Conference misery::feline

    SHOW KEY/FULL *ADDRESS* brings up note 9.*
    
    In note 9.25 I found the phone number for Aruba cats.
    
    603-382-8418
    
    
    Jan

    I think that they are in Plastow, N.H., but Arty did expand so he might
    have moved to Haverhill.
    
    also, you find them in a lot of the pet stores in the area; They are
    easily recognizable by the curved carpeted purches and the posts are
    wound in sisal rope.
    
    Deb
    
    P.S. The FIRM really enjoys both of their Arubacat trees, and Panther
    won't share his Arubacat perch withanyone!  

    They live in Plaistow and have warehouse space in downtown Haverhill.
    My 10 cats absolutely love theirs, it's the biggest one they  make and
    can hold 10 cats at a time...
    
    They will make the unit with whatever color carpet you want, so it will
    match your new sofa too, keep that mind.
    
    Definatley call them!

    A 10-percher?  How many poles? How high is it? Is it double the
    footprint of a 5 percher?
    
    Deb

    Don't buy one from a pet store if you can help it!!  The cost
    is unbelievable compared to the deal you can make with Arty at
    a cat show. 
    
    I got mine (6ft tall with 4 platforms and a barrel) for $200
    at a cat show.  In Shrewsbury's Pet Supply Depot the same model
    is something like $450 !!!
                                
    Sue

    RE: -1
    
    true, but if he wants to see what they look like before calling and
    ordering, a local pet store might make a good showroom.
    
    Deb

    the 10 catter, actually it is listed as holding 18 cats, but certainly
    not 18 of my cats!, they are too big....anyway, it is almost as tall as
    I am, at least 5'6" anyway, and has 4 large curved "benches" and a hut.
    All the poles, 4, are covered in sisal.  
    yes, you get a better deal direct, he does have some at the warehouse,
    but that is definatley not a showroom.  he has all the carpet colors
    there too.

    I have one and my cats adore it.  Diamond has *taken over* the top
    perch and Silver has *confiscated* the barrel.  His antics while in the
    barrel have us rolling on the floor in hysterics.  It's better than
    watching TV....
    
    Sandi and her 7 Notorious Cats
    

    Your 10-catter sounds like my 6 catter (5 curved benches, 4 poles).
    Arty and Billy hang out on the top perch, and the rest are 1 cat
    perches (my boys are big but the problem is no-one will share).
    
    Deb

     question on these things - how stable are they ?  I have 4 cats and
     a really beat-up old chair in the room where they stay during the
     day - when I can afford to, I'd love to get an Arubacat tree but
     I'm wondering if they're stable enough for my rough-and-tumble-that's-
     my-spot crowd ?????  Will I need to somehow anchor it at the top to
     a wall or window frame ??

    they are very stable......ahhh, hate to admit it, but I even
    occassionally hang off of it when we all get playing, you know how it
    is, and I am definately no small person......I would say they are
    indeed stable....

    My cats are owners of 3 Arubacat trees. I have a huge six tier,
    a three teir and a two tier.   The cats LOVE them....and I have
    had up to 7 cats in the big tree at once.   They are VERY stable
    and none of mine have ever fallen over.  My little 3 year old 
    nephew loves to climb it too!!!
    
    I personally would not recommend the barrel types because my
    experience was not too good because within the first year
    the rug around the barrel started to fray.  My other two
    trees are older, have had plenty of use...and I have no problems 
    with the rugs.
    
    I would highly recommend an Arubacat tree.
    
    Sandy
    

    I'm wondering how people clean the carpet on their cat trees.  I
    find that vacuuming just isn't sufficient to prevent hair buildup.
    

    
    With a ZoomGroom?
    
    :^)
    
    
    len.
    

    I use a lint brush - the hand held kind w/the stiff velcro-y 
    material.  It pulls all the cat hair off and also removes a lot
    of the carpet lint that gathers.
    
    It may take a while but it works great for me...
    
    Sharon

    I throw towels on the perches, and throw the towels into the wash every
    week or so. (You wouldn't believe the amount of fur that my washer/dryer
    lint screens pick up!)
    
    
    Deb

    I have the 10-cat perch (and only 1 female Tonkinese)...sometimes she
    sits in the hut, other times she's on one of any 3 perches....they
    all collect lots of fur, and we use a file of some sort that scrapes
    all the fur off.....not sure what Rick calls it, but it's flat and
    has lots of little teeth.  It cleans better than anything else.
    The Arubacat trees are extremely stable - Arty will demonstrate that
    even a large dog leaping off the tree won't tip it over!
    
    Be careful about pet stores that hold similar-looking cat trees and
    try to pass them off as being the Arubacat tree.  Unless one of Arty's
    business cards is stapled to the bottom, it's NOT one of his cat trees!
    
    Lady Di loves her tree.....

I went down to the  Cat show in Boxborough on Saturday (the 2nd).
Arty was there and we picked up a 1 barrel 1 perch job 
(we have 3 cats, but 1 could care less about being up). 
The cats love it both for sitting and scratching. 

And it is incredibly stable (we have big boys, 13, 15 and 16 
pounds respectively (and just big not fat yet :-) ). We have 
large pieces of furniture that move more than this thing when 
they jump off of it. 

If you do run into Arty at a show definitely mention the notesfile
as where you heard about Arubacat, he gives a 10% discount
to Digital folk.

Thanks,
Keith (and Spike, Hobbes and Hurricane)
Satisfied Arubacat customer(s)