I see them on Ebay all the time but dont trust these places, they seem way too cheap for a huge 72" tower. building one could be a fun project but dont have the time really.
Make one – the retail ones cost far more than what it costs to make one.
Look at construction sites for scrap lumber and plywood. If you want to use a 4×4 pole but can only find 2x4s, nail or screw two together to make a 4×4. The scraps are two short, splice them together – you’ll find you can use scraps to make cat furniture.
Keep an eye on your neighborhood on trash days – when people have new carpet installed, they generally cut the old into strips, roll it up, and put it out for the trash collection. There is always a great deal of used carpet that is clean and usable.
Check with carpet places, see if you can get their cutoffs.
Go to stores and take photos of cat furniture and then sit down and decide what you want to build.
I just did a Google search on:making cat towers OR furniture and found a lot of pages. Here is the first page of results http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&q=making+cat+towers+OR+furniture&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
You should find some plans on those pages or photos of cat furniture that you can use as models.
Take a look at this page http://www.toolcrib.com/blog/2009/01/13/20-free-cat-furniture-plans-free-plans-for-cat-trees-condos-scratching-posts-and-more/
Cats like to get up high. How about putting shelves on a wall for them? Put one about 3 feet off the floor and another at 5 or 6 feet. Stagger them so that the cat can jump from one to the other – that is, don’t put the higher ones over the lower ones, move them down the wall a little so that they are sort of like steps.
I’ve seen photos of house where people have put up shelves near the ceilings, with way to get up there, for the cats. They even cut holes in the walls above doors so that the cats can move from one room to another on the shelves.
That might be more than you want to do, but it’s an idea. I didn’t look at this page completely, but it talks about using shelves http://www.ehow.com/how_5844590_use-shelves-cat-trees.html
If you don’t have all the necessary tools to make cat furniture, borrow them or, better yet, get a friend with the tools and experience to help you make some cat furniture.
I bought one at Walmart that has four platforms and is adjustable up to a 9′ ceiling, and it cost about $40.00. My cats love it.
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P.A. build it over a couple of weeks. Go to Home Depot and get some wood and carpet. Just do it slowly. Use outdoor carpet and ply.
Also advertise or search on Craigslist.org
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Petco! They have a ton there.
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Go to Pet Co or PetSmart. They also sell them at Target.
There are some features that are important to have in a cat tower. It should have a variety of surfaces, besides carpet it should also have sisal rope, and plain wood. Cats like to scratch different surfaces. It should have different levels and one or two cubbies that the cat can crawl into for privacy. Cats like to hide and this gives them a nice cozy place to do that.
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Cat Socializer at the Humane Society.
PetsMart has AWESOME deals on cat towers on holidays. We got a 5ish foot tower for $99 on black friday. We also went there and saw one that is usually around $300 and then found some flaws with it, like the beds were a bit loose from kids climbing on it and then they took almost 1/2 off. I bet they will have some on sale for memorial day. Oh..you really get hit on the shipping for those huge cheap ones on ebay.
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Pet Smart
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Amazon is the best place to get a cat tower 72" http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D21%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D18%26field-keywords%3Dcat%2520tower%252072%2526%252334%253B%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=digitsy-marina-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
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Make one – the retail ones cost far more than what it costs to make one.
Look at construction sites for scrap lumber and plywood. If you want to use a 4×4 pole but can only find 2x4s, nail or screw two together to make a 4×4. The scraps are two short, splice them together – you’ll find you can use scraps to make cat furniture.
Keep an eye on your neighborhood on trash days – when people have new carpet installed, they generally cut the old into strips, roll it up, and put it out for the trash collection. There is always a great deal of used carpet that is clean and usable.
Check with carpet places, see if you can get their cutoffs.
Go to stores and take photos of cat furniture and then sit down and decide what you want to build.
I just did a Google search on:making cat towers OR furniture and found a lot of pages. Here is the first page of results http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&q=making+cat+towers+OR+furniture&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
You should find some plans on those pages or photos of cat furniture that you can use as models.
Take a look at this page http://www.toolcrib.com/blog/2009/01/13/20-free-cat-furniture-plans-free-plans-for-cat-trees-condos-scratching-posts-and-more/
Cats like to get up high. How about putting shelves on a wall for them? Put one about 3 feet off the floor and another at 5 or 6 feet. Stagger them so that the cat can jump from one to the other – that is, don’t put the higher ones over the lower ones, move them down the wall a little so that they are sort of like steps.
I’ve seen photos of house where people have put up shelves near the ceilings, with way to get up there, for the cats. They even cut holes in the walls above doors so that the cats can move from one room to another on the shelves.
That might be more than you want to do, but it’s an idea. I didn’t look at this page completely, but it talks about using shelves http://www.ehow.com/how_5844590_use-shelves-cat-trees.html
If you don’t have all the necessary tools to make cat furniture, borrow them or, better yet, get a friend with the tools and experience to help you make some cat furniture.
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