Cat Trees
Heybly Heavy-Duty Cat Tree Review: Living With It Day to Day
Eight months, two cats, one corner of a den, and a wall strap we bought ourselves. What the Heybly did in our house, and what it did not.
A 35-pound box, one Saturday afternoon, and two cats with very different ideas about what a cat tree is for.
Eight months, two cats, one corner of a den, and a wall strap we bought ourselves. What the Heybly did in our house, and what it did not.
One takes a permanent corner of floor. One wedges against your ceiling and needs no wall at all. After eight months with the Heybly in our den, here is the honest split.
A science teacher in north Georgia on what actually held up when a three-year-old climber and a fourteen-pound lap cat moved into the same five-level tree.
A 35-pound box, one Saturday afternoon, and two cats with very different ideas about what a cat tree is for.
The assembly is the easy half. Placement, anchoring and arranging the levels for two very different cats is what decides whether the thing gets used.
Eight months, two cats, one wall stud and about an hour and a half with a hex key. What the listing gets right, and the four things I would change.
Seven months on a den wall in an old farmhouse: what the four pieces are, how the mounting actually went, and which of our two cats uses it and which one will not go near it.
Two pieces of cat furniture, one den, two very different cats. A practical comparison of wall-mounted shelves and a floor tower from someone who set up both.
A science teacher in a small den explains what four wall-mounted pieces did for her floor, her cats, and her Sunday morning, and what they did not do.
One Sunday morning, a level, a drill, and a three year old cat who had already decided the wall was hers.
Four pieces, a stud finder, and the hour most people skip. How the FUKUMARU wall shelves went up in a den with drywall on one side of the house and plaster on the other.
Seven months in, one Sunday morning with a drill, and two cats with completely different opinions about height.
Ten months with the 32 inch sisal tower at the end of the sofa, in an old farmhouse with a heavy senior tabby and a three year old climber.
Ten months with a 32 inch sisal tower at the end of the sofa, and an honest look at the three things a rope post still does better.
A science teacher in a two-cat farmhouse on what a 32 inch sisal post changed, in the order she actually noticed it.
The old carpeted post had gone bald and June had moved on to the arm of the sofa. Here is what happened when we swapped it out in January.
Five steps that moved one cat off the sofa arm and onto a post, in the order that actually mattered.
A plain sisal tower, two cats with different ideas about it, and the parts of the listing that matter after the box is open.
Six months in the dining room window of an old farmhouse, with a fourteen pound senior tabby and an eight pound climber arguing over who gets the good seat.
One hooks into the sill slot. The other holds on with suction cups. Here is how each one fits an old farmhouse window and two cats with different habits.
Ten practical reasons I keep coming back to the same sill perch in the dining room, from a teacher who reads the listing and the assembly sheet before she buys.
Two cats, one dining room window, and a perch that hangs on the sill instead of drilling into it.
A no-drill windowsill perch is only as good as the slot it sits in. Here is how I measured, set up, and tested the Zakkart perch in our dining room window.
Six months in a dining room window, two cats, one hard requirement. Here is what held up, what I would change, and who should not buy this at all.
Three months with a set of pet stairs at the foot of an old farmhouse bed, a nine year old tabby who needed a shorter climb, and a three year old who only wanted the cave underneath.
One is a set of steps with a cave built into it. The other is a sloped board. They solve the same problem in two different shapes, and the room usually decides for you.
A science teacher in a north Georgia farmhouse on the ten things she actually checked before putting a set of pet stairs at the foot of her bed, and the one thing she would tell you to skip.
Our orange tabby stopped jumping onto the bed over the summer. Here is what we put at the foot of it, how it went together, and what the cats actually did with it.
Five steps for setting up cat stairs so an older cat actually uses them, from someone who measured her own bed before ordering.
Four days of waiting, a cedar chest at the foot of the bed, and a fourteen pound tabby who had started to hesitate before every jump.
Eight months, two cats, one corner of a den, and a wall strap we bought ourselves. What the Heybly did in our house, and what it did not.
Eight months, two cats, one wall stud and about an hour and a half with a hex key. What the listing gets right, and the four things I would change.
Seven months on a den wall in an old farmhouse: what the four pieces are, how the mounting actually went, and which of our two cats uses it and which one will not go near it.
Seven months in, one Sunday morning with a drill, and two cats with completely different opinions about height.
Ten months with the 32 inch sisal tower at the end of the sofa, in an old farmhouse with a heavy senior tabby and a three year old climber.
A plain sisal tower, two cats with different ideas about it, and the parts of the listing that matter after the box is open.
Six months in the dining room window of an old farmhouse, with a fourteen pound senior tabby and an eight pound climber arguing over who gets the good seat.
Six months in a dining room window, two cats, one hard requirement. Here is what held up, what I would change, and who should not buy this at all.
Three months with a set of pet stairs at the foot of an old farmhouse bed, a nine year old tabby who needed a shorter climb, and a three year old who only wanted the cave underneath.
Four days of waiting, a cedar chest at the foot of the bed, and a fourteen pound tabby who had started to hesitate before every jump.