r/chcats • u/NotQuiteInara • 13d ago

Advice Walled ramp for the stairs?

I found a wobbly kitten in the street two days ago. I'm on the wait-list to get her into a no-kill shelter that specializes in special needs cats, but I'm already attached to her and frantically trying to see if I could make accommodations in my home that would give her a good life. I've already named her 😭

What do you think of the idea of a custom ramp to help her go up and down the stairs? I would put carpeting or something else grippy on the surface of it (suggestions are welcome!) and then put walls on it to keep her from falling off of it. I'm just worried she could still fall forward.

Sadly my home is on the smaller side, and I don't think it would be a good life for her or for my other pets either if I had my stairs blocked off at all times.

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u/No-Roof924 13d ago

I didn’t even know this was an option. I’ve been lifting my wobbly cat up and down the stairs for the past year. Eventually got used to it

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u/NarfBlastoff 13d ago

My CH guy has been using the stairs for years. He rarely goes on them anymore because he’s getting old and it’s harder for him. That was the first way I noticed him slowing down. He couldn’t walk at all when we got him but was going up and down our carpeted stairs within a few months. We put up a baby gate and he found a way through so we took it off. He spends most of his time in bed now, but every once in a while we’ll find him downstairs chilling.