Large Cat Tree Placement

[Richard2121]

I have 4 young “teenage” male cats and they are all about 10 pounds and very active. My girlfriend and I are moving into a new (larger) apartment in a couple weeks. Currently we have a 6 foot Frisco Cat Tree with wide base that is very sturdy and has held up well to frequent use for almost a year. Right now the cat tree is up against a wall in our living room, but not in a corner so three of the four sides are not supported by a wall. My question is, would it potentially be safe to place the cat tree in the middle of the room with no supporting wall? Like I said, the base is very large and wide and right now we notice no tipping to moving. It’s also very heavy. The only reason I ask is because our new apartment layout will be a very open concept with the living, dining, and kitchen area all essentially connected as one large space. The “middle” area between the living room and kitchen is going to be wide open but we lose an interior wall that we have now. So we need to strategically place all the various cat objects. We have two larger cat scratching posts as well and those tip over more easily so we want those against a wall but we would have to choose between the cat tree and scratching posts being supported by some kind of wall.

 

[CatLover49]

I have 4 young “teenage” male cats and they are all about 10 pounds and very active. My girlfriend and I are moving into a new (larger) apartment in a couple weeks. Currently we have a 6 foot Frisco Cat Tree with wide base that is very sturdy and has held up well to frequent use for almost a year. Right now the cat tree is up against a wall in our living room, but not in a corner so three of the four sides are not supported by a wall. My question is, would it potentially be safe to place the cat tree in the middle of the room with no supporting wall? Like I said, the base is very large and wide and right now we notice no tipping to moving. It’s also very heavy. The only reason I ask is because our new apartment layout will be a very open concept with the living, dining, and kitchen area all essentially connected as one large space. The “middle” area between the living room and kitchen is going to be wide open but we lose an interior wall that we have now. So we need to strategically place all the various cat objects. We have two larger cat scratching posts as well and those tip over more easily so we want those against a wall but we would have to choose between the cat tree and scratching posts being supported by some kind of wall.

Usually if the base is large its ok.It depends on how wild ure cats get

 

[FeebysOwner]

You could always considering buying some weights to place on the base??? Or, if not too high already, add a heavy weighted bottom that you could affix/connect underneath the current base?

 

[tabbytom]

Sometimes big base does not means a study cat tree.

The base might be sturdy but it is the individual post that is further up the cat tree may not be sturdy as some posts are not joint together as in without two posts with a tray on top. Some are single post and if the cats are very active and like to jump from ground up to the top, it may tilt the post and in time to come, the post will slant with all the force and eventually topple over.

My boy is a 'parkour' cat. He jumps from either the ground up the cat tree or from single seater to the top of the cat tree and I saw many times that the upper most post always bend under his weight and force when he lands on the highest post and the whole cat tree from the base was also tilted and the base is quite big and eventually, the post gave way and he has already destroyed a few posts already.

For example :

So if your cat climbs gently up the cat tree, the cat tree should be safe. Some cat trees have larger posts and are very well supported but don't come cheap.

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

(Oh my, tabbytom ! I think January might need some sisal-covered steel posts! )

 

[tabbytom]

(Oh my, tabbytom ! I think January might need some sisal-covered steel posts! )

Yea, and built it from ground up...................