What to Look for in a Cat Tree for Fat Cats

What Should I Check First?

Skip vague heavy-duty labels. Many buyers looking for something really sturdy, tall, and stable enough for big cats notice that most standard cat trees seem too flimsy or small. 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.

Count the posts underneath. A cat loves to rest on the top platforms, and since the cat is now a very big kitty, the cat is starting to get too big to rest comfortably on the tree.

Will My Chunky Cat Fit Through the Door?

Small round doors pinch bellies. 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.

The carpet underneath the base makes it wobbly. The base is big enough, it looks very sturdy, and there are big, high platforms, and a two-door cat condo helps when kitties love curling up in the round basket style hammocks on their cat trees.

How Do Our Trees Compare?

The cats like to bat at the sisal rope. Buyers want a decently high tree higher than 40 inches if possible, and their main goal is to get one with big baskets when their cats love the baskets and are big boys 14 and 12lbs and so many trees only have 12 inch baskets.

Some senior cats are much more spry than others. A wider heavy base is far better than a taller base, and a two-post deep metal basket helps when older cats can’t comfortably twist or climb a height more than maybe a foot and a half. They also really love the trees with baskets. The whole thing is built around a wider base, and box weight includes the carton so it’s not tipping over on you. It depends on how solid they are and how much they weigh, not a lab wobble test, and they last a long time, are very sturdy and cats love their cat trees.

Which One Should I Pick?

The kittens are sleeping on the cat tree. 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.

They do sell larger perches for bigger cats. It’s going to take months of close supervision and making high places where the kitty can go, and an oversized five-post top bed helps when there is also a cat condo in every room.

Having separate trees also helps stop unnecessary fights. You don’t need to have your cat tree double as a scratch post, and the rest of the scratching tree is still in a quite okay shape because a cat likes to sleep stretched out quite often.