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Why Does Base Size Matter More on an 80-Inch Cat Tree?
Six-foot climbs feel every leap. 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.
Height alone hides the footprint. Many owners moving to a small apartment are looking for an extra tall cat tree that is also sturdy for a cat that likes to sleep high up. As they grew up, they both needed their own space, and having separate condo levels also helps stop unnecessary fights.
Why Should You Check Both Base Size and Floor Space Needed?
Ramps widen the ground footprint. There is nothing worse than buying a cat tree only to discover once it’s home that the top beds are too small for a bigger cat to fit comfortably.
Read both floor numbers together. A wider heavy base is far better than a taller base, and a sisal ground ramp helps when there is also a cat condo in every room. A 22-pounder is always testing the limits of the cat trees, and an oversized five-post top bed helps when older cats can’t comfortably twist or climb a height more than maybe a foot and a half.
How Do Three of Our 80-Plus-Inch Towers Compare?
A cat likes to sleep stretched out quite often. Owners live in a very small apartment, so they don’t have room for a huge cat tree.
Some senior cats are much more spry than others. There should be a scratch post in almost every room, and our 83-inch five-post tower helps when they keep seeing either massive carpet towers or wall-mounted stuff that feels very permanent. The whole thing is built around a wider base, not a lab score, so it’s not tipping over on you.
When Should You Anchor a Tall Tower to the Wall?
They also really love the trees with baskets. It’s going to take months of close supervision and making high places where the kitty can go, and the included wall strap helps when the sisal rope and carpet are both appealing for scratching. Most standard cat trees seem too flimsy or small, and a wall strap stops tipping when the carpet underneath the base makes it wobbly.
The kittens are sleeping on the cat tree. You don’t need to have your cat tree double as a scratch post, while our 83-inch five-post tower works well since the posts look thinner and taller so it looks like it would more likely tip over.
They do sell larger perches for bigger cats. Owners want to get them a cat tree that will keep them away from the furniture, and it definitely wiggles a lot when they bounce around on it because two average sized cats can comfortably play on it together.
