The old cat tree was looking really sad and beat up. Understandable since I got it from the side of the road (obviously well used) back in 2014. I replaced the sisal but otherwise the rest was original. It has seen use from 5 cats (Tory and Fuzzy and now Rita, Spot and Rainey). I've been looking for a new cat tree for the last couple of months. I wanted a larger one, but didn't like the prices for those that seemed solid and not cheaply made. A couple of weeks ago Am*zon had some cat trees on sale, plus I had a lot of cash back from my cc to use, and finally decided to buy.
It arrived on Monday and after I logged off of work for the day I tackled the job. The box of parts was packed to the max. It was hard to believe that a cat tree that reaches my eye level was all in there.
This was both funny and frustrating. Every single part was labeled very well and basically in the order of use. The bag of hardware, on the other hand, was just a jumble of parts that I had to separate out and keep track of which screw was which.
Spt (in the cube) and Rainey checking it out right after the above picture was taken.
Rita being casual about checking it out a bit later. If you look really close, on the left, you can see Spot is still in the cube and eyeballing Rita.
Rita in the lower cave a couple of days later.
I will be stripping down the old cat tree and recovering it. I've already started but will put that in another post when I get it done.
Wow! That is fancy! Your kitties live in the lap of luxury, eh? Well done.
Any special use planned for the re-built one?
Posted by: Cop Car | October 09, 2022 at 07:46 AM
Did they include the driver for those internally wrenched screws or do they expect everyone to have star-drivers these days. I remember when the star configuration was new and I had to hunt all over town to find a set of drivers. Recently, a vendor included a Phillips-head driver with something that I had ordered. (I would have to think really hard to recall what the item was.) As if people don't have Phillips-head screwdrivers - lol.
Posted by: Cop Car | October 09, 2022 at 07:50 AM
On second look, those heads probably go with bolts, rather than screws, which makes more sense to me.
Posted by: Cop Car | October 09, 2022 at 07:52 AM
Well, some were short enough that so I went with "screws" instead of bolts. They did include the hexagonal wrench (as has every put-together-yourself stuff that I have bought in the last couple of years). You can see it in the picture as the item to the very right in the bag.
I did have to get out a star tip to remove the round platforms from the old cat tree. But the half tube had "staples" that had 2" "legs" and those were a bear to remove.
No special use planned for the refurbished cat tree. I just don't see any reason to waste a nice, sturdy, real wood (for most of it) cat tree and Tory really likes the top, round platform. No reason not to keep it.
Posted by: bogie | October 10, 2022 at 06:03 AM