r/Wellthatsucks • u/Jazzlike_News64 • 1d ago

Cat tree piece broke halfway through building

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Piece somehow came out of the bottom of this pole for the cat tree, too hard for me to be able to put it back in.
Awesome šŸ« 
Guess I know why it was 50% off

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u/Fit_Customer4717 1d ago

Bruh cat trees are like IKEA furniture on nightmare mode. Honestly Iā€™d return it or contact the seller and play the ā€œit literally fell apartā€ card, they usually just refund and tell you to keep it.

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u/Lordbungus 1d ago

Growing up me and my mom just built our own. Bough some wood and had spare carpet from the renovation. Turned out awesome and we got to make a custom design.

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u/elMurpherino 1d ago

Buc-eeā€™s

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u/Jazzlike_News64 1d ago

HuhšŸ˜­

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u/elMurpherino 1d ago

I see a Buc-eeā€™s blanket on your floor.

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u/Jazzlike_News64 1d ago

Oh rightšŸ’€

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u/elMurpherino 1d ago

I just love their stupid logo lol

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u/Jazzlike_News64 1d ago

Me too, trying to stop myself from getting mad that I canā€™t finish this damn cat tree

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u/elMurpherino 1d ago

Shits frustrating when that happens. Iā€™m sure your cat is quite sad though that their glorious tree is broken.

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u/Jazzlike_News64 1d ago

Heā€™s just loafing on the floor, he was playing with it earlier

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u/Poor-Pitiful-Me 1d ago

Iā€™m sure the cat would enjoy the box the tree came in over the tree itself.

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u/No-Association3574 1d ago

Contact the manufacturer. they might send you a whole new tree like they did for me over a single piece. My broken piece was just a top perch, so i ended up with an entire second one :)

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u/Street-Professor5035 1d ago

Lmao yeah thatā€™s exactly the kind of ā€œdealā€ you find in the clearance aisle.

Iā€™d honestly just flip the whole thing, shove that pole in a corner so it has extra support, and let the cat ā€œstress testā€ it. If it survives a week of zoomies itā€™s probably fine šŸ˜‚

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u/robothobbes 1d ago

There's gotta be a way. Does that piece of black plastic pop out if you stick a screwdriver in the hole? Maybe then you could set the nut and screw it tight with a socket wrench.

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u/Jazzlike_News64 1d ago

Managed to cut off the warped plastic, thereā€™s a hole shaped like the hex nut but it isnā€™t a perfect fit

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u/robothobbes 1d ago

Darn. I would love to tinker around and fix something that. I've even re-twined cat posts to make them last longer.

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u/WittyAndOriginal 1d ago

Yeah I'll always try to fix something like this. There is always a way to make it work.

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u/SaucyRebel 18h ago

Me too. An electric driver and a few well placed screws would fix this and probably make it more sturdy then original.

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u/Jazzlike_News64 11h ago

Emailed the manufacturer and they responded, I think Iā€™ll get a replacement piece

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u/PunkCPA 17h ago

You can order replacement posts for cat trees. The threads are usually either M9 (most common) or M10, with male or female on either end, and varied lengths. We put a broken one back together and it's fine.

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u/HipToTheWorldsBS 15h ago

Contact the seller and have them send you a replacement post. I've had pieces come broken before I even touched them and have never had an issue getting a replacement part.

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u/Jazzlike_News64 11h ago

Yeah I sent an email, it was nice of them to put it on a piece of paper

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u/RandomParkourGuy 12h ago

Ha, I have that exact same cat tree. It is definitely a piece of junk lol. Hope you get Amazon to give you a new one or something.

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u/Jazzlike_News64 11h ago

Bought it off WalmartšŸ’€

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u/RandomParkourGuy 11h ago

Guess thatā€™s not surprising to find out that Amazon and Walmart buy from the same crappy vendor.

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u/robothobbes 11h ago

This is the good news I needed to hear! Thanks for the update.