know of any good outdoor, rustic cat trees?




my cats are bored in my rather lack-lustre backyard and i’d like to get them a cat tree that’s suited for the outdoors (rain and all). i’ve seen some okay ones at Cat’s Play, using real tree branches/logs for the posts, but they also have carpet on them, which is not so good for outside. Armarkat has a nice all wood one, too, but it’s straight up-and-down, with no cubbies or limbs branching out

i’d like something with the perches/cubbies covered in all sisal or canvas. i probably could just replace the carpet on one of the others with the sisal or canvas, but they’re expensive enough as it is for me to want to spend more money just to get what i want.

any help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks!
i suck at building things and have half a thumb to prove it….

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Best kind of scratching post for cats?




What is the best kind of scratching post for cats?
I just bought a 1-1/2 yr old cat the other day and he’s been clawing at my carpet and ripping it out next to my sons room.
Today I was going to buy a scratching post, but there are different kinds. Which do cats prefer?
1.) All carpet ( straight post )
2.) All carpet ( kitty condo )
3.) Carpet on parts, rope wrapped around other parts
4.) Other (please explain)

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I have 2 cats, aged 4 and 3. The older one is a model cat, perfect, The younger one is a nightmare. Ever since I have had him I have been wiating in hope that he changes but no and now I have a baby son its just making my life a constatn misery.
What can I do? Cat in question is so naughty, has destoyed my house, every room has wall paper hanging off, he jumps up places he knows he is not allowed and knocks things over, this is a seriocu cncern now I have my baby. Already he has almost hit my son on the head when he has knpcke things over, so I now I have to chut him out the front room almost all day, which I odnt want to do.
Im just at the end of my tether and am thinking I cant go on with this animal. He destroys everything like today I went to the supermarket, and put my shopping in the house then while I was getting my son out of his coat etc the cat went into the shopping bacg and ripped into a bag of moist facial wipes therefore destroying the whole bag. This is commong ie he is banned from the kitchen also as he ruins all my food, and eats things like plastic bags and rips the bin liners open. I cant even have a bin in my bed room.
He is banned from the bathroom as thats where I keep all my baby things, which he would rip open, but instead he rips up the carpet outside and I have got stuck in there, Im just terrified of what this cat will do next and really cant cope anymore.
Its really upsetting for me and means I shout a lot which is upsetting for my baby boy,
we live on a main road so i cant let them out as I feel they would not last long at all.
I just dont know what to do anymore, the though of re-homing my cat breaks my heart but what else can I do?
There are loads of cat toys, towers and scratch posts in the house and lots of windows for them to look out of.

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My cats diet, has been a very small dish of milk in the morning, with 3 of those soft treats, some soft food for lunch and a feeding tower of dry food any time he wants it. he has two clean litter boxs, and he knows ware both of them are.

Seems he will poop in his box, and yet he will poop on the carpet in various rooms too. We tried adjusting what food stuffs he eats, but he still does it. Are cats the type that would do that, like a way to get back at us, for some thing we won’t do, that he wants us to? Is that maybe a sign of some thing serious? Would some of the tainted pet food cause that if he was eating some, and we didn’t know it??

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Cat tree: what the hell is this thing?




OK so I’m trying to fix an old cat tree I got from my friend. It’s one of those you get from Walmart that’s made of cardboard and carpet with 4 posts and 4 perches. The posts connect by screwing into each other with a perch in the middle. Well, one of the plastic cap/plug whatever it is you use to screw and connect the post together broke and I can’t figure out what it is the get it replace. I’ve even taken it to the hardware companies to let em look at it. If you’ve never seen one of these posts they look like a shipping tube for posters, with the caps on the end, except these caps are stronger and have a knut in em to hold the screw and connect the posts. Does anyone have an idea of what I’m talking about and know what this plastic parts called and where to get it?

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My cat has been crapping all over the house and throwing up as well, She never use to do it before, we’ve had her for about 6-7 years she is a house cat I cam home today and she had crapped on my bed and thru up on my carpet does anybody know why shes doing it?

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Whats some of the best cat litter to buy?




I wanted to know whats the best non scent or fresh scent cat litter that I can buy.The litter sometimes gets stuck in my 3 month old kitten feet and some of it gets tracked on the carpet.

Can someone recemmond some good cat litters?

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They have been indoor cats for roughly 7 years and have had no outside contact.
They have been peeing on our carpets for the past 5 years and we have had to replace the carpet and sub flooring several times. We are searching for solutions to that problem.

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How can I stop my cat form scratching the carpet?




we got my cat one of those kitty condos to scrath and he doesnt use it he rather scratch the carpet! wat can i do to make him stop!!

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My cat Carley has recently started peaing on blankets. She is littler box trained and I am not sure why she is doing this. She is also rubbing her butt on the carpet. What is wrong with her?

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