Our cat is 11.5 pounds and is 7 months old (still a kitten) and this cat tree was too small for him.  He showed very little interest in it even when we sprayed it with catnip and placed him on different levels of the cat tree - he just wanted down and away from it.  He would not climb it himself.  I guess this cat tree would work best with younger & smaller kittens or smaller cats.  The quality was good and it looks very nice.  The shipping was really fast.