As cats age – the leaping and jumping that once was so effortless is more of a struggle. You may have forbidden the cat to be on the bed or the table or the counter but – when the leap is harder and they can’t quite make it – you have to help them out.
Enter the cardboard cat stairway:
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Thank you for this. Looks like just the thing for my no so kittenish beloved cat!
How did it work out for yours?
Hi Sylvia - The cat stairs worked out very well. We ended up with three of them. One to help her climb on the bed, Another to access the sofa, and a third to climb into the lap. Nesreen has now gone the way of all flesh but these stairs did give her some extra years of mobility.
We have a geriatric cat Penny we acquired by an involved set of circumstances. She has arthritis and eyes that could melt your soul. She looks at Grant and he lifts her and carries her around. We have to have steps allover the house just in case she might need them. Never mind if I fall over them!
That sounds as if he has cat priorities in the right place! (That said - please don't trip and fall and hurt yourself).
Mine (cat, that is) has taken to stretching across the threshold of the bathroom door at night. I can quite believe the theory that the cats are secretly plotting to get rid of the servants and staff once they get fully automated.
I have a cat with a gimpy hip. Hmmmm This looks interesting …
After giving it a thorough sniffing and marking, and investigating the innards as a potential hideaway, she has mostly been ignoring it. Seems she would rather yowl to be picked up and try to claw and clamber rather than take the stairs. We'll see....