Fauna Sagrada Cat Play Tower - 54x36x128cm - Blue

The Fauna Sagrada Cat Play Tower is a 128 cm tower built around a little pitched-roof cat house, with a curved top perch, stepped platforms and a branching arm of dangling toys.

Key Features

• 54 x 36 cm footprint and 128 cm tall — a narrower stance than most of the range, which suits a wall or an alcove
• An enclosed cat house with a pitched roof and a round doorway, which cats treat as a den rather than a lookout
• A curved top perch with raised sides, plus stepped platforms making the climb up
• A branching toy arm with several dangling balls on cords
• Posts are wrapped in hardwearing sisal rope — the surface a cat's claws are meant to strip on, instead of the arm of your sofa
• Available in blue or brown plush

Setting It Up

• Put it where your cat already spends time — by a window, or next to whatever it has been scratching. A tree in the spare room gets ignored
• Stand a tall tree against a wall rather than out in the middle of a room. A cat launching off the top perch puts real sideways force through the base
• Retighten the bolts after the first fortnight and every few months after that. Almost every wobbly cat tree is a loose bolt rather than a design fault

Good To Know

• Scratching is how a cat sheds the worn outer sheath of its claws and leaves its scent. It is not a habit you can train out, so the only real question is what it scratches
• A new tree often gets ignored for the first week. A pinch of catnip rubbed into the posts, or a familiar blanket on the top perch, usually settles it
• Check the dangling toys regularly and cut them off if the cord frays. A cat that swallows a length of string needs surgery, not a wait-and-see
• Vacuum the plush with an upholstery head and spot-clean with a damp cloth. Do not soak it — the boards underneath are chipboard and swell once wet
• The narrow 36 cm depth means this needs a wall behind it. Freestanding in the middle of a room it is the least stable shape in the range