Purchased this item for our 4 cats. Instructions are not the easiest to follow, but we were able to assemble with only 2 mistakes. Cats were curious, and eventually tried it out. The "new smell" is keeping them from it and we added a small bit of catnip to entice them to play. So far everyone is enjoying it. Our male loves laying in the hammock while the kittens stay up top in the smaller baskets.