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Just finished new Kitty Shelves!

post #1 of 13
1/21/11 at 2:22pm
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Some of y'all may remember my original cat shelf system that I put up in the great room to look over the backyard and farms beyond the fenceline:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DumbDuck.../1/MvHjtWiUsiM

Well, today I just finished a shelf system so kitties can look out the front of the house too, since I know thats like their cat version of a television, heh!


So far they seem to love it! Just going to add a small reinforcement to the center top shelf, and we're good to go!

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post #2 of 13
1/21/11 at 2:47pm
I am SO envious! Very lucky kitties, and what a great idea!
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post #3 of 13
1/21/11 at 2:48pm
wow, that looks fab.x
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post #4 of 13
1/21/11 at 3:21pm
Wow! That's great! I wish I could build like that

Jackz, Jazzy & Ginga.
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post #5 of 13
1/21/11 at 5:39pm
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Thanks!!!

The small shelves come in two packs, and are the "invisible" type where the hanger is hidden. I found they needed extra support though, and so added one bracket underneath.

So that its not too slippery, I just bought adhesive cork kitchen cabinet liner. Very easy to cut to shape and apply, and very grippy with kitty claws.

Just need a trip to lowes, a stud finder, and an electric drill w/ a small bit to predrill the holes and then screw in the screws.
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post #6 of 13
1/21/11 at 5:42pm
Very nice! I need to show my BF pics of this and Carolina's shelves too, and see if he can do something like that for the catS. (Yep, I can say catS now!! )
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post #7 of 13
1/21/11 at 10:16pm
That is awesome!! My 2 would love that! But we don't have any windows like that for them to sit in anyway. I do have their cat tree in front of a big window though. And I have a bench in front of another.
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post #8 of 13
1/22/11 at 4:04am
They'll probably be spending half the day up there! It really looks great, and the cork is a brilliant idea.
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post #9 of 13
1/22/11 at 4:09am
Lucky kitties with all your great ideas for enrichment
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post #10 of 13
1/22/11 at 1:06pm
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Thanks for all the props! Yup, they definitely loving hanging out up there.

My advice though is to consider your kitties agility... I noticed that the kitties only need two of those shelves, as they can jump like CRAZY!

Oh well, the other steps will be useful when they are older I suppose.
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post #11 of 13
1/22/11 at 2:55pm
OMG that is so cool! Your cats are lucky
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post #12 of 13
1/22/11 at 3:33pm
Those look great!! I bet my cats would love them! We're going to have to do something like that when we move into the new house b/c there won't be a second floor for them to run up to and look down from. We're going to have to add "height" somehow. That's a good idea!
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post #13 of 13
1/22/11 at 3:42pm
Great job!!! Looks like they love it!
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