like the cat tree only a foot away
Is that cat tree big enough? the best tip I was given is get a really big tree so they can stretch.
I bought a big cat tree a few years ago and they wouldn't go near it. It was almost 5ft high with a bed section in the top. I tried everything such as catnip, getting them to rub their paws on it etc but they were not remotely interested. It was a good one as well
(Luckily I got it in a pet shop closing down sale) - it has had good use though as Caroline has it in her foster pen in the garden (although foster usually end up in the house as she normally fosters kittens with an indoor kitten room and oldies on their last legs who usually just lie in an armchair
) and plenty of other cats have enjoyed it