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urgent feedback requested on potential cat furniture
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really need feedback here. on your cat condos/ cat posts, how wide/long are your cat "steps" ? are they triangular or square. if they are square, what are their approximate dimensions? i'm having one built but my designer has done each "step" at 6 inches by 6 inches. they look like little squares and i don't think my cat will be comfortable on them. also, it is a floor to ceiling (almost) length pole, BUT there are numerous steps very close to each other on THREE sides of the pole (it is a square plank, not a round pole) sticking out perpendicularly, not widely set apart like i see on commercial cat condos. There's a step every 12 inches, ascending up from bottom to top of pole. I'm afraid my cat won't be able to jump from step to step but will have to climb from one to another. It basically looks like a long pole with thick, decorative shelves at right angles sticking out. i'm not sure how else to describe it. if this description makes sense at all to anyone, could you let me know if you think this is going to (or not) work? i am very worried - i'll be bringing my cat over to try out the thing tomorrow. however, she's generally shy of new places, and i don't know if it will be a proper test run. from general recall, i *don't* think her butt will fit on the steps, and i don't see how she will be able to jump off from step to step. it doesn't look logical to me. |
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really need feedback here. on your cat condos/ cat posts, how wide/long are your cat "steps" ? are they triangular or square. if they are square, what are their approximate dimensions? i'm having one built but my designer has done each "step" at 6 inches by 6 inches. they look like little squares and i don't think my cat will be comfortable on them. also, it is a floor to ceiling (almost) length pole, BUT there are numerous steps very close to each other on THREE sides of the pole (it is a square plank, not a round pole) sticking out perpendicularly, not widely set apart like i see on commercial cat condos. That doesn't sound right, and a six inch square surface is certainly not something your cat is going to be able to comfortably lounge on. Bringing her to "try it out" will probably be an exercise in futility as well as she'll be in a strange place, be stressed, and will probably want to hide rather than focus on testing out a cat tree. This "designer" doesn't sound like they have any experience with cats and I think you would be much better off buying something commercial made by people that understand cats and what they like. If you go to the following link there are a couple of photos of very popular cat trees at my house and links to where they can be purchased: http://community.webtv.net/zuzu22/scratch Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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really need feedback here. on your cat condos/ cat posts, how wide/long are your cat "steps" ? are they triangular or square. if they are square, what are their approximate dimensions? i'm having one built but my designer has done each "step" at 6 inches by 6 inches. they look like little squares and i don't think my cat will be comfortable on them. also, it is a floor to ceiling (almost) length pole, BUT there are numerous steps very close to each other on THREE sides of the pole (it is a square plank, not a round pole) sticking out perpendicularly, not widely set apart like i see on commercial cat condos. That doesn't sound right, and a six inch square surface is certainly not something your cat is going to be able to comfortably lounge on. Bringing her to "try it out" will probably be an exercise in futility as well as she'll be in a strange place, be stressed, and will probably want to hide rather than focus on testing out a cat tree. This "designer" doesn't sound like they have any experience with cats and I think you would be much better off buying something commercial made by people that understand cats and what they like. If you go to the following link there are a couple of photos of very popular cat trees at my house and links to where they can be purchased: http://community.webtv.net/zuzu22/scratch Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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That doesn't sound right, and a six inch square surface is certainly not
something your cat is going to be able to comfortably lounge on. Bringing her to "try it out" will probably be an exercise in futility as well as she'll be in a strange place, be stressed, and will probably want to hide rather than focus on testing out a cat tree. This "designer" doesn't sound like they have any experience with cats and I think you would be much better off buying something commercial made by people that understand cats and what they like. If you go to the following link there are a couple of photos of very popular cat trees at my house and links to where they can be purchased: http://community.webtv.net/zuzu22/scratch Megan hi Megan, thanks for your reply. yes i think you are right about everything. but unfortunately everything's up and i can only make adjustments to the pole and the designer has been very willing and open to changes (after i called him sounding very panicked yesterday). also, i can't purchase online cat trees because they would cost a lot to ship here (singapore) not only with shipping costs but with currency conversion, and the reason why i wanted something built into the house was because i thought it was a chance to do something permanent and more elaborate for my cat. i thought my designer would be all right because he already has a cat and he actually also did something for his cat with his new house - some kind of cat wall (which i haven't seen). last night i btought my cat to try the thing out, it went better than i thought it would, both in terms of her willingness to hang out on it and her being able to use it- she was ok with the walkway and it was only when it came to the pole that she was able to go up (by climbing) and was not interested (or able) to climb down. on looking at it, i realized its built on a vertical climbing concept, not a cat tree /step concept where the cat hops (or leaps/jumps) from lower to higher steps to get to the top. its more like a pole that you climb up, which makes it hard to climb down of course if you are coming down facing down, like cats do. this morning i discussed this with the designer and he's removing a few steps and making the remaining ones wider (12 by 12) to get the step platform feel. i hope it works out. thanks "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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That doesn't sound right, and a six inch square surface is certainly not
something your cat is going to be able to comfortably lounge on. Bringing her to "try it out" will probably be an exercise in futility as well as she'll be in a strange place, be stressed, and will probably want to hide rather than focus on testing out a cat tree. This "designer" doesn't sound like they have any experience with cats and I think you would be much better off buying something commercial made by people that understand cats and what they like. If you go to the following link there are a couple of photos of very popular cat trees at my house and links to where they can be purchased: http://community.webtv.net/zuzu22/scratch Megan hi Megan, thanks for your reply. yes i think you are right about everything. but unfortunately everything's up and i can only make adjustments to the pole and the designer has been very willing and open to changes (after i called him sounding very panicked yesterday). also, i can't purchase online cat trees because they would cost a lot to ship here (singapore) not only with shipping costs but with currency conversion, and the reason why i wanted something built into the house was because i thought it was a chance to do something permanent and more elaborate for my cat. i thought my designer would be all right because he already has a cat and he actually also did something for his cat with his new house - some kind of cat wall (which i haven't seen). last night i btought my cat to try the thing out, it went better than i thought it would, both in terms of her willingness to hang out on it and her being able to use it- she was ok with the walkway and it was only when it came to the pole that she was able to go up (by climbing) and was not interested (or able) to climb down. on looking at it, i realized its built on a vertical climbing concept, not a cat tree /step concept where the cat hops (or leaps/jumps) from lower to higher steps to get to the top. its more like a pole that you climb up, which makes it hard to climb down of course if you are coming down facing down, like cats do. this morning i discussed this with the designer and he's removing a few steps and making the remaining ones wider (12 by 12) to get the step platform feel. i hope it works out. thanks "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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