Plush Cat Tunnel Bed and Cave for Indoor Cats

Give a cat a tunnel and she plays in it for a week. Give her a bed and she sleeps in it. Give her a cardboard box and she hides in it. Three habits, three objects, and all of them in the way.

This plush cat tunnel bed is a padded ring she can run through, hide inside or sleep on top of, so a hideaway, a tunnel and a bed share one circle of floor instead of three separate spots around the room.

What is in the sherpa ring:

• Four patterns: blue cloud, purple check, green daisy and coffee check
• Sherpa plush: soft outside and in, with a pom-pom trim
• Packs flat: unzip, fold and pull the drawstring
• No assembly: it pops open on its own
• Room for two: sized for cats and kittens, and for more than one at a time

Ring it up or lay it out. Closed into a ring it's a covered cave with a tunnel running right through it and a soft cushion in the middle.

A ball hangs inside the tunnel to give her something to swat at on the way through.

Opened out straight it becomes a mat with a tunnel mouth at each end, which is the layout two cats want when they both decide to use it at once.

The cushion comes out and goes in the wash. Cat beds get hairy, and the ones you can't wash get thrown away. The inner cushion unzips and goes into the machine on a cold gentle cycle; the outer plush wipes down with a damp cloth.

Underneath, a non-slip base keeps the ring from sliding across a hard floor when she launches into the tunnel.

Four patterns, same ring. Blue cloud, purple check, green daisy or coffee check, so it sits in the room as something you chose rather than something the cat dragged in.

Getting the size right

One size, used two ways. Curled into a ring it is 33.5 in across the outside with an 8 x 6 in tunnel opening. Opened out flat it is 16 in wide with a 10 in tall tunnel.

Plan for the ring measurement when you're deciding where it goes, since that is the footprint it takes on the floor.

Specifications

• Type: 2-in-1 tunnel and round cave bed
• Material: Sherpa plush with a non-slip base
• Size, curled into a ring: 33.5 in outside diameter, 8 x 6 in tunnel opening
• Size, opened out flat: 16 in wide, 10 in tall tunnel
• Cushion: Zips out, machine washable
• Storage: Unzip, fold, tighten the drawstring; no assembly

Safety note: Check the hanging ball and its cord from time to time, and take it off if she starts pulling at it.

Retire the bed if the plush tears and the filling becomes reachable, and keep it on a flat floor rather than a raised surface.

Measure the circle of floor where the box lives now, pick the pattern that suits the room, and she gets all three habits in one place.