** Conratulations to Onyxdaily*** I've been using Solid Gold Hundenflocken with good results. My big thing was that I needed it to be convenient to get. They sell it at Petco but not at petsmart. For quite some time before that I wanted to switch from pukeanuba but there were no pet boutiques in my area that sold the better foods. Then suddenly one opened within walking distance so we went there. That had the natura, solid gold and some others. Only thing is when she runs out, there's no telling when they will get more in. Petco has been good about getting stuff back in but they have very little solid gold inventory to start out with. Maybe just 4 bags of everything. A couple of weeks ago I went and cleaned them out and got their last bag of solid gold for fear there would be a run on it so we're stocked up! It's also worth noting that solid gold comes in these hermitically sealed bags that even have a nozzle on them where they suck out all the air. Instead of the paper bags that rip open easily. Keeping pet food fresh before it gets to the customer... what a great idea!

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Cheryl, DH has designed and built all of our cat trees. The first one we had was just a peeler core, wrapped with sisal twine, and with 2 carpeted shelves that were notched into the post. At that time, the cats were little and just loved to climb, so that was ideal for them to work out their energy. The second was just a series of posts and boxes that were carpeted and put together. That one was a pain to keep clean and after several years of wear and tear, it was done. The one we have right now is very simple, but the cats still love it. It is 5 alternating shelves- one to the left, then one to the right, then back to the left- so they could climb them more like stairs as they got older. The shelves are supported on one side by a narrow 2x4 frame, and a sisal wrapped peeler core on the other. We only carpeted the tops of the shelves on this one, and the cats were just fine with that. Our girl especially loves the top shelf that is up almost at ceiling level, it probably stays a little warmer up there and she can sleep soundly without worrying about being disturbed by anyone (she's very high strung). If you have someone in your life who has woodworking/construction experience, a cat tree can be pretty basic- just use your imagination. The real pain is if you decide to carpet the whole thing, it's like the worst upholstery job ever. That's why we opted with just stapling flat pieces of carpet to the tops of the shelves. Over the years we learned that our cats enjoyed just being up high, and climbing carpeted or twine wrapped posts most of all, so carpeting the outside of a box was just too much trouble. HTH, sorry to ramble.