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Battery operated feeder allows proportioned food for up to twenty-four hours.
The dual pane helps save energy, and the door locks.
This litter box prevents the tracking of litter! The top is a paw cleaning mat. 19”x19”x14”
Seventy-one inches tall
A Cat Litter Box The doors open for cleaning, Nd the design might help with some of the tracking. Check dimensions.
This curved bed mounts on the wall.
Home, sweet home. “It’s nice getting back at the end of the day and having cats that want to see you and lay in the bed with you,” Wilson says. “We love that companionship, and seeing them evolve and get more confident every day.”Do you have pet furniture? Tell us about it and share a photo in the Comments. MoreHow to Build a Steampunk Cat Transit SystemThe 10 Most Popular Pet Places of 2017Read more stories about pets at homeFind cat furniture
Furniture options. A customer can start small and build up using the company’s options. A typical customer spends about $100 to $200 to get started, Wilson says.You won’t find all the options on the company’s website, as some pieces are still in testing mode and exist only in the couple’s house.
Installation. The pieces allow customers to create a unique setup. Here, a cat named Babou has multiple shelves and fabric lounging areas.“About 90 percent of the time,” Wilson says, “people can install it themselves,” using the step-by-step instructions provided by the company. Most of the pieces require only a No. 8 screw, which doesn’t leave a huge hole, he says. “You can definitely patch these small holes and get your [rental] deposit back. We got our deposit back in Portland, and we installed a lot of different things on that wall.”
Many customers’ cats also spend time reclining on the shelves. Here, Achilles has a shelf up high that’s perfect for watching the goings-on outside.
Cat community. The company also gets tons of customer-submitted photos of cats climbing and playing on the furniture. Here, Frosty follows little Amazon up the sisal post steps.
On the job. The cats not only test the furniture, they also model for product shots, which usually occur on the two days Wilson works from home. Payment method. “At this point,” Wilson says, “if we crack open wet food or turkey, they will run up onto the furniture. They know it’s photo time.” The tricky part is keeping them engaged after that. To capture more photogenic moments, the couple installed cat food bowls on the shelves.
Heisenberg is less stationary. He’s more likely to be seen bouncing from post to post.
This setup exists in the couple’s new single-family home, and it’s more permanent because they have room here to leave the cat furniture up.Ickle is up on the cat bridge as usual. The other cats also climb up there to bat at Wilson’s and Hanneman’s heads when they pass beneath. “We are both pretty short,” Wilson says, “so it hangs a few inches above our heads. We liked having the bridge in the doorway in our apartment and wanted to have that playful feature in our new home too.”Lylah can be seen reclining on the other bridge in the corner above the fish tank. “She’s obsessed with watching the fish,” Wilson says.
If we had a cat door similar to this one, I would like to attach a camera recognition system so only the cat of this family could enter.
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