This is an outdoor cat that lives on the second or first floor of a block of apartments. Together, the cat’s owner and his cat have found a neat and imaginative solution that allows the cat to go outside and enjoy nature: the cat elevator.
I love this sort of thing because it shows a clever adaptation to make the best of what one has and it shows a beautiful trust between cat and human. This has got to be a close relationship.
It appears to be in France because the man asks in French, “Do you want to come up?” “Tu vas monter?” I think I have that correct. The cat says “yes” and the man lowers the elevator.
I remember a post Elisa wrote years ago about indoor/outdoor cats living many floor above the ground. The owners built some intricate steps and ladders etc to allow their cats access to the ground and nature.
My thanks to dw in Calif. for showing me the video.
How about this catwalk found on a Japanese house?
This makes me smile and it is totally awesome. A cat lover’s dedicated work. You rarely see this sort of thing. This is an indoor cat that has some vertical, outdoor space.
That is amazing!
These videos are brilliant, I’ve loved watching them and so has Walter sitting beside me (he has the computer chair, me a kitchen chair) I love the way the cats so confidently climb in and wait for a lift and I love those people who’ve earned such trust from their cats.
Love it! Cat people are so creative!
I love that! What a clever invention and what a wonderful trust the cat has in his man!
I’ve often wished I could open my bedroom window and let Jozef and Walter out that way when they want to go out at the crack of dawn instead of one of us having to get up, that chap should patent that invention lol
He could fit a sort of bell to ring for ‘I want to come back up’ lol
lol Ruth – but you know if a cat could ring a bell for service you would likely never sleep again 🙂
True and we don’t get much sleep already with our pair lol
Me too – they all wake me up after about 2 hours of sleep, and then through the night after that first time they take turns waking me up every hour or so. Sometimes if I decide to sleep in beyond 5am then I get all 3 of them making sure I’m up at 6am latest.
So my nights are divided into short blocks of sleep. 🙂
In the morning it’s for food but in the night it’s for play. Lilly often drags a wand toy partially onto my face. Gigi brings me toys and asks for biscuits and Molly usually comes once on her own in the middle of the night for a couple biscuits.
I don’t want to leave them a huge pile of biscuits though because they will just eat it and wake me for more anyway. I limit the biscuits to only when I am home and only a small handful each per day split into little bits.
That cat must be very intelligent. I don’t think any of my cats would be capable of doing that.
I saw this – it’s excellent – thanks Dorothy 🙂
I also saw another one where there is an automated elevator for the cat. The cat just walks in and it automatically goes up, or down depending where it is.
You’ve seen everything to do with cats 😉 Are you referring to a specially designed ca elevator of the human-kind?
yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trZnE34_fgw
another basket one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4A8QrejUOA
one with a bucket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5iag_KdyPQ
one using a cat carrier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZDI3R7-EpY
…still can’t find the other one with the automatic lift going from down to up.
LOl….I thought cat baskets were rare 😉 Holy Moly. Thanks Marc.
lol cats riding up in baskets and buckets and all, how clever!
I’d be afraid they would jump out half way but in those videos they all seem to sit tight.
Amazing!
Brilliant lol
And there’s one other – similar automatic lift but more sturdy and the cat goes from down to up in the vid. I’ll see if I can find it 🙂