The Catry Cat Tower with Condo and Scratching Posts is a 101 cm grey cat tree built around a ground-level condo, a staircase of platforms and rope-wrapped posts, so one cat can climb, scratch, hide and sleep in a single corner of the room.

Key Features

• 101 cm tall on a 59 x 59 cm square base, small enough in footprint for a corner or the side of a sofa.
• Ground-level condo with a round doorway, giving a cat a dark, enclosed place to hide and sleep.
• Three stepped platforms lead up to a raised oval bed at the top, so the climb is broken into short hops rather than one long jump.
• Rope-wrapped posts run between the levels and give a full-height vertical stretch and scratch.
• Padded plush covering on the platforms, the top bed and the condo.
• A pompom on elastic hangs from the top platform for batting practice.
• Flat-packed, with fittings and instructions in the box.

Good To Know

• 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 toys are for supervised play. A cat that chews and swallows string or pompom fibres can get a dangerous gut blockage, so check the toy 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 openings a tight squeeze.
• Kittens and older or arthritic cats can struggle with big gaps between levels. Put a stool or step beside the tower, or choose one of the lower models in the range.
• 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.