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Stair of the Week: For Cats

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 05.12.08
Design & Architecture

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And why is this on TreeHugger? Um, by inserting an interstitial feline milieu one achieves greater density and utilizes previously unavailable resources, namely the ceiling. ::The Cat's House via ::Freshome

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One of the problems with having purely indoor cats is that they lack the stimulation found outside and rarely have their hunting instinct satisfied. Adding in a "Cat run" ensures the health of the cat and gets them out from underfoot when the evening crazies set in.

jump to top Emily says:

Must be great, getting out the ladder every time you have to clean up a hairball. :/

jump to top Willy Bio says:

If you need a fixed guideway cat transit system means you have too many cats.

I wonder how soon after installation the owners got tired of being smacked from above when walking through the arch.

jump to top John Reiser says:

This is definitely a form of high density that my cats can get behind. They would just love something like this.

I love this. I'll bet the cats' antics are more entertaining than what's on that TV. Perhaps when we settle down in our "forever house," we'll rig up something like this. Unfortunately, we have to keep resale in mind; for un-handy people, this would be hard to undo!

jump to top Lindsay says:

Trust me, you do not want to encourage ceiling cats.

jump to top john m says:

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