Actually, that is an outright lie. I was just too lazy and disorganized to finish the project, so the mattress stayed where it was and Saki got to perch up on it to his heart's content. When I discovered that I didn't have to share my bed with him because he liked being up in the aerie, I thought about making it permanent, but instead decided to buy the little terror a cat tree.
Cat trees, in case you've missed them by paying too much attention to bootleg copies of East Enders, are those shag carpet covered totem pole affairs that feature so prominently in many lesbian decorating schemes. I did not want a lesbian influenced look here, so I researched the subject and came up with one that seemed like it would be minimally offensive. Ta dah:
And truly, it's not bad. Saki, of course, refuses to have anything to do with it. The two times I put him, firmly, on top of it, he immediately jumped off with an air of combined disgust and wariness, as if he had barely escaped from an assignation attempt.
Naturally, he is much more attracted to the box it came in. Ingrate.
That's cats for ya!
ReplyDeletePS love the Cat Tree!
I just wish Saki shared your enthusiasm. I've shoved the box into the recycling to punish him.
Deletemy four corgis would look cute, each one stuck in a tube.
ReplyDeleteIt is sort of corgi-shaped, like a big sausage.
DeleteHave you tried turning it up the other way? Saki might prefer to slouch on it with the dippy curve in top... I wouldn't really know... only having a dog myself... and I'm quite sure "Spot" would claim it as his by sauntering straight up to it and cocking his leg!
ReplyDeleteFailing this... one could aways turn it on it's side.. drape it with a houseboy and try out the new spanking chaise...
You're just full of ideas, aren't you?
DeleteTell him that you don't want him anywhere near it, that it's your personal furniture...
ReplyDeleteThe defiant creature will want it then.
I see you know cats.
DeleteDarling, I can't help but notice that's my bedroom you redecorated. I do hope you're not expecting me to sleep on the cat tree.
ReplyDeleteYou've ruined the surprise. I hope you're happy.
DeleteDarling, I'm always happy when seeing you is in my near future.
DeleteIt does look a bit hard and uninviting. If I was a cat, I wouldn't want to park my arse on it either. Try draping a blanket over the frame and place a pillow on the top, you know how cats like their comforts.
ReplyDeleteI imagine, when you're not home, he's all over it.
ReplyDelete