"I bought these steps for my cats to use, because one in particular has a spine problem and he has quite the wiggly walk. He kept trying to climb onto my bed at night but would fall back into the heavy wooden bed frame. Fearing for his spine, I bought these and put them next to the bed. But because he wiggled so much, he couldn't figure out how to climb them...only slide down them once he was on top of the bed. they weren't really wide enough or tall enough steps for him to get a grip on. Naturally, my other two cats completely ignored the steps =) They only used them to hide behind while playing."