Hello everyone,
The kitties had a big surprise today as we were building this fantastic scratch tree from Amazon for them! 🙂
It arrived neatly packed in a large box – oh how the cats loved the sight of this! 😉
Of course Nubia had to investigate the pieces before I even had a chance to start putting it together. lol
Here are the instructions! Good thing the kitties don’t have to build this themselves haha.
Below you will find the assembly process commentated on by the two resident cats! 🙂
Oliver: What is this… i am sure that is meant to be somewhere else! Human – hurry!!!
Nubia: Hmmmm…. I don’t think I can screw these in myself… go go human!
Nubia: Yes! We are slowly getting there human. 😀
Nubia: Hurry up it is not even half as big as our old tree yet. :O
Nubia: Sure like resting on here tho! 🙂
Nubia: Look! my servant installed another platform. 😀
Nubia: Now where are the sleeping platforms?
Nubia: Nope this is a cave not a sleeping platform…
Nubia: I see…. Human servant hasn’t installed them yet! :O
Oliver: Let me give you a paw! You are too slow. :O
Nubia: Is this where the platform goes? Looks like there will be more than one – just as well with my brother around! 😀
Nubia: Pass me that platform! i’ll install it you slow human. 😛
Nubia: Yes!!! At last it is done. 😀 But hold on a second there are THREE platforms… does that mean we are getting another sibling?!?
Overall verdict:
This is a great tree for your cats especially if you are looking for a large stable tree for your cats but don’t want to spend a large amount of money. The only thing I would say is that the platforms would be a bit small for cats over approx 5kg (Oliver is 4.5 kg and fits perfectly on the platforms!)
The scratch tree is available from Amazon UK and is currently priced at £69.99 and at that price is an bargain for a tree of this size. If you’d like to get one for your kitties you can find the grey one here or the beige one here.
Tip for when your cat doesn’t accept a new cat tree:
If you are struggling to get your cat to accept a new tree or toy have you thought about trying to entice them with some treats? This often works wonder with ours (though not needed for this particular toy haha)
Lily’s Kitchen crunchy Nibbles are actually a complete food and contains 45% fish and NO grain but our two are so hot on it that hiding it in toys will make them hunt it down. 😀 You can find these on Amazon by clicking here for £6.62.
Thanks,
Marc
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It looks awesome!
Thank you 😀
“Anticipation … anticipaaaashun is making me wait …” 😀
Haha 🙂
You did a good job getting that built, with all the “help”.
LOL. Yeah it was a bit of a challenge with all that help haha
Sweet baby!
Thank you 🙂
Nice post Marc and great you mentioned the weight for the cats. I have builded many of these trees and I needed to fasten them to the wall because my cats are much to big for these trees.
Ah yes I think if they were heavier that would be a good idea! Have you tried one of the trees that connect to the ceiling? My friend has one of those for his rather large cats 🙂
Yes I have and they are great. I had one great one of this skinny models, as were wide instead of tall with two houses with a resting place between, it was very good even it demanded more space. Otherwise the more heavy and very expensive are needed.
Yeah. That’s the problem a friend of mine has with his maincoone’s
That is one massive cat climbing toy!
Haha indeed! Thank you 🙂
We had one for Muppet but she didn’t really play with it. So when I moved to Belgium, I left the cat tree in the attic.
She likes climbing on real trees 😀
Your pictures are great; look like your cats are really enjoying it!!!
Thank you :D. And yes they are indoor only so this is their tree haha
Thank you dear Marc, seems so nice and great fun for our cats 🙂 Have a nice day and weekend, blessing for your cats, love, nia
Thank you ^^
Wow, that’s not a cat tree…it’s a cat forest! 🙂 We like it!
Haha thank you. 🙂
How timely. I was just looking at cat trees on Amazon yesterday because the shelter put out a request for some for their kitten room. The prices are pretty good.
Awww this one would be perfect for kitten. 🙂
I love your construction helpers! I hope they enjoy their new play and rest stop area.
Haha they have TWO now. The other one will be shown in a few weeks 😉
Townhouses!!!!
Yep 🙂 now we need more cats to rent them out!
OMC, congrats on catdad to get it together. Mom already freaking out on all the pieces that has to fit together. Most of the time I end up with a wibbly wobbly cat tree that is even worse then my TARDIS. Most of the time moms dad come to help, oh boy the arguments what fits where are worth a movie… so I love the pole. Looking at mom if I would get one… answer clearly no. Now I should invite myself to come and play at your place 🙂
You are more than welcome to come over for a cup of cat milk ;). Nubia approves. Oli may be a different story haha XD
Looks fab I would love one for Molly however it would take up my whole apartment lol!!! They look so happy! 🙂
XD yes it is quite big. And sure enjoyed it. 🙂
Reminds me of trying to put together childrens toys on Christmas eves years ago, and staying up late into the night, trying to figure out the instructions. At least you do not have to put it together in secret, and have skilled helpers!
Lol true about the not having to put it together in secret haha. 🙂
That’s a great price for such an amazing tree! (I enjoyed seeing how the kitties supervised your efforts to construct the tree, too! )
Thank you :). And yes we thought it is really good value for money 😀
Looks like you got a lot of help assembling it. that is one of the biggest cat trees I have seen.
180 something cm! 😮 quite tall haha. And yes lots of help XD
Pawsome tree ! The most impawtant to us is that it’s stable. Purrs
Indeed! Same for us. 🙂
Oh, Nubia– that face! So cute 🙂
🙂 she is difficult to photograph. But so worth it when you get it right ^^
Lucky kitties- that looks like a great tree. I sprinkly catnip on ours to keep them interested.
My two keep each other jealous by using it haha. So no probe with the loosing interest ;o
That looks like a great cat tree and I might be tempted! Lily’s biscuits (aka crack cocaine for cats) – ours LOVE them – whichever flavour – NOW! PS you can also get them in Waitrose for £3.99 per pack.
Oh wow! Time to pop into Waitrose (people in the US it’s a bit like Publix) tomorrow 😀
Its always nice to read about peoples pets especially as we no longer have any. My health made the decision for us as travelling back and forth to the UK was not good for pets and finding someone you could trust to look after them was even harder. Having said that we have ended up with loads of characters Puddytat the wild cat that has adopted us, wild boar and goats who raid my wifes garden, and the birds she has written a book of poetry about are enough to keep us going. My wife is a country girl whereas I am a townie (London) so it is no surprise that after all this time I have come to love the birds and getting up at 6am to fill the water bars says it all. I will subscribe to your news letter.
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