Build a cat tree for my cat

Actually, I made if for my little sister’s cat. He’s still afraid of it, though. ;p

My cat tree will be massive. Span the length of two rooms. A thick rod of spiraling sisal, branching to the ceiling and cat condos with aquarium windows. Yes, the Home Depot better have two shopping carts available.

She is my beautiful Russian blue cat born on Oct. 31, 2006. Yes, she was born on Halloween. Suits her personality just right! She love me so much, but she is so shy and cautious of strangers. She only comes out at night or when I am the only one home. She is extremely loyal to me, she will curl up on my lap and will always fall asleep at the foot of my bed. She follows me from room to room. I love her and I am going to build her a cat tree. I need to really start working on this.

Been thinking about this for awhile. Lots of work with no tools on hand :( Have also been looking at alternatives such as wall mounted shelves covered in carpet that would allow our cats to climb/walk their way up to the top of the room.

Cat furniture? The most shockingly overpriced thing in the pet store. Two by fours covered with carpet scraps – hey, I bet I can do that.

She deserves that cat tree I’ve been talking about forever!

As we knew we were getting a dog, we wanted to build Marley a cat tower. Since we were short on time, we just went out and purchased a cat tower instead of attempting to build it ourselves. Next time. Ha, of course since we spent $$ on this tower, we just may have to get another cat to make it worth it. :)

Now that we have just moved in to our very own house, I think this is now a huge possibility for my 2 lovely kitties, Button & Queenie.

Queenie has a tendency to hide a lot, bless her little soul. She is frightened by the boy of the house, Gabie. She is a month shy of her 1st birthday, but he continues to remain the boy to stay away from.

Like most 4 year olds, he enjoys raising hell for kitties, constantly chasing them, tossing them about, no bad intentions really but you would think he would learn from the many scratches on his little body that rough housing with kitties is a no-no.

So, a cat tree would be a safe haven for the little girl Queenie. And I plan to do just that!

That’s my cute little kitty ‘Flea’... He LOVES to climb onto, into and under everything!

As of right now he has a cardboard box that I designed to be like a kitty condo… it’s got three levels including the roof. The middle section is enclosed and has two openings and two windows with the flaps still attatched.

He really likes it but I want to make him a real one with wood and carpet and all that. I don’t think it will be hard to do since I’m generally a handy/crafty type person, I’m just undecided about a design.

but not kissing! :P they are bro & sis, tho cats are very incestual by nature. Anyway, here is a pic of my two cats, button and queenie. Button is 10 months old and queenie is 5 months. They are very playful kitties and I would like to build them a cat tree. This is something I plan on doing this year with my boyfriend, hopefully sooner than later. It was his idea one day when we were shopping at PetSmart. I saw a cat tree and fell in love with it (but it was a whopping two hundred dollars)! So he said it would be a lot cheaper to make it. We are going to buy the supplies soon. I can’t wait!