My cats have never had their own tree to play on simply because weve never been able to afford anything bigger than a scratching post with a cube under it. When they saw this they were terrified of it but now rule it like kings and queens Its safe for our tripod to navigate and our siamese likes to go psycho all over it she looks like a drunk squirrel up thereThe only thing that was a bother about this tree was that the instructions were a tad difficult to understand as there was no text just images. But in the end its up its sturdy HEAVY and gorgeousWe are going to decorate it with little beaded curtains cushions more fake plants and tons of dangle toysI plan to order most of the other trees from this site and make a heavenly playground for my oddball cats