oct 2021 #4
Meow! PXR-5 Oct 2021 #3
I saw one at Costco one day and instantly thought, I'm gonna be a hero! I'd been looking and brewens Oct 2021 #5
I'm going to rearrange furniture so this one can sit at the den window Siwsan Oct 2021 #6
It looks like a tall one. 3catwoman3 Oct 2021 #7
It's 55" tall Siwsan Oct 2021 #9
Nice tree I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #8
I'm sorry, but unless you do THIS you are just... ret5hd Oct 2021 #10
That's amazing!! Siwsan Oct 2021 #11
Spoil human kids: BAD!!! ret5hd Oct 2021 #12
Try those picture directions with dyslexia. Ka-Dinh Oy Oct 2021 #13
That is one fine cat tree. So glad that they approve. Has Miss Sophie graced it niyad Oct 2021 #14
you lucked out. drray23 Oct 2021 #15
They're so lucky to have landed with you. femmedem Oct 2021 #16
You might point out to Sophie that the more time Earthrise Oct 2021 #17
So true Siwsan Oct 2021 #18

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
4. I hid the box!
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 04:55 PM
Oct 2021

It took them a few minutes to figure out what it was, but then they zoomed up. Madoc likes the little hammock. Right now Morgan is sticking to the top level.

brewens

(13,583 posts)
5. I saw one at Costco one day and instantly thought, I'm gonna be a hero! I'd been looking and
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:26 PM
Oct 2021

was glad I waited. It was six feet tall, assembled and about 90 bucks.

I drug that sucker in, my cat Silver sniffed at it, then zoomed to the top! She's on it quite a bit. More since I moved it to have a great view out a window.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
6. I'm going to rearrange furniture so this one can sit at the den window
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:28 PM
Oct 2021

It's a small, high window and the top tier of this cat tree will make for perfect viewing

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
10. I'm sorry, but unless you do THIS you are just...
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:50 PM
Oct 2021

phoning it in…only a half (or even quarter) effort…



(I’m phoning it in too. Nah, I don’t feel THAT guilty.)

Ka-Dinh Oy

(11,686 posts)
13. Try those picture directions with dyslexia.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 05:57 PM
Oct 2021

The first few I had I got help with so the last few I was able to figure it out on my own. Well, written direction aren't really much better for me. I just get help first. Getting the same brand also helps.

I get trees every 2 years as they start looking bad and you can only touch them up so far.

My cats ignore it for a couple of day then I catch them playing on it and then they own it.

niyad

(113,302 posts)
14. That is one fine cat tree. So glad that they approve. Has Miss Sophie graced it
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 06:27 PM
Oct 2021

with her presence yet?

drray23

(7,627 posts)
15. you lucked out.
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 06:32 PM
Oct 2021

Last edited Fri Oct 8, 2021, 07:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Pretty much every time I have bought things ike a cat tree or scratching post our cats promptly ignored it..

Earthrise

(15,523 posts)
17. You might point out to Sophie that the more time
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 06:52 PM
Oct 2021

the kittens spend of the tree, the less time they'll be pestering Sophie to play.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
18. So true
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 07:08 PM
Oct 2021

She's been doing really well, lately. She's eating and the stress grooming has really diminished. I noticed, today, how her fur is starting to return to normal.

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