raincheck gets a leg up

Yes, yes - let's just get the truth out of the way before I get any further - I bribed Raincheck with food for this photo. It's difficult to dispute - look closely and you'll see that he's licking his lips. He is sitting on his new perch, a cat tree from CozyCatFurniture.com. Raincheck had an even nicer perch in our Shoreline house that he used often, so I've been interested in getting a new perch for a while. Although he was bribed to climb onto the perch for the photo, he's been using it without a bribe regularly!

There were some features that I deemed as necessary to any new tree: long sisal covered legs for clawing, tall enough for him to stretch on (which can be a challenge for a Maine Coon), and stable enough to support his weight. If you're a cat owner, you know that trees meeting these specifications can be quite expensive, costing several hundred dollars. A visited many local pet stores, but was unable to locate a suitable contraption. I headed for the Internet.

After lots of reading, I settled for a tree from CozyCatFurnature.com. Not only did it meet my requirements, but the price was attractive and the owner-testimonials were good too. The tree is manufactured by Armarkat.com and imported from China. It arrives knocked-down, but took me less than 30 minutes to assemble. The sisal-legs are pre-wrapped, the faux-fur in tightly applied, the construction seems quite sound; I only needed to attach the parts using the long allen-headed bolts with the included allen-wrench.

The tree looks as attractive as cat trees look - that is to say, it looks like a nice cat tree in the family room. No one is going to mistake it for fine furnature, but it doesn't look like something I might have built myself. I'm generally pleased with the tree. Raincheck does manage to get this "stable cat gym" to rock pretty well, although I don't think he's going to bring it over.

Would I purchase from CozyCatFurnature.com again? Yes - fair prices, quick shipping, good products.