I had the bed in OPs meme and it was great at first! My cats loved it, they zoomed through day and night. Then one day I noticed only one of the cats would enter at a time and only while I wasn't looking. Eventually I found out one of our cats was holding politically extreme meetings under the bed which eventually resulted in an attempted coup d'etat.
Anyways, great bed. My cats run my house now and I get to sleep under the bed in a cool maze!
After having pets for the last 30 years this was my first thought... oh great, another place for them to leave me "presents" (like poop, vomit, dead mice, etc)
I have a bed similar to this, and it just gets a little dusty. I don't think I've actually cleaned it in a decade, and at most there's just a very faint layer of dust (I just checked) in one or two spots. What are you doing that a mostly sealed area is getting dirty?
Some beds have storage underneath. They have a lift mechanism that lifts the whole mattress. If you used one of those as a base, then cleaning gets a lot easier.
Many double mattresses are super unwieldy and heavy. You try to lift them, they just end up bending from one side, super annoying. your waist also does not thank you after this process.
Before attempting such things (with or without this crazy setup), it is best to block all escapes/hiding spots, like closing a door to a room with these risks.
So I just got a cat and I have been leaving the light on by the litterbox at night. Are you telling me I can shut it off and he'll still find it ok lol I am dumb
Maybe my cats are weird, but I've never really had the 2 am zoomie issue. One spends most of the night by my feet. I don't know what the other two usually do, but if I get up to use the bathroom, I'll often see them lounging in the hallway, like they're holding a meeting.
But how hard is it to clean the inevitable fur and hairball puke?
...or worse
Exactly this.
I had the bed in OPs meme and it was great at first! My cats loved it, they zoomed through day and night. Then one day I noticed only one of the cats would enter at a time and only while I wasn't looking. Eventually I found out one of our cats was holding politically extreme meetings under the bed which eventually resulted in an attempted coup d'etat.
Anyways, great bed. My cats run my house now and I get to sleep under the bed in a cool maze!
how did you come up with this on the spot? Psychedelics? (Serious question)
Some people just have silly minds. I tirelessly endeavor to be more like them.
I was pooping and I had a free minute to practice comedy!
I'm 90% sure this is how the SCP Foundation was founded
After having pets for the last 30 years this was my first thought... oh great, another place for them to leave me "presents" (like poop, vomit, dead mice, etc)
Seems like you'd just lift up the mattress like they did for this picture.
Lifting out a mattress to clean is a huge pain in the ass
Welcome to cat life.
Woah Woah
You do not need pets to vacuum out under your bed
Of course you don't need pets for that. You just need a vacuum.
And a will of steel
I don't need to lift my mattress to vacuum under the bed either
Why would I vacuum under my bed? That's where I shove items when I pretend like I'm cleaning the house.
I'm trying to teach them to hoover under the bed, but they refuse.
I have a bed similar to this, and it just gets a little dusty. I don't think I've actually cleaned it in a decade, and at most there's just a very faint layer of dust (I just checked) in one or two spots. What are you doing that a mostly sealed area is getting dirty?
Some beds have storage underneath. They have a lift mechanism that lifts the whole mattress. If you used one of those as a base, then cleaning gets a lot easier.
Traditional mattresses need to be rotated/flipped anyway. Also, it's a good idea to clean under the bed occasionally.
Wait why do they need to be rotated???
It helps them wear more evenly.
It sounds so easy when you say it
just keep a bunch of cardboard boxes from deliveries under the bed instead, then you can just throw them away when they get dirty
the cats are gonna take up the whole bed and then you'll be forced to sleep in the maze
ahh welcome to the nightmare in cleaning street
Outta sight, outta mind.
not my mind, sure as hell not my wife's
Hmm, isn't scent one of those senses tied closely to memory and is permeable to a mattress?
Also, at OP, cleaning wouldn't be too difficult. Lift mattress, apply vacuum hose.
Many double mattresses are super unwieldy and heavy. You try to lift them, they just end up bending from one side, super annoying. your waist also does not thank you after this process.
more like this because my cat is too dumb to find the exit:
Great place to store small dead animals
Try to give them medicine once and you'll be lifting the box spring and mattress off late at night! I guarantee it...
Before attempting such things (with or without this crazy setup), it is best to block all escapes/hiding spots, like closing a door to a room with these risks.
No absolutely not!
The little orange Zip is already dragging socks under the bed to fight. I would never be able to get them back
Orange cat behaviour
She is a whirl-wind of terror for sure.
Good luck if your cat shits under the bed
or has kittens.
or dies.
https://lemmy.world/comment/19060041
My dumbass cats would get lost down there and we'd have to let them out twice a night
@everyone in this comment section:
Do you want a spider empire? Because this is how you get a spider empire.
Not if the cat overlords roam the labyrinth. If it moves its free game :)
"hackhackhackhack"....Oh shit!
2am
kak kak karrrph karrpugh kak kak kak kaaaaak kbbblorp
Hairball puke pile under my bed.
I mean there's already one there, but i can at least get to it.
This is the stupidest idea I’ve ever seen - I love it!
Stupid idea but great execution
Taking apart the bed at night because they brought a mouse there.
Nice.
That's cats regardless of bed trappings
One of our cats would go in and we would never see her again...
And its not too dark for them in the interior?
You don't have cats, do you? Lol
I do. They don't go into the donut because it's too dark, i have to cut a hole at the back so they would go in. Bunch of pussy i say.
I don't 😣
Obtain one at your local shelter/rescue?
I understand that, but the center has no light. Or does it have a dim LED?
there's still enough light for cats, believe me; and they use their whiskers as navigational aid too btw
So I just got a cat and I have been leaving the light on by the litterbox at night. Are you telling me I can shut it off and he'll still find it ok lol I am dumb
Yeah, that’s what you need to hear at 2 AM.
More like: Cats at 3AM all over your face.
Lotta stubbed toes!
Maybe my cats are weird, but I've never really had the 2 am zoomie issue. One spends most of the night by my feet. I don't know what the other two usually do, but if I get up to use the bathroom, I'll often see them lounging in the hallway, like they're holding a meeting.
This'll be great for a rabbit
One of my dogs would love it too. She is a dachshund and loves hiding and burrowing.