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Hi Mary, I've been looking again at your pictures and was wondering, where
did you get those tall carpet covered poles from, did you buy them or make them yourself? If you made them could you share how you did it? Thank you Rachel |
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"Rachel" wrote in message ... Hi Mary, I've been looking again at your pictures and was wondering, where did you get those tall carpet covered poles from, did you buy them or make them yourself? If you made them could you share how you did it? Thank you Rachel Hi Rachel, I bought the cat tree (with 3 poles of various heights) from www.createacatcondo.com. The tree is wonderful, but after I bought it I realized that Duffy could easily climb up the poles, but he had difficulty getting down from the upper bed because he is blind and couldn't feel the pole to get back to it. It became obvious that I needed another pole that would mount to the outside of the upper bed so he could "navigate" better (and get back down easily). Likewise, he could get to the top of the computer hutch by using the little shelves to climb, but he couldn't reach far enough (upside-down) to feel them to climb back down. So that was the second place where I wanted a pole. Finally, another one was added to the horizontal surface of the computer hutch to add some safety. I have a handyman who does all sorts of odd-job work for me (and has done this so long that he is now a good friend). I contacted him, and he made the poles for me. He found carpet that is a close match to the carpeting on the cat tree. The two vertical poles are 4" x 4" and the horizontal pole (on top of the hutch) is 2" x 4". He wrapped the carpet very tightly around the wood and stapled the edge VERY close together. He used a sturdy stainless steel brace to mount the one pole to the top of the hutch, and it is stabilized at the bottom by securing it to a heavy carpeted wood base (similar to what you can see on commercial trees). The extra pole on the cat tree was mounted by using heavy screws (more like bolts) directly through the edge of the upper bed on the cat tree and into the pole. He did a great job -- it looks good, and there are no loose edges or rough staples to injure the cats. Let me know if you need more precise information than this. I can call him and get whatever information you need. The cats love these poles, especially Duffy -- he scrambles backward down the poles like no cat I have ever seen. MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o' http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly) http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in") |
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MaryL wrote:
Hi Rachel, I bought the cat tree (with 3 poles of various heights) from www.createacatcondo.com. The tree is wonderful, but after I bought it I realized that Duffy could easily climb up the poles, but he had difficulty getting down from the upper bed because he is blind and couldn't feel the pole to get back to it. It became obvious that I needed another pole that would mount to the outside of the upper bed so he could "navigate" better (and get back down easily). Likewise, he could get to the top of the computer hutch by using the little shelves to climb, but he couldn't reach far enough (upside-down) to feel them to climb back down. So that was the second place where I wanted a pole. Finally, another one was added to the horizontal surface of the computer hutch to add some safety. I have a handyman who does all sorts of odd-job work for me (and has done this so long that he is now a good friend). I contacted him, and he made the poles for me. He found carpet that is a close match to the carpeting on the cat tree. The two vertical poles are 4" x 4" and the horizontal pole (on top of the hutch) is 2" x 4". He wrapped the carpet very tightly around the wood and stapled the edge VERY close together. He used a sturdy stainless steel brace to mount the one pole to the top of the hutch, and it is stabilized at the bottom by securing it to a heavy carpeted wood base (similar to what you can see on commercial trees). The extra pole on the cat tree was mounted by using heavy screws (more like bolts) directly through the edge of the upper bed on the cat tree and into the pole. He did a great job -- it looks good, and there are no loose edges or rough staples to injure the cats. Let me know if you need more precise information than this. I can call him and get whatever information you need. The cats love these poles, especially Duffy -- he scrambles backward down the poles like no cat I have ever seen. MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Thanks for the reply Mary, I really need to find something for my Murphy to climb, he really wants to climb but I can't find anyone who makes good cat trees over here. He uses the clothes horse at the moment but it's getting scary, he's already had it over a few times. See over on binaries animals group for a couple of pics. We'll see about giving them ago, or finding our own handy man! If we need more help then I'll come back to you if you don't mind. Thanks again. |
