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.
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LastWish@lemmy.world · 168 pts · 357d
But how hard is it to clean the inevitable fur and hairball puke?
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 95 pts · 357d
...or worse
navi@lemmy.tespia.org · 151 pts · 357d
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!
Vytle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 356d
how did you come up with this on the spot? Psychedelics? (Serious question)
Lupus@feddit.org · 23 pts · 356d
Some people just have silly minds. I tirelessly endeavor to be more like them.
navi@lemmy.tespia.org · 8 pts · 356d
I was pooping and I had a free minute to practice comedy!
kernelle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
I'm 90% sure this is how the SCP Foundation was founded
billwashere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 356d
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)
relianceschool@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 357d
Seems like you'd just lift up the mattress like they did for this picture.
errer@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 357d
Lifting out a mattress to clean is a huge pain in the ass
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 357d
Welcome to cat life.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 357d
Woah Woah
You do not need pets to vacuum out under your bed
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 357d
I don't need to lift my mattress to vacuum under the bed either
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 357d
Of course you don't need pets for that. You just need a vacuum.
harmbugler@piefed.social · 1 pts · 356d
And a will of steel
dingus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 356d
Why would I vacuum under my bed? That's where I shove items when I pretend like I'm cleaning the house.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 357d
I'm trying to teach them to hoover under the bed, but they refuse.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 356d
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?
cynar@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 356d
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.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 356d
Traditional mattresses need to be rotated/flipped anyway. Also, it's a good idea to clean under the bed occasionally.
kofe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 356d
Wait why do they need to be rotated???
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 356d
It helps them wear more evenly.
retrolasered@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 357d
It sounds so easy when you say it
Venator@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 356d
just keep a bunch of cardboard boxes from deliveries under the bed instead, then you can just throw them away when they get dirty
rem26_art@fedia.io · 59 pts · 357d
the cats are gonna take up the whole bed and then you'll be forced to sleep in the maze
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 356d
ahh welcome to the nightmare in cleaning street
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 18 pts · 356d
Outta sight, outta mind.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 356d
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.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
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.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
not my mind, sure as hell not my wife's
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 356d
more like this because my cat is too dumb to find the exit:
winkly@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 357d
Great place to store small dead animals
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 35 pts · 357d
Try to give them medicine once and you'll be lifting the box spring and mattress off late at night! I guarantee it...
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 357d
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.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 357d
Good luck if your cat shits under the bed
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 356d
or has kittens.
or dies.
Dremor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 356d
https://lemmy.world/comment/19060041
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 356d
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
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 356d
Orange cat behaviour
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 356d
She is a whirl-wind of terror for sure.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 357d
My dumbass cats would get lost down there and we'd have to let them out twice a night
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 29 pts · 356d
@everyone in this comment section:
TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 356d
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 28 pts · 357d
Do you want a spider empire? Because this is how you get a spider empire.
SW42@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 357d
Not if the cat overlords roam the labyrinth. If it moves its free game :)
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 357d
"hackhackhackhack"....Oh shit!
rumba@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 356d
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.
SW42@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 357d
This is the stupidest idea I’ve ever seen - I love it!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 357d
danc4498@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 357d
Stupid idea but great execution
Strider@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 357d
Taking apart the bed at night because they brought a mouse there.
Nice.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 357d
That's cats regardless of bed trappings
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 357d
One of our cats would go in and we would never see her again...
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 357d
And its not too dark for them in the interior?
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 357d
You don't have cats, do you? Lol
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 357d
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.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 357d
I don't 😣
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 356d
Obtain one at your local shelter/rescue?
pedz@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 357d
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 357d
I understand that, but the center has no light. Or does it have a dim LED?
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 357d
there's still enough light for cats, believe me; and they use their whiskers as navigational aid too btw
dingus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 356d
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
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 356d
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 6 pts · 356d
More like: Cats at 3AM all over your face.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 356d
Yeah, that’s what you need to hear at 2 AM.
lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 356d
limelight79@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
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.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 356d
This'll be great for a rabbit
ickplant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
One of my dogs would love it too. She is a dachshund and loves hiding and burrowing.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 357d
Lotta stubbed toes!
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d