Today, my parents got a cat tree for my cats. I tried to tell them it was way too small, but they ignored my protests. Lo and behold, it's way too small. My cats have already fallen down trying to get on it at least three times each. even though one of them is abnormally small. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I’m kicking myself for buying and setting up an elaborate cat tree I thought my cats would love. The second I was done, they walked over to it, sniffed around, and went to sleep in the box it came in instead, and won’t go near the darn thing. It might as well be a $200 cardboard box. FML
Today, I got my cats a new scratching post. They completely ignored it and tore apart the new felt on my pool table. FML
Today, my 17 pound cat fell from a counter. It wouldn't have been a big deal if he didn't try to use my leg as a tree to cling onto on the way down. FML
Today, we spent hours decorating the Christmas tree, perfectly balancing the lights, ornaments, and tinsel. Ten minutes later, the cat thought it was a right time to reenact Die Hard and climbed up the tree, knocking it over. Now my ornaments are shattered, and my cat is smugly sitting in the wreckage. FML
Today, I realized my new kitten is the spawn of the devil. It decided to go get itself stuck in a tree. I tried to climb up to rescue it. But it kept climbing higher. I was about to grab the cat when I fell. The cat then jumped down and started purring. FML
Today, I walked into what I thought would be a surprise birthday party. It wasn't. It was my parents staging an intervention over my cat obsession. FML
Today, I noticed that my two cats have been urinating on my Christmas tree skirt more frequently than in their litter box. I've tried to get them to stop, but I don't know how. FML
Today, I walked in on my parents discussing how to kill our cat, and how to make it look like an accident. FML
Today, I bought my cats two new litter boxes in hopes that they would use them. They still prefer to pee on the clothes in my closet. FML
Today, I spent a half hour trying to help my cat down after he got stuck in the tree on my lawn. I finally gave up and called a local tree care company to help. When I returned outside, I found my cat casually walking about by the door. The guy who showed up to help was not happy. FML
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Chazzster 32
Usually when someone buys a cat tree for you it’s either because they think it’s a great gift or because the cats are destroying the furniture and curtains. Cats have an instinctive desire to exercise their claws and legs and they are either going to do it to a cat post or climbing tree or to your furniture - Which leaves marks… I suggest seeing if you can return the too small cat tree and get one that’s bigger or more stable. It would be less wasteful than just throwing it out and achieve the intended goal… Or if you are a handy you could get a 2 ft X 2 ft piece of 1/2 or 3/4 inch plywood and fasten it to the base of the cat tree you were given and cover the new base with some carpet or rug. Home Depot, Lowes, etc sell cut sheets of plywood pre-cut or they can cut it for you. The best way to fasten it to the original tree is via wood or long sheet metal screws up through the bottom of the plywood into the base of the original (pre-drill the holes in the plywood for the screws to go through). This would greatly improve the stability of the cat tree by extending the base and adding additional weight to the base. Alternatively depending on the construction of the original tree you might could use “L” brackets to hold the post to the new base. But the best is to leave the original base on and just fasten the new bigger base to the original.
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Chazzster 32
Usually when someone buys a cat tree for you it’s either because they think it’s a great gift or because the cats are destroying the furniture and curtains. Cats have an instinctive desire to exercise their claws and legs and they are either going to do it to a cat post or climbing tree or to your furniture - Which leaves marks… I suggest seeing if you can return the too small cat tree and get one that’s bigger or more stable. It would be less wasteful than just throwing it out and achieve the intended goal… Or if you are a handy you could get a 2 ft X 2 ft piece of 1/2 or 3/4 inch plywood and fasten it to the base of the cat tree you were given and cover the new base with some carpet or rug. Home Depot, Lowes, etc sell cut sheets of plywood pre-cut or they can cut it for you. The best way to fasten it to the original tree is via wood or long sheet metal screws up through the bottom of the plywood into the base of the original (pre-drill the holes in the plywood for the screws to go through). This would greatly improve the stability of the cat tree by extending the base and adding additional weight to the base. Alternatively depending on the construction of the original tree you might could use “L” brackets to hold the post to the new base. But the best is to leave the original base on and just fasten the new bigger base to the original.