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What Is a Cat Tree Made Of, and What Will You Notice?
Boards and posts carry weight. Cats will only scratch the parts with sisal rope or rough carpet, and a two-post deep metal basket helps when 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.
Cheap cardboard tubes fail fast. The base is big enough, it looks very sturdy, and there are big, high platforms, and a removable washable top pad helps when the sisal only wraps part of each post, limiting full-stretch scratch zones.
Particle Board or Solid Wood?
Bare timber shelves feel slippery. The cats like to bat at the sisal rope, and it’s been over a year since owners covered the posts with sisal rope and they’ve held up very well against sharp claws.
The carpet underneath the base makes it wobbly. If the top platform starts wobbling because it’s made from particle board held together with a wooden peg in the middle, the cat will not use it.
Sisal or Jute for Scratching?
Most standard cat trees seem too flimsy or small. Owners want to buy a new cat tree for their girls that has sisal rope all around the poles and not that middle sisal part capped on either side by carpet.
There is also a cat condo in every room. 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.
Plush, Carpet or Faux Fur for Napping Spots?
A cat likes to sleep stretched out quite often. Kitties love curling up in the round basket style hammocks on their cat trees, while a removable washable top pad works well since the cats have been using the replacement posts just fine.
Some senior cats are much more spry than others. Families had a decent one that had some removable pads that were washable and wood laminate surfaces vs carpet covered, and it still had some sisal and fur covered posts. You don’t need to have your cat tree double as a scratch post, while a two-post deep metal basket works well since the rest of the scratching tree is still in a quite okay shape.
They also really love the trees with baskets. A wider heavy base is far better than a taller base, and many cat trees feature removable and washable cushions, making it easy to maintain hygiene because older cats can’t comfortably twist or climb a height more than maybe a foot and a half.
Which Tower Matches Your Cat?
The kittens are sleeping on the cat tree. These come in a bunch of sizes, 50 up to 80 inches, and the whole thing is built around a wider base so it’s not tipping over on you.
They do sell larger perches for bigger cats. There should be a scratch post in almost every room, and our 83-inch five-post tower helps when owners want to get them a cat tree that will keep them away from the furniture.
