Five Best Cat Shelves for Apartment Renters

If you rent an apartment and have cats, it can be an issue when it comes to exercise and shelves that don't take up space and don't cause any damage.

I have found five super cool ways to make kitty happy without using too much space or any DIY damage.

1.  Over the Door Kitty Condo

This will use the vertical door space instead of the floor.  Perfect for small spaces and apartments where you don't want to cause any damage, but at the same time make kitty happy!

2.  Window Shelves

3.  Cat Hammock Window Perch

4.  Spring Loaded Over the Door Shelves

5.  Spring Loaded Floor to Ceiling Cat Climber

When you are renting an apartment or a house and space is limited and you are not to do any DIY or cause damage or holes, it can be hard to give your cat his climbing things.  

Many of the stand alone cat trees are fine but they take up a lot of floor space and if you are sharing a small space with one or more cats, you have to get creative.

Using the face of the doors or the windows or a spring loaded one that reaches from the floor to the ceiling is likely your best way to cure the urge to climb.

Indoor Cats Need to Climb

Most cats have an urge to climb, stretch and pick with their nails, so you need to give them something otherwise your curtains and your couch will become substitutes.  

Indoor cats need exercise and play time and love to nap above everyone, so giving them their own window shelf or a cubby over the door is an awesome idea.  This also uses the vertical space that won't get in your way.

The Window Perches use super strong suction cups and some can hold up to 80 pounds.  These are an awesome way for kitty to watch things outside.  They are easy to remove when you move and you will only have to clean up a smudge.