Welcome to my Cat World! I have four adult Siamese cats and we all the time have kittens. My husband Leo and I decided in the future, we have been going to go out and change the scratching publish that my husband made a few years ago. Boy, had been we in for sticker shock; we went to our local pet retailer and the prices have been just outrageous. For a basic scratching post, we have been taking a glance at a minimal of about $60.00 and it was even ugly to look at. In looking at their restricted choice, we decided that perhaps the internet would give us a greater deal. Well not only was the delivery ridiculous but my hubby, being the resourceful man that he's, said we might be higher off building it ourselves. Before I begin, if this plan seems a little too complicated then make sure to go to the bottom where you will be able to find the simple cat tree plans we used when we made our first one.
When he built our last scratching post, he used carpet and it was hard, to say the least, to get it to wrap around the post. So we regarded for alternate options to carpet and plans to construct one on the internet. Well, there was not any plans that we might discover that we liked so we determined to design our own. We discovered that plenty of the producers have been using pretend fur now as an alternative of carpet, to our aid, so we used that as a substitute of carpet. Hey, and whereas we're at it, why not spoil our babies with one thing greater than just a scratching post. My husband checked out most of the designs of pre-made cat bushes and this is his model for the "Frick Kitties."
My husband's model could possibly be made smaller or larger depending on what your needs are. Of course smaller would imply less money spent on materials. Try and Freecycle as a lot of the materials as you'll find a way to, Lots of individuals have sheets of plywood left over from a mission in their garage that they might love to get rid of and previous fake fur coats can be utilized to cowl the little homes and perches. A smaller version of this may very properly be made by a novice woodworker, a little bit extra ability is required for a bigger one.
Materials
* One carpet tube: This could be gotten without spending a dime from most of your carpet warehouses as they normally find yourself in the garbage bin.
* One sheet of plywood or particle board: I used particle board as some one was giving sheets of the stuff away on freecycle. You additionally should examine the minimize off bin at your local hardware. Home Depot has one and I've discovered half sheets of wooden for as little as $4.
* 2 yards of pretend fur: I used what they name the lamb's wool as it is also used in pads for wheel chairs and I wished my one previous boy to really feel comfortable. I bought this at Walmart for $6.ninety five a yard.
* 1 long toothed flooring or door mat: I purchased this as a end result of, whereas on the pet retailer, I noticed that they bought a unit that could be mounted on the wall for the kitties to rub towards to principally comb themselves and I thought it was neat. I bought this on the Residence Depot, it was to get ice and snow off of boots. I paid $10 for it however it made two scratchers.
* 2 one hundred ft. lengths of jute rope: I bought this at Harbor Freight for about $8 a roll. They've a website online where you could possibly buy this online.
* Staples, Nails and Wood Glue
* Kitty toys to hang from perches
Instruments
* Circular Noticed to cut tubes and plywood or particle board
* End nailer to nail boards together or screw gun and screws
* Staple gun to staple material and cord and door mat
* four inch hole noticed to chop round items of wooden to match in tubes to nail or screw into
Chopping Information
* My husband's base was 24 by 24 inches
* eight posts out of the carpet tube at 14 inches
* Two containers, 14 by 15 inches
* Two perches, 14 by 14 with a two inch rim round three sides
* One L formed board, 24 by 28 inches
* One platform, 14 by 24 inches
My husband recommend that all perches and boxes be made and coated with fake fur beforehand. Attach the rounds contained in the tubes with wooden glue. Nail or screw tubes onto the bottom with nails or screws at an angle. Cowl the tubes with rope or door mat cut to size. You too can cowl some of the tubes with faux fur. Next connect the L formed piece of wood, screwing or nailing into the spherical piece of wood at the prime of the tube. Nail or screw in your homes and perches.
Connect your kitty toys the place you need them and canopy the complete thing in catnip. We reduce the black mat with a pair of shears. As quickly as you bought down to the bottom, it was not very thick and pretty simple to cut. For assembly, please refer to the picture. We discovered that we might cowl many of the pieces with cloth beforehand and that helped greatly. It would take to folks two wrap the jute across the posts as one individual needs to have the flexibility to staple whereas the opposite person holds the jute tight.
I imagine that my husband and I saved an important deal on making our own cat tree and we had a ball making it. The kitties love their new place to play and they use the scratcher constituted of the black mat a lot. I hope this provides everybody some great ideas. Relying on measurement, this could take a weekend to complete.
Author Resource:
Do you need some easier Cat Tree Plans to make use of? I notice these are a bit bit complicated so you would possibly want to attempt the ones that we used once we constructed our first one. You will discover them by going to the website we went to that can train you the proper way to Construct a Cat Tree .
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