Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
A cat tree!
The girls have never had one but it's one of those things that I
really thought they 'should' have, only they're so expensive... we
went to Walmart today and noticed somebody had a cat-tree-in-a-box in
their cart, so we went over to the pet section and had a look and it
was only $30. Of course it's made of cardboard with el-cheapo carpet
glued onto it, and it's not a thing of beauty and a joy forever, but
it'll do for now... we brought it home, opened the box and figured out
how to put it together (it's clever and it has a built-in spring to
brace itself against the ceiling and hold itself together under
tension...) and then we showed it to the cats.
Scouty took one look at it and slunk out of the room with her tail
between her legs.
Silver climbed onto the side table next to it and put one paw on it
and said 'it doesn't look very sturdy meowmie', and refused to take
any further interest.
Tessie made up for them. John got me to bring her into the room and
put her onto one of the platforms while we were still erecting it and
she looked around her in puzzlement for a moment 'how did I get up
here and how do I get down?!' but when I tried to lift her down so we
could put it into place she didn't want to get off! She was up that
thing like it was a kitty ladder to fun. John waves the
feather-on-a-stick around the post to attract her attention, and it
only took her about ten minutes to scamper her way up to the very top
platform, and to figure out how to climb down again. She had a BLAST!
Even if they never use it again, I think Tessie got a third of its
value in fun already 
And of course here are the photos -
Perched at the very top -
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315zEFPwK
Umm... how do I get down from here?
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315BGENQR
Hmmm... what's this strange blue tree doing in my living room?
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315MEORJr
I'll just watch...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315VPWrIK
Intent on her prey -
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315zupFqK
Let me at it!
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...15899315wAOVPZ
(and there are more in the album...)
Looks like a hit, at least with Tessie. Glad to see she enjoys it.
--
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe