Cat Beds Fit for a King
Once upon a time, long, long ago, our royal domesticated house cats were content to use an empty shoe box as a bed. My, how times have changed. These days, only a third-class peasant cat would be caught dead sleeping in mere cardboard. Tacky, tacky, tacky.
No, these days, cats require much more appealing and stylish sleeping quarters. They require plush fabrics, sleek lines, contemporary designs, and color choices ranging from popping prints to natural earth tones. Luckily, with all the choices in cat beds today, even a middle class cat can sleep like a king.
Fleece blankets make wonderful, portable cat beds that serve multiple purposes. Usually made of snuggly, soft fleece, they can be draped over furniture or kitty’s other favorite sleeping spot to protect against cat fur accumulation while adding extra warmth. As kitty lays on the blanket more and more, her scent goes deep in the fibers and the blanket becomes her very own safe place. The blanket can then be moved if you want kitty to start sleeping in a more convenient spot. The blanket will comfort kitty during moves, changes within the home, or visits to the vet.
For a cat, looking out the window is a comforting pastime, akin to humans staying in for a relaxing night in front of the television. But laying in a narrow, uneven window sill just isn’t good enough. Now, window gazers have cat beds that fit onto the window sill, allowing for extra warmth, comfort, and space as they watch the world go by. Window sill cat beds usually clamp on to the sill for a cozy, stable resting spot in the sun.
For kitties who like to stay closer to the ground, or older kitties who aren’t as adventurous as they once were, plush pillow cat beds offer stylish warmth and softly cushion kitty’s bones from cold, hard floors. Whether surrounded with plush sheep skin, snuggly suede fleece, or cuddly cotton, kitties can curl up in circular pillow cat beds or stretch out on other shapes. There are even sack, igloo, and cave-shaped cat beds that let kitty climb in and feel secure with extra coverage and shelter from breezes.
Many cat trees are equipped with raised cat beds like hammocks, which suspend kitty in a dreamy cloud that molds to the shape of the body. They can tire themselves out on the different levels of the cat tree, then climb into the hammock to relax and nap until its play time again!
A wonderful space-saving and heat-providing cat bed is a radiator hammock. These beds attach to most radiators and are l-shaped to create a shelf with a hammock in which kitty can sleep safely, close to the warm, radiant heat. Another space-saving hammock style cat bed is one that attaches to the wall, allowing kitty to sleep off the floor and higher up, without taking up floor space or a window sill. From there, kitty can rule over the kingdom below her as they gaze up at her lovingly.
For the most regal of kitties, there are thrones: cat beds that are built to resemble miniature human furniture, like canopy beds, sofas, and chairs. Some mini cat furniture is so gorgeous, you’ll wish you had a couch just like it! These cat beds are not only stylish and structurally sound, but as our cats rest on them, they know that all who gaze upon them will finally see them for the royal, majestic creatures they already know they are.
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