Fauna Bonalti Cat Play Tower - Grey with Paw Print - 45x45x108cm

The Fauna Bonalti Cat Play Tower is the grey paw-print version of the Bonalti tower — a cone-shaped condo with a barrel tunnel slung beneath it and round perches above and below, 108 cm tall.

Key Features

• 45 x 45 cm footprint and 108 cm tall, putting the top perch at roughly kitchen-counter height
• A cone-shaped enclosed condo with a round doorway on a broad round platform
• A horizontal barrel tunnel between two posts, which cats treat as a hiding spot more than a passage
• A round top perch and a lower round perch, giving four separate places to sit
• Posts are wrapped in hardwearing sisal rope — the surface a cat's claws are meant to strip on, instead of the arm of your sofa
• Grey plush with a scattered paw-print pattern, and two dangling mouse toys
• Delivered flat-packed with fixings and instructions. Assembly is a screwdriver job, not a workshop one

Setting It Up

• Put it where your cat already spends time — by a window, or next to whatever it has been scratching. A tree in the spare room gets ignored
• Retighten the bolts after the first fortnight and every few months after that. Almost every wobbly cat tree is a loose bolt rather than a design fault
• Stand a tall tree against a wall rather than out in the middle of a room. A cat launching off the top perch puts real sideways force through the base

Good To Know

• Scratching is how a cat sheds the worn outer sheath of its claws and leaves its scent. It is not a habit you can train out, so the only real question is what it scratches
• A new tree often gets ignored for the first week. A pinch of catnip rubbed into the posts, or a familiar blanket on the top perch, usually settles it
• Check the dangling toys regularly and cut them off if the cord frays. A cat that swallows a length of string needs surgery, not a wait-and-see
• Vacuum the plush with an upholstery head and spot-clean with a damp cloth. Do not soak it — the boards underneath are chipboard and swell once wet
• The tunnel and condo suit an average adult cat. A very large breed such as a Maine Coon will find both of them tight