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[โ€“] LostWon@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Zombii!

Fancy treehouse BTW. My sisters been thinking of commissioning one from me.

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's her!

From you? You make them? And you haven't made one for the boy ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, I'm a woodworker, so I'm sure I could bang something together. Just need to think about the upholstery and padding.

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would be so cool! If you end up making him one, you haveta show me. Don't forget to wrap the sisal rope around the posts for scratching

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In might not bother with sctaching post, since he never uses them. He much prefers cardboard scratchers or a beater carpet we let him tear apart.

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair. Bitty likes to lay in her nest and scratch the post right next to it. I haveta figure out how to get her a new tower soon. Hers is coming apart

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If its the wood you might be able to sink a woodscrew into a post section. Drive it most of the way with a drill, and tighten the rest by hand. Make sure it goes in all the way so nobody gets their claws caught on it

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See, the posts seem to be made of cardboard, so I think they're just weakening from being moved and living through the house fire. It was given to us by someone who's cat ran away, so it was already preowned. I was thinking about getting a 2x4 and anchoring it in the wood platforms from bottom to top and putting something heavy in the base just for support and balance

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm I'm not sure how to fix it then. I bet it would stiffen up a lot if it was screwed to the wall, even with just drywall anchors

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but we have a month to month rental, so I don't think that's an option

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmmm, if you're deadset on keeping the tree you might need to get a professional. Cardboard construction is out of my scope LOL. I was gonna make mine out of 4x4s and plywood.

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, I would love to get a new one, but I'm currently unemployed due to health problems so I was really just trying to figure out how to prolong the lifespan of this one

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think something like L brackets could work. They are pretty cheap, like $10 for 20x. Something around an inch or two long.

Screw these onto any loose corners, and repeat on the opossite side. Hopefully screws will work on cardboard

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll tell my partner and see what he thinks. Thank you!

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love him so much! I just wanna give him a lil snug

[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too, but it doesn't seem like he wants to cuddle anytime soon

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Damb. Bitty hasn't been as cuddly the past couple days

[โ€“] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My parents have a similar house in their cats' scratching post, but they never go in! Does yours like that space?

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's actually the first time Zombii went in! We were excited. Little Bitty likes for us to put her toys in the one at the top so she can throw them and then cry until we toss them back in

[โ€“] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh cool, so it seems like not just ours are weirded out by that house :D

And that with the toys is just classical cat behavior!

[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. They love to sit on top of them, tho!

Bitty loves to play fetch. Whether we throw it for her, or she throws it for us xD

[โ€“] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of my sisters cat in his house ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

These are almost the same picture ๐Ÿ˜‚