About a month ago, I bought a new cat tree for my boys. It's got five tiers, it's almost twice as tall as their old one, and it has a little cradle at the very top. Both cats absolutely love it, which is good--that's why I bought it! However...
Winston is a little on the heavy side. He's about 16-17 pounds and he's also had arthritis in his knees since he was 10 months old (he's 3 now), so I've been really trying to get him to take off a few pounds so his weight doesn't make his arthritis worse. But ever since I brought that darn cat tree home, he lays in the cradle at the top ALL the time. He's become so darn lazy over the past month because he just lays in the cradle allll day and allll night. I have lots of wand toys that he used to like to chase around on the floor, and now when I get them out he just bats at them from the top of the tree.
Has anyone else had this happen after bringing home a cat tree? Winston won't even lay with me or my husband like he used to, and he used to sit on the windowsills and watch the birds in the backyard but he hardly does it at all now. When he comes down from the tree to eat or use the litterbox, he'll walk around the house for a few minutes and go straight back up into the tree. At this rate I definitely can't get him to lose weight and I wouldn't be surprised if he's put on even more. Any ideas on how I can get my lazy cat to be more interested in coming down from the tree and playing more like he used to?
Winston is a little on the heavy side. He's about 16-17 pounds and he's also had arthritis in his knees since he was 10 months old (he's 3 now), so I've been really trying to get him to take off a few pounds so his weight doesn't make his arthritis worse. But ever since I brought that darn cat tree home, he lays in the cradle at the top ALL the time. He's become so darn lazy over the past month because he just lays in the cradle allll day and allll night. I have lots of wand toys that he used to like to chase around on the floor, and now when I get them out he just bats at them from the top of the tree.
Has anyone else had this happen after bringing home a cat tree? Winston won't even lay with me or my husband like he used to, and he used to sit on the windowsills and watch the birds in the backyard but he hardly does it at all now. When he comes down from the tree to eat or use the litterbox, he'll walk around the house for a few minutes and go straight back up into the tree. At this rate I definitely can't get him to lose weight and I wouldn't be surprised if he's put on even more. Any ideas on how I can get my lazy cat to be more interested in coming down from the tree and playing more like he used to?