r/catwalls

That cats absolutely love running up the shelves especially when there's treats hidden!

Hi! i’m looking to purchase some aesthetic cat wall furniture, but everything I see online feels so plain and flat/thin. I’m looking for something that almost doubles as artwork - I don’t want it to be too obviously “cat wall furniture” if you know what I mean …

I found this inspiration on tik tok but can’t find anything similar to it to actually purchase in canada. PLEASE HELP!!!

My three cats refuse to use this small step (circled photo 1). They jump directly from the shelf below to the big one above

Curious what y’all think I should do before I ruin my walls 😅

Option 1 (photo 2): replace the small step with a shelf and spread them out a bit both horizontally and vertically

Option 2 (photo 3): add another small step and shift the shelf to the right

Option 3: just remove the small step entirely, but I don’t like the idea of them jumping off and on the single shelf even though one side is drilled into the stud

My thinking is that they just need more steps more spread out since it’s a little crammed. Help plz!

Excuse the mess, its not complete.

We recently had cat walls installed and I am curious what yall think.

With this additional 14 shelves in 6 hours our 4 cats can now get around 95% of our main area without touching the floor.

2 of them use it for zoomies along the long wall. They have never done zoomies before this.

1 of them wont go to the top but likes to perch from above sometimes.

1 refuses to try​ and that is perfectly fine

We plan on adding 2 more exit ramps so none of them can feel cornered

So, I’m thinking about buying this for my cats. In theory I think they’d really enjoy it. In practice I don’t know. It’s 80$, so I just want opinions on it before I buy it since I’ve never done this before.

My main concern is the bridges, I’ve seen people online with cat bridges like this but their cats wouldn’t touch them(that being said those bridges never had cloth on them, they were always like, wood?), and even the cat in the video provided on the Amazon page seemed kind of iffy about them? I have three cats. All three are going to want onto the cat wall, though I’m buying this especially for my only male cat. He really likes exploring, and he likes high places to sit and watch and sleep. I truthfully think he we do fine with the bridges, my worry is my youngest cat, she likes to follow him places and they like to lay together but I don’t know if she’ll like the bridges? Another worry is that this cat wall is gonna be a little high up(but it’s going to be over two beds for the most part so if they fall it will be a soft landing) and so if they don’t like the bridges, I fear they won’t use it at all and then I’ll be out of 80$ and have a cat wall my cats don’t enjoy.

Should I buy it anyways and just see? Or are cats known not to like bridges like this?

Or does anybody have any recommendations?

I don’t really know what I’m doing, but I also don’t have a lot of money to spend on this and this just just looks like something I thought cats would like? Idk.

So, does anybody have any experience with bridges like this for cats? Or any recommendations on other options?

I use massive toggle bolts on all of my stuff, and this one has been up for almost two years with daily traffic. I came home from work to find this and luckily no injured kitties. The only thing I can think of as a reason is that the mounting holes are so close together that they concentrated force in too small of an area.

I have 4 cats and this is my first cat wall so would love some input before I start. This is the layout I was thinking of for my cat wall. The "T" looking things are steps if that's not obvious. I'm aiming for about 12" of vertical / horizontal distance between shelves or steps. Any thoughts on this? Anything missing? There is a window on the wall to the right that they'll be able to look out of. That cat tree to the right is staying as well as that cabinet to the left. I'm thinking of maybe adding some steps on the wall to the left so my cats could exit that top left hammock from another direction (if they were to look out the window on the opposite wall from this wall they would no longer have a good view as my detached garage is now visible from this angle... so wasn't really thinking of putting any lounge spots here).

Made this for my 6 feral cats.

One day I noticed Bebe couldn't jump on the counter. She actually slipped half way up. I then decided to buy her two sets of stairs. One to aid her to jump on the counter, and the other one to jump in bed with me and/or get in her bed which is on my bed. She didn't hesitate at all to use them, up and down. I no longer worry she may get hurt jumping on the counter since one of her water bowls is on it.