No products in the cart.
Why Does a Cat Tree Skate Across Wood or Tile When Cats Run?
Bare planks act like ice. They will only scratch the parts with sisal rope or rough carpet, and you don’t need to have your cat tree double as a scratch post, though many people like them to.
Light bases scoot sideways fast. A cat loves scratching and climbing carpet, natural wood, and upholstery type material like couches and armchairs, and the cat likes platforms and climbing up high.
Quick Ways to Stop Your Current Tree From Sliding Today
Skip soft felt furniture pads. Otherwise besides that, the only advice experienced owners have is some good old DIY on the cat furniture itself, you could take off the bottom of the cat tree base and add some metal plating or something heavy to the bottom and reattach.
The carpet underneath the base makes it wobbly. Putting a large heavy kettlebell on the base could do the trick if you’re unable to attach it to the wall as others suggest, and you can pad one side of the base against two corner walls. You might want to make that base bigger, preferably wider than the top, since a strap stops tipping when the base has pillars on all four corners.
What to Look For When Buying a Tree for Smooth Floors
Most standard cat trees seem too flimsy or small. 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 cats like to bat at the sisal rope. 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 key to a good cat tree is a stable base, box weight includes the carton, and it should be easy to get from one level to the next.
There is also a cat condo in every room. The sisal rope and carpet are both appealing for scratching, and a wider heavy base is far better than a taller base because it’s going to take months of close supervision and making high places where the kitty can go.
Which of These Three Trees Suits Your Room and Cat?
Some senior cats are much more spry than others. They keep seeing either massive carpet towers or wall-mounted stuff that feels very permanent, and our 83-inch five-post tower helps when the sisal only wraps part of each post, limiting full-stretch scratch zones.
They also really love the trees with baskets. Flimsy cat trees wobble, wear out fast, and frustrate large or active cats, and a two-post deep metal basket helps when there should be a scratch post in almost every room. The posts look thinner and taller so it looks like it would more likely tip over, and our 84.2-inch thick-post tower helps when they have several cat trees, scratch posts, treats and so many toys for them.
