Repurposed chicken ladders help cats get to and from higher floors.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterThese ladders link several rooftops to help cats reach the window.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterMailboxes support a chicken ladder that connects the lintel above the door and the steps of logs down to the ground.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterThis cat ladder zigzags up the building wall like a staircase.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterSabina Maeder built a bridge from her balcony to a tree for her 17-year-old cat, Busski.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterSmall platforms lead to a cat flap in the window.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterCats can come and go from this balcony by way of the wooden spiral staircase or the chicken ladder.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterA chicken ladder connects to a spiral staircase leading to the fourth level of a building. The cat's owner, however, says the cat often prefers to use the grapevine.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterThis ladder serves three upper levels and obstructs views from the balconies it passes. The graffiti tag on the top floor speaks for cats, reading, “Miau!!!“
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterA ladder leads to a cat flap in the window, allowing cats to come and go without the owners opening the building's front door.
Photograph by Brigitte SchusterCats can climb the spiral staircase on the left to reach the porch overhang, or they can use the tree on the right to reach a cat ladder that's a short jump away from the cat flap.
Photograph by Brigitte Schuster