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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2007How long to cat trees last?
I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning greenish. I'm wondering if it could be mold? I've had rugs longer than ten years though and they don't get moldy. I really have no idea what it is though. If it is mold it's certainly past time to get a new cat tree. > I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, > and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning > greenish. I'm wondering if it could be mold? I've had rugs longer than > ten years though and they don't get moldy. I really have no idea what > it is though. If it is mold it's certainly past time to get a new cat > tree. After a decade, lord only knows what kinda nasty gunk is in that carpet. I'd say it's well past its prime. Chuck it and get a new one. >> I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, >> and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >After a decade, lord only knows what kinda nasty gunk is in that carpet. >I'd say it's well past its prime. Chuck it and get a new one. Mostly cat hair and dust. But they love this one. Well, I'm looking online. If anyone has suggestions for a new tree/condo, let me know. >>> I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, >>> and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Mostly cat hair and dust. But they love this one. Well, I'm looking > online. If anyone has suggestions for a new tree/condo, let me know. I wouldn't throw out the old one away when you get the new one - cats get attached to things even more than we humans do. Instead I'd put them close to one another and give the cats a chance to "mark" the new one for a while. If they don't like the new one and the old one is gone you may have some inappropriate scratching starting up. Hugs, CatNipped > How long to cat trees last? What the hell is 'cat trees last'? Is that some kind of animal- friendly bar? Until you tell us where this place is in relation to where you are, then there's no way any of us can tell you how long it will take you to get there.. Sorry. I'd like to help, but that's the basis of our limitations. IBen Getiner >>How long to cat trees last? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > IBen Getiner Gee...IBen's been to finishing school, and it shows. >>>How long to cat trees last? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Gee...IBen's been to finishing school, and it shows. ROFLMAO >>>How long to cat trees last? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Gee...IBen's been to finishing school, and it shows. Now dang! If you hadn't left what he wrote I would have missed that little gem. Sounds like he's a bit testy these days. Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/29/2007 10:27 AM): > I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, > and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning > greenish. I'm wondering if it could be mold? I've had rugs longer than > ten years though and they don't get moldy. I really have no idea what > it is though. If it is mold it's certainly past time to get a new cat > tree. 10 years? Wow. Mine last maybe two. Three at the outside. Dunno what the green stuff is but I'd probably pitch it. If it's growing colors, that can't be good for your cat! jmc > I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, > and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning > greenish. I'm wondering if it could be mold? I've had rugs longer than > ten years though and they don't get moldy. I really have no idea what > it is though. If it is mold it's certainly past time to get a new cat > tree. I've only had mine 3 years and am getting ready to replace some of the rope that they removed and are dragging around the house. I vacuum mine regularly because it gets quite an accumulation of cat hair on the shelves and haven't noticed any growth. I wonder if the carpet isn't changing color or something. Is it where it gets direct sunlight that might be shifting the color? Wendy >> I've had one of those carpet covered cat trees for around 10 years, >> and the brownish rug covering the various levels appears to be turning [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Wendy I took a better look at it yesterday. It's by a window facing north so no direct sunlight. The supporting pieces are natural wood with a white bark, birch I guess. The wood remains in good shape as far as I can tell. The greenish color seems to start from the bottom of the carpeted pieces and spread upward. I would guess that it has to be some kind of rot. The only question is whether to buy one or build one. I saw a few online but they are expensive and I'd have to figure out how to be home when it arrives. I can try to buy one locally but the selection is limited. Well, I'm in NYC so there are a lot of pet stores, but I really haven't seen too many trees. I looked at Petco online but they don't have too many. There are several sites with help for building your own cat tree. This one has links to others: http://www.annelisabeth.com/oldsite/cat2.htm Each plan has ideas for how to do different things. I would guess that I'm going to learn from each of them and then build my own. I've got three pretty young cats now so it looks like it's going to be stable for a while. I need a pretty large cat tree. Uh oh, I'm starting to feel grandiose about this project. >>"dgk" <NoWhere@MailsAnonymous.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > for a while. I need a pretty large cat tree. Uh oh, I'm starting to > feel grandiose about this project. Well, if it's mold then you have a moisture problem. Are they spraying? I know, stupid question because you'd probably smell it even before seeing it but I can't think of another way for an upright post covered in carpeting to start growing mold other than a major flood and you would have noticed that too. Maybe something leaching out of the wood? My mother had some louvered by-fold doors installed years ago and it took the longest time before the 'wet' wood stopped discoloring the paint in certain areas of the wood grain. I suppose you could try stripping off the old carpet, scrubbing the wood well and recovering with carpet and/or sisal rope if the wood is in good shape. Wendy >>>"dgk" <NoWhere@MailsAnonymous.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >Wendy It is possible that the wood is discoloring the carpet. And I guess I could rehab the carpet by removing it and puting on new carpet. Time to take another close look.
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