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"Rachel" wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: Hi Rachel, I bought the cat tree (with 3 poles of various heights) from www.createacatcondo.com. The tree is wonderful, but after I bought it I realized that Duffy could easily climb up the poles, but he had difficulty getting down from the upper bed because he is blind and couldn't feel the pole to get back to it. It became obvious that I needed another pole that would mount to the outside of the upper bed so he could "navigate" better (and get back down easily). Likewise, he could get to the top of the computer hutch by using the little shelves to climb, but he couldn't reach far enough (upside-down) to feel them to climb back down. So that was the second place where I wanted a pole. Finally, another one was added to the horizontal surface of the computer hutch to add some safety. I have a handyman who does all sorts of odd-job work for me (and has done this so long that he is now a good friend). I contacted him, and he made the poles for me. He found carpet that is a close match to the carpeting on the cat tree. The two vertical poles are 4" x 4" and the horizontal pole (on top of the hutch) is 2" x 4". He wrapped the carpet very tightly around the wood and stapled the edge VERY close together. He used a sturdy stainless steel brace to mount the one pole to the top of the hutch, and it is stabilized at the bottom by securing it to a heavy carpeted wood base (similar to what you can see on commercial trees). The extra pole on the cat tree was mounted by using heavy screws (more like bolts) directly through the edge of the upper bed on the cat tree and into the pole. He did a great job -- it looks good, and there are no loose edges or rough staples to injure the cats. Let me know if you need more precise information than this. I can call him and get whatever information you need. The cats love these poles, especially Duffy -- he scrambles backward down the poles like no cat I have ever seen. MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Thanks for the reply Mary, I really need to find something for my Murphy to climb, he really wants to climb but I can't find anyone who makes good cat trees over here. He uses the clothes horse at the moment but it's getting scary, he's already had it over a few times. See over on binaries animals group for a couple of pics. We'll see about giving them ago, or finding our own handy man! If we need more help then I'll come back to you if you don't mind. Thanks again. Hi Rachel, I looked at your pictures of Murphy, and he is adorable. I can see why you have some concerns about the clothes horse because it looks like it could fall over as a cat leaps to or from it. Where are you located? Are you in the U.S.? If so, the place I ordered my cat tree ships anywhere in the U.S., and the cost of shipping is included in their prices. You can locate them he www.createacatcondo.com Many people do make their own cat trees. I think it is important for them to be heavy and sturdy -- it is surprising how much stress a cat can place on a tree as the cat scrambles up and down. Here are some places on the Internet that have plans for cat furnitu Plans for do-it-yourself cat furnitu http://amby.com/cat_site/declaw.html#build-it http://www.cat-tree-plans.com/ http://www.flippyscatpage.com/furniturediy.html Please feel free to contact me by e-mail if you want more information from the man who built my poles. However, as I said, I got the tree from CreateACatCondo. My e-mail address that is is connected to this message is valid except that you have to "take out the litter." MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o' http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly) http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in") |
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Great pics! Murphy is very athletic!
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "Rachel" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply Mary, I really need to find something for my Murphy to climb, he really wants to climb but I can't find anyone who makes good cat trees over here. He uses the clothes horse at the moment but it's getting scary, he's already had it over a few times. See over on binaries animals group for a couple of pics. We'll see about giving them ago, or finding our own handy man! If we need more help then I'll come back to you if you don't mind. Thanks again. |
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MaryL wrote:
Hi Rachel, I looked at your pictures of Murphy, and he is adorable. I can see why you have some concerns about the clothes horse because it looks like it could fall over as a cat leaps to or from it. Where are you located? Are you in the U.S.? If so, the place I ordered my cat tree ships anywhere in the U.S., and the cost of shipping is included in their prices. You can locate them he www.createacatcondo.com Many people do make their own cat trees. I think it is important for them to be heavy and sturdy -- it is surprising how much stress a cat can place on a tree as the cat scrambles up and down. Here are some places on the Internet that have plans for cat furnitu Plans for do-it-yourself cat furnitu http://amby.com/cat_site/declaw.html#build-it http://www.cat-tree-plans.com/ http://www.flippyscatpage.com/furniturediy.html Please feel free to contact me by e-mail if you want more information from the man who built my poles. However, as I said, I got the tree from CreateACatCondo. My e-mail address that is is connected to this message is valid except that you have to "take out the litter." MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Thanks MaryL, I wish I were in the US, you seem to have a greater range of quality products over there at cheaper prices, from food to furniture. I've ordered something that I found a while ago but wasn't keen on the look, now that the exchange is so good for me I have ordered it. Thanks for the links, I will use those another time, maybe when I get a bigger place and have the room for some huge thing.....and more cats! |
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