The Catry Cat Tower with Condo and Climbing Ladder is a 120 cm brown and beige cat tree with an enclosed condo, a rung ladder up to the platforms and a round perch on top.

Key Features

• Rung ladder from the base to the first platform, giving a stepped route up instead of a jump.
• Enclosed condo with a round doorway at mid height.
• Round perch at the top with a dangling pompom.
• Staggered platforms between the levels.
• 120 cm tall on a 50 x 50 cm base.
• Rope-wrapped scratching posts, in brown and beige plush.

Good To Know

• The ladder gives a kitten or an older cat a stepped way onto the first level, but the upper perches still need a jump.
• It arrives flat-packed and takes an adult to build. Work through the steps in order and tighten every bolt fully, then re-check them after a few weeks and every few months after that, because climbing slowly works them loose.
• Keep cats and children away from the loose bolts and small fittings while you are building it.
• This is a tall, top-heavy piece. Stand it against a wall on a hard, level floor rather than deep carpet, and strap it to the wall with a furniture anchor if one is not supplied in the box.
• The dangling toy is for supervised play. A cat that chews and swallows string or pompom fibres can get a dangerous gut blockage, so check it regularly for fraying and cut it off if yours is a chewer.
• Check the condo doorway against your own cat before ordering. A large adult over roughly 6 kg, or a very fluffy cat, may find the opening a tight squeeze.
• Cats guard high spots. In a multi-cat home, two or three smaller perching places spread around the house usually work better than one big tower in a corner.
• Scratching is normal, healthy behaviour, not damage. If your cat is working on the sofa, stand the tower right beside the spot they are using and move it gradually once they switch. Never punish a cat for scratching.
• Rope-wrapped posts shed short fibres as they are used. That is normal and a sign the post is doing its job - vacuum around the base.
• Particle board and plush are not waterproof. Vacuum the plush and spot-clean marks with a barely damp cloth, and keep the tower away from bathrooms, balconies and anywhere it will get wet.
• A cat that suddenly stops jumping or climbing, or that will not use a tower it used to love, is often in pain. Arthritis is common in cats and easy to miss, so have them checked by a vet rather than assuming they have simply gone off it.