When Stella first started coming out of the catio, we put a second cat tower (a hand-me-down from Steph and Dan) in the living room. It gave both cats a place to play. I thin it was beneficial in bringing those two together, but... right in the middle of the living room.
In time, Joan moved both cat towers to a wall, and the cats lost interest in them.
Since we have been in this house, we have moved one of the kitchen bar stools (with a cooling pad on it) to the patio door. It was Murphy's "happy place," where he could nap and keep an eye on what is going on in the courtyard. When we brought Stella into the family, she would watch Murphy sit on that chair... and would hop up onto it when he vacated it. The solution to both cats getting a comfortable place for courtyard viewing: two kitchen bar stools by the door. That's a lot to move when you want to go out the door.
Joan gave it some thought and came up with an idea: what if we put casters on the bottom of a cat tower and put that by the patio door? Plenty of room for both cats to have a raised view. Casters on the bottom because the towers are heavy and awkward to carry. She ordered a set of casters with brakes.
This morning, it was "only" 82º when I took Murphy outside. More heat is coming (supposed to be highs of 114º most of next week) - this would be my window for getting the casters installed. And outside, so I could put the tower on the tall table out there horizontally so I could work on it at a comfortable height.
The screws that came with the casters were just the right length. 15 minutes later, I bought the tower back into the house to test it out: with two brakes on, it is solid. The cats looked at it with suspicion...
And then, acceptance...
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