Trixie Playground Wall Mounted Cat Shelves, Brown

This is the most important item I have purchased for our kitty. She now watches for our cars to arrive home. She can watch the birds. And most important, she has a safe place to go when children visit. T-Bone Blessing thanks you from the bottom of her little heart.

The instructions were very minimal and didn’t have a lot of guidance. Definitely need dry wall screws if not drilling into a stud. One of the longest screws broke in half, luckily there was and extra of the other screws. Does it purpose, was just a pain to set up.

I have two kittens. I was hoping they would enjoy this. A couple of things for the next person who orders. First, they are hard to put up. You have to find a stud, and the screws are very long. This is understandable, but it makes them hard to put up. Second, I have been unable to get the kittens to jump from post to post. I think the reason is that the distance is too far. There is not a template for distance between posts, and I chose to put them up in a zig zag pattern. Going back to point #1, I am reluctant to redo the placement because the holes I made putting it up in the first place. The kittens do like the first two posts, though, and may learn to use the rest later.

TLDR: I only recommend these if you have lots of screws and drywall anchors laying around and/or are a handyman yourself. Or don’t mind swiss cheese walls. I have been trying to hang these shelves for 3 weeks now. Multiple trips to local hardware store and a few friends have come over to help but I’ve given up. The shelves seem to be well made and my cat has been trying to use them as the sit on the floor. There are very minimal directions and they say to reference the manual, which is no where to be found, even on the manufacturer’s website. So I have some new holes in my walls and am no closer to having wall shelves for my kitty. If you do try these, don’t use the drill size listed if you TLDR: I only recommend these if you have lots of screws and drywall anchors laying around and/or are a handyman yourself. Or don’t mind swiss cheese walls. I have been trying to hang these shelves for 3 weeks now. Multiple trips to local hardware store and a few friends have come over to help but I’ve given up. The shelves seem to be well made and my cat has been trying to use them as the sit on the floor. There are very minimal directions and they say to reference the manual, which is no where to be found, even on the manufacturer’s website. So I have some new holes in my walls and am no closer to having wall shelves for my kitty. If you do try these, don’t use the drill size listed if you use the screws they sent, it is too big. Also says you can use drywall anchors if you can’t put them in studs but they are not included and I can’t find any that will work with the screw size needed for the little shelf (the holes drilled in the shelf are huge so you have to use the screws they sent and I can’t find anchors in the right size) I’m sure I’ll try again eventually but I’ve packed them back in the box and put it in the garage. … more

my cats will not get on it. Its been 2 weeks and I've set them up there and they jump right off. Treats sat up there for days and nothing. I finally brought in my old cat tree from garage and put up against them and they stretched over to get treats and laid back on tree... sad

Instructions are horrible , parts aren’t organized and they do not tell you what you’ll need to put this up. I don’t even want it anymore

The instructions are confusing. After much thought to all the paper instructions provided, along with hardware but no hardware list, I figured it out! If you look at the last picture, you will see that “OR” is circled. Therefore, on the large piece that the cat actually lays on, a total of TWO bolts should go either on the outer two holes OR the inner two holes. That should help clear things up. I used metal toggle bolts to anchor into the dry wall instead of what was provided. For the 3 larger, circular mounts, be careful because they’re not completely flat. I placed the flattest side facing the wall and this helped stabilize the stepping posts. I would advise to angle the entire system (from The instructions are confusing. After much thought to all the paper instructions provided, along with hardware but no hardware list, I figured it out! If you look at the last picture, you will see that “OR” is circled. Therefore, on the large piece that the cat actually lays on, a total of TWO bolts should go either on the outer two holes OR the inner two holes. That should help clear things up. I used metal toggle bolts to anchor into the dry wall instead of what was provided. For the 3 larger, circular mounts, be careful because they’re not completely flat. I placed the flattest side facing the wall and this helped stabilize the stepping posts. I would advise to angle the entire system (from bottom to top) to the left so the kitty starts off at bottom right and ends up at upper left. In my first pic, you can see I angled it to the right (for the most part). When my cat missteps, him and his claws unintentionally rolls it and loosens it. Angle it left so that you won’t have to tighten the stepping poles much since if the cat slips, it would reinforce the “righty tighty” motion. Twist the round stepping posts as much as you can of course. I used his favorite toy, cat nip, and treats to lure him to the top. It took 3 days :) … more

I really like this for my cats but the only downfall is the instructions. They are not very clear and don't explain the pieces well. I was missing some key hardware as well but we improvised and my cats love it.