My Cat Playground For My Bengal Kitten (check my vids for finished version)

[lamarcuzmartin]

Awsome music!!

[kehyndman]

Good idea

[KoPuffable]

looks fun, too bad i'm not a cat though...

[aubignespratling]

What a fabulous idea! We're moving soon, and can't actually nail anything into this place, but in a month or so, we'll be able to! I'm definitely going to take cues from yours! Thank you!

[LouiseTGUK]

@aubignespratling Google search for "bengal banter diy cat climbing system" and check out my next DIY climber, much easier on the eye for humans ;)

[lightning506]

How much did it cost to build/buy that? Thats would be great if you told me..i might buy one

[LouiseTGUK]

@lightning506 I built it myself.. Very cheap. The tubes are cardboard tubes begged from carpet shop, the shelving/ cubby holes were a sheet of 3/4 inch ply, the brackets for the tubes are just big pipe brackets from the diy store. Whole thing including carpet, screws, brackets, glue and everything else needed cost me about £100 I think.

[ThatFellazZz]

I watched all your video's on your page. Very cool stuff & very cool cats...I'm a 24 year old DEWD..(lol) But have been with my fiance for 10 years, since I was 14 years old. I was a Dog guy (Cliche I know) But I fell in love with the cats we STILL have from when we were 15! lol...VERY cool really. Coolest animals I've ever come across, Very unique. I'm building a very large cat-tree & wall walk if that's what I can call it. Kind of the same idea you have, just 2x4's, Carpet, Rope, & shelving.

[bobbypaul7896]

at 1:13 can the cat go down the tube?

[LouiseTGUK]

@bobbypaul7896 Yes and no..

If they are climbing up and stop half way they can back down again, but if they are on the shelf above it they cannot get down the vertical poles.

Cats can only go down a 30 degree slope, any steeper than that they will slip and be unable to grip with claws due to the claws pointing backwards as they stand.

An alternative to 30 degree slopes is several short horizontal shelves which they can jump down from one to the other like a staircase.

[ShaneSchomburg]

@bobbypaul7896 did you mean thru, like inside the tube? , coz no . to small

[nigaplzitzron]

gonna suck when u wanna pet them

[LouiseTGUK]

@nigaplzitzron Why exactly is that?

[nigaplzitzron]

@LouiseTGUK because they are so high up and u can't get to them :) lol

[LouiseTGUK]

@nigaplzitzron ah.. well it's not a problem, they are in and out, up and down and round and round it all day so plenty of chances to pet them ;)

[aubignespratling]

@nigaplzitzron: Oh, Bengals are crazy fast. You just LOOK at a Bengal in play-mode, and you'd better be ready to deal with the consequences! On the other hand, if they're in sweet, relaxed mode, they won't be playing. So it's best to let them alone while they're playing so wildly. They ALWAYS come back around -- and quite frequently. A cat playground for a Bengal is almost a must.

[nigaplzitzron]

@aubignespratling how much do they go for? what kind of breed are they?

[aubignespratling]

@nigaplzitzron: Good question! Here in the US, depending upon the pedigree, distance from the F1 (Asian Leopard) -- essentially; how ferral they are -- there's a demand for them 'running' from $700 to $1K.

The Bengal I've got looks mostly pure with some Ocicat. Not a solid Cheetoh, but likely Bengal-Cheetoh. One parent being an F3 or so, and the other being a Cheetoh -- not sure what generation. Either way, I adore him. He's just ... the cat's meow. ;)

[andredarocha]

Amazing!!!

[XxXBlackRainbowXxX]

You're such an awesome owner!

[casagrandecats]

is the cat going to go through the tubes or walk on top of the tube???

[LouiseTGUK]

@casagrandecats No they walk on top, and upside down underneath sometimes LOL

[shaddayah]

@LouiseTGUK

LOOL! I'd love to see that! Nice work!

[LouiseTGUK]

@shaddayah There is a video of the finished thing in my videos, and I have just uploaded a new video of my bengal kitten playing on it (after it was changed a bit)

[casagrandecats]

absolutely super! good for you. I love it. hope there is a video of them using it.

[bl4ckt1p]

i wish i was a cat so i could play on it!

[nerftj]

I'm soo jealous and so are my two cats that's what I would like to do when I'm older but have square beams thanks for the inspo

[TheSmartyCat]

that is the most awesome cat playground ever your bengal will surely love it! :)

[LouiseTGUK]

@TheSmartyCat I hope so, I collect him in 3 days so will soon find out, check out the video of the finished playground its better ;)

[LouiseTGUK]

@Zormo3RS The other video I uploaded shows the finished thing (almost), it has the little houses on the shelves and shows Loula playing on it :)