Despite the fact my husband and I agreed that we wouldn't be getting any pets while he's stationed overseas, he could tell I was seriously missing having a cat. So for Mother's Day, he set it up for me to adopt these two 3-year-olds.
Dolce (black) and Dior (white tabby)
I just had to show off my new babies, but because a picture wasn't necessary in order to ask my question, I thought a cut would be best. *ahem* So yeah...
My two new kitties are in need of a scratching post before they decide to take a liking to any of the furniture. I want to make something like this. However, I don't know what kind of glue to use between the layers of cardboard. It needs to be something that isn't harmful to animals in the event they want to chew on it like the cat in the picture. I'm also wanting to cover the base with hemp rope, so the glue needs to be super heavy duty to keep the rope in place. Any suggestions?
Dolce (black) and Dior (white tabby)
I just had to show off my new babies, but because a picture wasn't necessary in order to ask my question, I thought a cut would be best. *ahem* So yeah...
My two new kitties are in need of a scratching post before they decide to take a liking to any of the furniture. I want to make something like this. However, I don't know what kind of glue to use between the layers of cardboard. It needs to be something that isn't harmful to animals in the event they want to chew on it like the cat in the picture. I'm also wanting to cover the base with hemp rope, so the glue needs to be super heavy duty to keep the rope in place. Any suggestions?
Not as cool looking as the thinkgeek one but still very popular with my 4 furmonsters.
I used gaffa tape and once it was complete I just wrapped the whole outside edge in gaffa. Then I covered the bottom with gaffa as well so that when I put a whole heap of dried catnip into the little gaps it didn't fall straight back out the bottom of it.
I like the idea of dropping in cat nip. These two cats are sooo lazy (which is great because I love to snuggle)! Maybe some kitty crack will make them perk up a little when the kiddos want to play with them.
I buy it at my local big box hardware store. Any sort of heavy duty/packing tape type stuff would work well. I use gaffa because it's very thick and the cats won't scratch through it.
If you want to go overkill, you could go make your own...
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howto
And if you want another project after that... there's always the carpet-remnant Enterprise... http://www.bitrebels.com/geek/star-t
Pet the kitties for me...I so wish I weren't allergic!
While I always enjoy a new science project for teaching my kids, I'm afraid of the disclaimer on this one: "Unrefrigerated glue will 'spoil' after 24-48 hours. Discard the glue when it develops a spoiled milk smell." It wouldn't do for my project to smell funky. :P
Trekkie project! I don't know who would play on that more, the cats or the kids! lol It's awesome!
Will pet. Often. :D
i was going to suggest hot glue for the hemp rope. and you tuck the base of it under other rope, or in a spot cut specifically for the start and end of the rope. and hide it. that is how one of my cat trees was constructed. before my lard-ass fatcat broke it.
In point of note, my sister bought the thinkgeek building cat scratcher, and none of her cats will use it, but they like the ones on the floor fine.