The Cat Paradise - Stage 1

Brad and I decided that the cats needed to stop clawing on the doors and the trim, a logical decision. So Brad made this cat post thing that they never used. We needed something more. Landon the white, loves scratching or "washing with his paws" at anything and does it constantly. He also loves to climb up high to get away from it all (read "Sassafrass").

Sassafrass is still young and loves running around and playing and sleeping, so we needed something for her to have fun on. And let's face it, we're like the best cat parents EVER!

We'd been talking about it for a while, but nothing was rolling on it. Then one day a few weeks ago, Brad started looking up ideas online and that night we had our plan! We spent 2 and a half hours at Home Depot trying to work out the logistics of it. Would we use wood or cardboard cementing tubes? How would we secure cardboard to wood? It was a difficult road but we got er done. We decided that 4x4 cedar posts would work well with decking brackets for support.

Now Brad has done so much work on this thing it's crazy. It's more than 6 feet high! But it's almost all the way built, we just need to add on the top landing, carpet the platforms, wrap sisal rope around the posts for scratching, create a fabric hammock for under the base, and find the little tubes and houses that are on the plan that we couldn't make ourselves. All in all it's looking good, and the cats have stopped scratching on the house and focus their claws of death on the Cat Paradise. They also love climbing onto it already and laying on the platforms. We know it's a success so far. I can't wait to see the final product!