cat furniture

I bought one from SItting Pretty Kitty - it looked good and was good quality but the kittens hated it. I donated it to the local rescue site and they just told me the kittens are ignoring it in favor of the traditional carpeted ones. I am now going for what my kittens will like and not matching my furniture. My boyfriend said he can put loking wheeels on what I buy and we can wheel it into the closet when we have people over and need a more elegant look.

Wev'e never has a problem with any of our cats or kittens not liking our SittingPrettyKitty furniture. There's a number of breeders also who have SPK furniture,
two I
can name off hand, one is a Sphynx breeder
who has a large tree and a bengal breeder who has just about every SPK
tree and all of thier cats and kittens love the trees as well.
It's like having the best of both worlds. A nice, artistic piece of furniture to look at plus something your kitties like too. But there's an exception to every rule and not every cat is going to like every type of cat furniture, some don't like any cat furniture at all they would rather lounge on and scratch up your couch =0)
But generally cats just know that the cat furniture you bring home is for them right away. There are ways to get your cat to use it's cat furniture like moving it to a different spot, catnip, ect. Sometimes you just have to give them time to explore it on thier own. If you force the issue with them it may turn them off completely. Cat's are very independant creatures(really the bosses)
and we can't tell them what to do!

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

yeah cats just seem to know that the cat tree/furniture is for them. I can't figure out how they just know that!
Good for you XOcats! I always love a good bargin!!

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In my house ~all~ the fixtures/furniture/appliances are for the cats! Including pieces you wouldn't normally associate with being for cats like the refridgerator (Lexus likes to hang out on top of it with the bread - as pregnant as she is at the moment, she looks like a loaf) or even better, the back of the toilet (makes a great window perch for those days when one likes to watch the birds on the western exposure *grin*)

How sad is this, I could only find one website for cat trees in NZ!
http://www.timbertech.gen.nz/cat.htm

I guess we're just an outdoor cat nation.
Must admit, b4 coming to Japan i'd only ever seen scratching posts and litter box's were a temporary solution in a cardboard box in the garage.

Now, I'm thinking about getting a tree for my girl when we move so she doesn't do in the new wallpaper.

BengalBabe - just wondering do you work for SittingPrettyKitty or just a fan? You seem to be defending them vehemently. As you said not every cat likes the same thing. Maybe it is just a 50/50 thing half love half have no interest. I am not going to trick them into using something and I can assure you when I spend $250.00 for apiece I did not give up easily.

I would have loved to have kept a prettier post but the fact is I did not pick my kittens because they were pretty or pedigree and I am not picking their furniture that way. I just got lucky my kittens are beautiful, sweet and the best thing I got myself in years (and that includes boyfriend!)

Originally Posted by gayef

In my house ~all~ the fixtures/furniture/appliances are for the cats! Including pieces you wouldn't normally associate with being for cats like the refridgerator (Lexus likes to hang out on top of it with the bread - as pregnant as she is at the moment, she looks like a loaf) or even better, the back of the toilet (makes a great window perch for those days when one likes to watch the birds on the western exposure *grin*)

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My girl loved the top of the speaker (very tall speaker covered in felt)when she was prego....I thought she was going to try and have the kittens right there. She probably would have if I would have let her. Generally cats gravitate towards the tallest thing in the room.

To let my kitties to know that their tree was a safe place for them...I put tee shirts, I had worn to my workout class (they had my scent on them) on the perches of their new tree over night. They love the way I smell. Awwww
Lei

Originally Posted by DarciFinn

I would have loved to have kept a prettier post but the fact is I did not pick my kittens because they were pretty or pedigree and I am not picking their furniture that way. I just got lucky my kittens are beautiful, sweet and the best thing I got myself in years (and that includes boyfriend!)

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There's nothing wrong with picking a kitten because it is pretty or pedigree. Pretty to one person may not be pretty to another and vise versa. I did pick my kittens because they were pretty AND pedigree. Everyone likes having beautiful things weather it be cats or cars. Your view on pretty may be different then someone elses and I have a feeling you did think your kittens were pretty when you picked them.
Yesterday I seen some barn kittens are the ranch where I keep my horses and I must say that although they were not pedigree that were very pretty.
Im sure you care if your house is pretty or not, if not I have an old couch for you that I was going to put on the curb for neighborhood clean up you can have, it's not pretty but your cats would LOVE it! (just kidding )

Originally Posted by xocats

To let my kitties to know that their tree was a safe place for them...I put tee shirts, I had worn to my workout class (they had my scent on them) on the perches of their new tree over night. They love the way I smell. Awwww

Lei

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Fantastic idea!! That's true, I didn't think of that. Some cats may be just a little more paranoid of things that have new smells. You should also do that when you have a new cat joining a household with other cats. Take thier bedding and put it in with the new one and take the new ones bedding and put it in with the resident cats. It helps them get used to eachother before you actually put them together.
*sniff, sniff**.....oh, you do smell very good xocats!! Wow, makes me want to climb right up on your cat tree!!

I actually had something custom built. A true kitty castle. I don't have it scanned it, or I could show it to you. It's huge. It was expensive, but well worth it. My girls love it.

www.catteryworld.com

I explained to him that I wanted a castle built and he did the coolest job. Two turrets and a tall cat bird's seat. The carpeting looks very castle-like as well.

cool!! I love custom made things.

Originally Posted by Luvmysphynx

I agree, my cats love their Armarkat Cat Trees. We have two of them and I purchased them both fromthe Armarkat Seller on ebay!!! Have you checked ebay?

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Yep, that's where I got mine too. Cats love it!!

My cats all love the cat furniture, even though I only have small one-level trees, no big ones.
But they love to make a big show scratching their nails on it meanwhile looking at me "see, I am a good cat, I only scratch on cat trees".

I just won an Armarkat post today on EBAY! I can't wait to get it home!! I think my kittens are going to go crazy for it!

Congratulations...post pictures when you get it.
Lei

Originally Posted by akbeck98

I just won an Armarkat post today on EBAY! I can't wait to get it home!! I think my kittens are going to go crazy for it!

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Originally Posted by xocats

Congratulations...post pictures when you get it.

Lei

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Its shipping tomorrow! I'm so excited to get it!

Post pictures in the Fur Pix only with a thread link here if you can.
Congratulations...I look forward to seeing their new tree.
Lei

a good site is http://www.postmodernpets.com/ but look at this link, i think they took the link down because it is back ordered but it is an awsome cat tree

http://www.postmodernpets.com/catp_highrisetower.htm

Here is the link to the picturs of the cat furniture.....

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...755#post845755

Awww...your kitties love their new tree.
They are as cute as can be.
Thanks for sharing their adorable pictures.
Lei