Climbing Cat, DIY Scratch Post, climbing frame

This is her 3rd day with the climbing frame I built her. As you can see she has no trouble scaling the post at 21 weeks old. It really has turned out far better than I originally hoped.

The post is much much sturdier than anything I could buy premade. The top level is screwed to the post and Fixed to the wall. The post is also fixed to the base with 4 long screws.

I would highly recommend anyone to make one of these and the secret ingredient is the Sisal Rope. The post did not appeal at all to her before it was wrapped in Natural Sisal rope.

Items used in making:
£5 Wooden post from B&Q, sanding down is all it needed.
£15 30m of Sisal rope thickness of 1cm. (used all of it, would of used more :) its also thicker than what you would usually find on store bought scratch posts which is supposed to be better. got from ebay.

Carpet stapled and glued to the solid wood shelves.
plus all the fixings.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• kitten
• cats
• maine coon
• mainecoon
• climb
• scratchpost
• scratch post
• sisal
• cat tree

[nekcr0]

She's ADORABLE!!!

Great job on that, you got a lucky kitty!!

[RedSwoo]

@nekcr0 Thanks! Now that she is older she can just jump straight to the top, so I have added an additional platform even higher!

[seventhwave87]

Hi there, could you please detail the materials you used for this? size of the platforms, height of the post etc? I want to make something similar for my lazy 6yo cat. :-)

[RedSwoo]

@seventhwave87 Hi, some of the materials are in the video description. I think you can still get posts like these in B&Q. The main post is 120cm Height, 17cm width, 10cm depth, with a large base. The platforms(47cm w, 42cm d) are made from old shelf units which are ply wood, then carpet off cuts are glued onto the platforms and folded around the edges and stapled tight using a staple gun(has lasted very well so far, no signs of wear)The lower platform is 80 cm in height.

Good luck with it!

[manoirdaisy]

What is the white fabric (?) at the base of the lower tower?

Just be careful in case your cat tries to eat it. Toy stuffing, if ingested and then mixed with the gastric juices, can become a semi-solid mass in the stomach.

beautiful cat & great climbing posts.

[RedSwoo]

@manoirdaisy Thanks for the comments. The fabric is a cut off from a sheer curtain. She used to like lying on/against it when it was hanging from the curtain pole a bit like a sideways hammock. Got to be careful tho. Thanks

[Ohaubabe22]

She's beautiful.

[bandoheme]

Nice job and inspiring to me on my project. Thanks!

[manoirdaisy]

That's great, was told about the toy stuffing by a vet so tend to warm people just in case--I know how quickly my dogs can shred a toy!

[MarioChubuscus]

i love your cat!