No products in the cart.
What Is a 2-Post Top Perch?
Two poles stop seesaw wobble. The same thing ends up happening where the cylinders seem to be coming undone. Most standard cat trees seem too flimsy or small when a 22-pounder is always testing the limits of the cat trees by chasing its tail on the top perch.
Slim beds fit narrow rooms. You look for a tower with a wide base to avoid tipping, and something that won’t wobble or fall apart in a few months. The whole thing is built around a wider base so it’s not tipping over on you, and a two-post deep metal basket helps when the sisal rope and carpet are both appealing for scratching.
Which 2-Post Tree Fits Your Space?
Compare base size and footprint. The sisal only wraps part of each post, limiting full-stretch scratch zones, while a two-post deep metal basket works well since there should be a scratch post in almost every room.
The carpet underneath the base makes it wobbly. Owners with three cats at a healthy weight all around 10-11lbs see that they all use it all the time, and one of them climbs up to the top on the tallest pole and it doesn’t fall over – barely wobbles. Ramps, safe heated cat beds, and close steps can all help with comfort as most very senior cats will have arthritis, even when some senior cats are much more spry than others.
How Is a Thick-Post 2-Post Perch Different?
The cats like to bat at the sisal rope. Several owners bought some sisal rope to replace the worn out bits on scratching posts, and the carpet is in good shape and just seems to need cleaning in a couple of spots. Cat trees offer various levels and platforms for cats to climb, explore, and rest, and these platforms are usually covered in soft, plush fabric or durable sisal.
A cat likes to sleep stretched out quite often. Kitties love curling up in the round basket style hammocks on their cat trees, and you don’t need to have your cat tree double as a scratch post because the legs stripped out in two places putting it together.
Who Should Pick a 2-Post Perch, and Who Should Skip It?
They also really love the trees with baskets. They don’t have a lot of floor space currently in a small apartment for a cat tree and still have plenty of vertical wall space. Many owners have a cat tree that’s connected by screwing cylinders of wood to the base and platforms of the tree, and for some of the screws washers are also provided to tighten up the tree.
The kittens are sleeping on the cat tree. A wider heavy base is far better than a taller base, and an oversized five-post top bed helps when you might want to make that base bigger, preferably wider than the top.
