Here’s a fun new product that lets you create a customized climbing structure for your cats. It’s the Catty Stacks, designer cat house system. These super strong corrugated cardboard boxes can be connected in three dimensions to create all sorts of configurations for climbing, perching, playing, napping, and hiding. The nice folks at Catty Stacks sent us a set to test out and they were an instant hit. Here are Simba and Dee checking out the new play station:
The boxes ship flat and are really easy to set-up, just unfold and insert some tabs into slots and you’re ready to go. The special corner design allows you to clip the boxes together (clips are included) to create a nice sturdy structure. Once the boxes are clipped together, you can lift the whole stack to move it (just make sure there aren’t any cats inside!)
Holes on the side of the boxes allow kitties to enter and exit and connect from one box to the next. When two boxes are clipped together, you can remove a larger portion of the side panel to create a more spacious inner lounge area. When boxes are stacked on top of each other, the vertical access holes are staggered, making it easy for kitty to get her footing as she climbs up through the boxes. The thing I’m most impressed with is the strength of the double thickness cardboard. This is some of the strongest cardboard I’ve seen, so the Catty Stacks should last a long time.
There are a number of accessories you can purchase as add-ons for your Catty Stacks, including a crawl tube that connects between two boxes, special felt pillows for extra comfort, and an animation wand that connects easily to one of the accessory points and has a clip on the end to attach kitty’s favorite toy. Here’s Theo getting ready to attack the dangling toy:
The boxes come in light pink, chocolate brown, sky blue, pistachio green, and white, all printed with 100% soy-based inks. The cardboard used is also 100% recycled and recyclable. You can choose any combination of colors when ordering the boxes in kits ranging from one box for $17.99 US, to ten boxes for $129.99 US.
BONUS GIVEAWAY! ENTER TO WIN!
Catty Stacks is giving away a six box set in the winner’s choice of colors! I guarantee your kitties will love Catty Stacks! To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on July 12. One entry per person. This giveaway includes free shipping to addresses in the US and Canada.
July 6th, 2010 at 11:12 am
As a freebie I’d love these, but I am constantly amazed at the high cost of cardboard cat beds/houses and scratching posts… do people have sweet little cats who don’t claw cardboard to bits in a matter of hours like mine do?
The idea is great, and I now have something to do with the hundred or so book boxes I still have from our move…
July 6th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Fun times!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:15 am
so much better than the paper boxes i brought home from work!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:19 am
ohhhh…my cats would love this!!!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:24 am
I gotta admit this is a nifty idea–easy for parents and fun for critters. Having a number of furs who prefer (prefur??) cardboard for scratching makes these even better, since the boxes could be easily changed out after being mangled.
July 6th, 2010 at 11:27 am
These are so cool!!! my Cats would go nuts for these!!!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:28 am
My cats would absolutely love these! I would love them too because they are so designed so well.
July 6th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I plan on buying some of these! My cats love the boxes from Costco, and this would look much nicer!!!!!!!!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:43 am
These are super fun. My cats would love climbing around in/on them. Plus they are easy to move and reconfigure, for endless variety and fun. Just hope they don’t pee or puke in them!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:46 am
My kitties like it when i bring home a cardboard box for them. They would love this product!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:51 am
These are amazing! Very mod, of course, but they are so much more functional than comparable cardboard-based play-structures. And I love that they come in multiple colors. I can just see my Jackson hiding in the tube!
July 6th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Gosh, my 7 kitties would just adore these!
July 6th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Looks like a lot of fun for the kitties! I love how customizable this is
July 6th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I just tossed out my old cat tree. I’m so over the fleece covered trees. I think my cats would love to give this set a whirl.
July 6th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Super cute. Looks like fun for the kitties!
July 6th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
I would love to have them as much as my cat would. ;D
July 6th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Love, love, love this design! My cats would go crazy over these boxes.
July 6th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Would love to try out the sturdiness of these with my sweet boy.
July 6th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Super fun. My girls would have a great time making different configurations for our kitty. Thanks.
July 6th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
…another one of those “why didn’t I think of that” ideas! Brilliant. My 2 girls are gonna love them!
July 6th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Great ‘hidey-hole ‘ for my very shy Ragdoll!! She is always looking for new places to crawl into! These are very much the same idea as something Martha Stewart did on per program a few months ago…but her cat stacks pale in comparison with these!!!
July 6th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Looks amazing!
July 6th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Absolutely a fabulous idea. My cats would go crazy over these. Looks like hours of fun!
July 6th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Am I the only one with kitties that think cardboard boxes are temporary disposable toilets?! I would love to give them something like this to play with but it would be peed on in the first 24hrs. I hope the winners have more use and time to enjoy!
July 6th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I totally love this and am pretty certain my furballs will too! Thanks for another wonderful giveaway!!
July 6th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Very cool!
July 6th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
my cats love hiding place. he wants to be near her, and she wants some space. i think they’d really like a structure made out of these.
July 6th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
My cats would love these!
July 6th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
so cute!
July 6th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Cute! My boys would love, love, love that!
July 6th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Sloopy and Squeaks would love this!
July 6th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Hope we win this one! Lots of love and purry hugs, George and Arthur X
July 6th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
My cats would go nuts over this
I can’t bring a box into the house without them trying to turn it into a kitty castle.
July 6th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Love it! My cat needs a refuge from the dogs!
July 6th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Muffin would love these!!
July 6th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
so cute!! a surprise can be waiting at the top
July 6th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
As an eco friendly pet accessory designer myself, I’ve got to say, these are super cool and well thought out! I know my cat would love this!
July 6th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Awesome customisable good looking cubby house!!!
July 6th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I like the catty stacks alot. I am sooo sure my cats would love them. They love to climb and attack each other through holes. The brown and green would go well in my house. Thanks for the great giveaway! I hope we win!
July 6th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Boy, that looks like fun for kitties!
July 6th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Three cats and six cardboard boxes equals nirvana!
July 6th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
creative
July 6th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
What a creative design my kitties would love.
July 6th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I’m amazed at these and know that my babies (Maine Coons and Scottish Folds) would absolutely love them.
July 6th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
These look super fun, but I wonder if kitties who like to scratch cardboard would tear these up?
July 6th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
I love this idea. Good for your cat and the environment!
Hope I win!
July 6th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
love the design and the eco-friendliness!
July 6th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
All of my cats could play in a stack of these at one time–they’d love it. I love that they’re recyclable, too!
July 6th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Cool – much better colors than plain cardboard!
July 6th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
My kitties will go nuts. My Ragdoll especially loves to hide almost everything, from the fridge to a shoe box.