Thread: Modifying cat furniture for Maine Coons

This is great and you are right the cost of such items are phenominal to purchase from the shops. It sounds pretty straightforward to make as well. Love the pictures of Allie too, she seems to have taken to it.

Originally Posted by harrymc

This is great and you are right the cost of such items are phenominal to purchase from the shops. It sounds pretty straightforward to make as well. Love the pictures of Allie too, she seems to have taken to it.

Have you tried Tigga Towers? They're not the cheapest climbing towers but they're also not the most expensive, and they are designed with MC's in mind as Sam is also a MC breeder. The great thing about Tigga Towers is that they are modular design, so you can extend bits to it when your budget permits. I've just extended Freyja's by half a meter so she's now got two separate posts to climb up, an interim level platform she loves to sleep on (comes with a detachable hammock) and a private little igloo at the top. She absolutely loves it, and I'll add more height and a second platform in due course.

I don't know about anyone else, but I really don't like the ones you find in pet stores that are covered in paw prints and plush - I want my cat to have a good climbing tower, that gives her privacy, exercise and fun, but isn't an eyesore in my office, and the tigga tower keeps us all happy. Check out Tigga Towers Cat Scratching Posts

Sam couldn't be nicer to do business with either, and if you give her an idea of what you're looking for she'll make some great suggestions. I wouldn't go anywhere else now.

Have you tried Tigga Towers?

No, as not in UK.

Really like that they are modular, but I am not clear on how they stay upright with 20+ lbs MCs jumping on them. This is a problem for many cat trees, where the manufacturer claims they have a heavy enough base, but this turns out to be true only for "regular" cats. The Armarkat unit we have for example is very heavy and is fine even for our girls, but when the 22lbs male jumped on the cantilevered platforms or the raised platforms it was not OK (before our mods).

One of our breeders has some of this furniture: Great Lakes Cat Furniture, Cat Trees, Cat Houses, Cat Condos However, check out the sizes and prices, e.g., Luxury Cat Beds and Furniture for Large Cats (plus shipping for a 240lbs item).