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By: Rapidinha Efetiva #009: Feliz 2010, efetividade no IPhone, apagÃµes X eletrÃ´nicos, passarela para gatos « Efetividade.net

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:29:59 +0000

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By: Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves « Life Reflections

Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves « Life Reflections — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:03:02 +0000

[...] link below. If you have your own creative pet related project, we’d love to hear about it! Ikea Climbing Wall [ModernCat] [via [...]

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:06:57 +0000

If you use the same plastic/nylon drywall anchors that are used to hang cabinets, you will have no problem with a 20 (or 30) pound cat. Think of how much your dishes, pots, pans, or 12-packs of soda weigh, and you never expect your cabinets to come crashing off the wall.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:36:21 +0000

I don’t have an Ikea near me, and I’m having trouble finding some of the shelves on their web site. I went to four other stores around here trying to find something similar, but no luck. Specifically I’m having trouble finding the shelf the cat actually sits on.

By: Mik

Mik — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:18:10 +0000

Great idea, I can see you walk in and get a tap on the head hello.

By: Edwin Wityshyn

Edwin Wityshyn — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:10:02 +0000

My only concern about this fantastic idea is that mounting of these platforms may be shakey at best. The odds of being able to screw even one side into a stud for extra strength are pretty low, especially if you want to place all the platforms at a certain distance from each other. a 20lb cat jumping from a higher perch onto a lower one, landing near the edge of the platform, can easily exert more than 60lbs of sudden force on the mount points. Those small plastic drywall “inserts” will not be enough to hold.

You would need to use the metal Expanding “T” Drywall mounts, the ones where you drill the hole, insert the mount through the hole, letting the “T” flip open (if there is not insulation to prevent this from happening), then pulling it tight against the inside of the wall and THEN you attach your IKEA hardware to these mounts using the supplied screws.

Otherwise, you run the risk of running/jumping cats putting a wee bit too much stress on the screws/wall and risk tearing them out, ruining a perfectly good idea.

Just thought I would help here. Now off to IKEA I go…

By: Yvette

Yvette — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:21:47 +0000

These shelves are awesome! We have a spare room in our home which we use (exclusively) to foster FeLV+ cats! Here is one of my favorite fosters, who has since passed away…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct2NBjAlwpI

By: Create a Cat Climbing Tree from Ikea Shelves : TC Games And More

Create a Cat Climbing Tree from Ikea Shelves : TC Games And More — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:18:27 +0000

[...] Inexpensive construction aside, the best part about using the wall for support is you can create a roost as high as your ceilings allow. I know a certain cat at my house that would be thrilled to have a 15 foot tall perch in my office, well above children’s poking fingers. For more pictures and links to the various parts, take a peek at the link below. If you have your own creative pet related project, we’d love to hear about it! Ikea Climbing Wall [...]

By: M

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:21:51 +0000

I have seen ideas like this years ago where the owners went so far as to cut out shapes above the doors for the cats to walk through to pathways around the house, instead of a plate rail, it was like a cat rail…

I’ll just be happy to get the room enough in the yard with a good door to make my outdoor catroom…screened in high w a 1/2 covered patio and some grass, mini tree and patio stones/set for me to sit and enjoy tea…and of course bird feeders surrounding to drive them nuts!!!

By: meneame.net

meneame.net — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:59:23 +0000

EstanterÃƒÂas de Ikea para hacer feliz a nuestro gato…

Una completa descripciÃƒÂ³n de como usando algunas piezas de Ikea podemos construir un verdadero paraÃƒÂso para nuestro querido gato. EstÃƒÂ¡ en inglÃƒÂ©s. Tiene fotos. VÃƒÂa: lifehacker.com/5188992/create-a-cat-haven-from-ikea-shelves…

By: hoss

hoss — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:54:58 +0000

#11 is correct. my cat used to be an outside cat. she has leaped from trees, roofs, etc to the ground and/or other objects.

By: grant

grant — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:22:46 +0000

very nice!

By: Crickets

Crickets — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:16:10 +0000

very cool…. velcro the cushion so you can clean it later…

my cat has his own loft which is right over where most of the heat fromt he heater escapes… whenever the heat comes on you can find him up there. He loves it.

By: Tom Woolf

Tom Woolf — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:36:52 +0000

I like that idea! I’d have to make sure the shelves were screwed into studs, though. One of my cats is just a biiiiig cat (not fat, but a beast), and could pull a shelf support out of drywall over time.

By: Mestre Bonsai

Mestre Bonsai — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:04:41 +0000

Hi,
Tricia Hamill, you don’t need to worry so much, cats are very good falling on their feet, the taller they fall the better. Really.
Anyway, just screw a little wooden bar in the front so the bed cushion won’t slide off. And if you want to make it nice, cut several wood peaces and glue or screw them so it makes the bend
(I really have to work on my english… geesh)

By: flat cat

flat cat — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:40:43 +0000

i have 20ft ceilings.. if my cat fell, he wouldnt be very cat like after!!

By: Paul Cypert

Paul Cypert — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:15:08 +0000

Not so good if you have a Tonk or other active type cat. You’d get a lot of surprise cat jumps onto your shoulders from this vantage point

By: Tricia Hamill

Tricia Hamill — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:31:18 +0000

The only thing I am worried about here is the potential for the IKEA cushion bed slipping off of the shelf and causing the cat to suffer severe injuries or even death. If you plan on making this climbing wall – which is WAY TOO COOL by the way – I would urge that you screw the bed cushion to the shelf to prevent accidents.

By: Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves [Clever Uses] | My Blog Channel

Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves [Clever Uses] | My Blog Channel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:52 +0000

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By: Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves [Clever Uses] | Smartlogix Technologies

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:00 +0000

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By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves [Clever Uses]

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:30:51 +0000

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By: Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves « zK++ Blogosphere

Create a Cat Haven from Ikea Shelves « zK++ Blogosphere — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:18:06 +0000

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By: Karin Stewart

Karin Stewart — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:08:21 +0000

My cats would absolutely adore the shelves to climb and recline on!

By: Alexandrea M

Alexandrea M — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:18:55 +0000

We were just at Ikea and I was telling my husband about this – now we are staring at our wall and trying to figure out if we want to destroy our walls like that!

By: jmuhj

jmuhj — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:04:53 +0000

OOOH, what gorgeous Swedish cats! The Bastis cat beds are very cushy indeed. And I’m an oak person, too.