#Tigerfink
attention!

IKEA has a soft "storage with compartments" thing that is clearly going to be a cat castle for $19.99
... called TIGERFINK

Like... how is that not for cats?!
May 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Argh! I can’t get my Tigerfink past step 9 bc the angles don’t work on the bloody screw part and look, this is one where I have absolutely followed the orientation directions and the parts involved are seemingly interchangeable.
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Seriously though, steps 5-13 will only fuck you up and have you renaming the TIGERFINK to NEMESIS.

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February 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I need another Tigerfink.
Maybe two.

At least I know better than to trust the assembly instructions.
March 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I don't think that's Swedish

Also, there's definitely got to be a better way to assemble it than following the instructions
February 1, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Red Avadavat is a well known non-native species in many parts of the world and among the few tropical songbirds that even established populations on the European Mainland.

ICYMI, I repost pictures of
#EstrildidFinches.

#Estrildidae #Prachtfinken #Tigerfink #Neobiota #InvasiveSpecies
Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava), male.
Feral populations well established in north Borneo since 1969 with local breeding.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #NorthBorneo #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For future TIGERFINK assembly:

bsky.app/profile/pixe...

The most helpful thing for me was that Dutch TikTok video and even they were frustrated. You can see the dad assembled the arms separately on his second pass though.
Argh! I can’t get my Tigerfink past step 9 bc the angles don’t work on the bloody screw part and look, this is one where I have absolutely followed the orientation directions and the parts involved are seemingly interchangeable.
February 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Tigerfink returns from outer space to join Dancer ... and Pappis and Big Bird who I wasn't sure were there already but am now.
September 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Goats gone I know not where, perhaps they've been rustled. Perhaps I filmed it happening. Few months ago Dancer, the chic one and Tigerfink disappeared straight after turning up again too.
July 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Took my first photo with a phone two weeks ago and so my latest efforts could never do justice to the unexpected subject matter ... a dandelion leaf ... and some cats I know as Dancer, the chic one and Tigerfink.
April 23, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Opposite goats: twelve including non-new Honcho, Dancer, Nimm, Tigerfink, the chic one and possibly Pudda?

Opposite side of hill: eight including non-new Dundergubbe, Fleck, Big Bird and Norma.
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
One looks like Fleck. Another, like Tigerfink. A lot like Tigerfink. I think I see Thunderboy. Dundergubbe. But I'm not sure. But I think I do. A bigger Dundergubbe. One or two could be Pudda. We stroll back up the field. No Pappis, no Spinnrock, no Len. But what a day, Dancer. Boléro.
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Where they go, Honcho?

Pappis, Fleck, Spinnrock, Len,
Possibly Pudda,
Dundergubbe and Tigerfink.

We bow our heads. #lakeeyed
August 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Uh-oh, hilly field looks empty. Ah, there in the greener field. Fifteen. Can't see Tigerfink. Now they're being rounded up. Honcho isn't having it. I climb higher. They're in the next field. Now the next, least reachable field. Looking at snaps later I see no Dun. Who's that over the hedge? Not Dun.
March 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tigerfink and sparring pardner
March 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
March 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
March 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🎶MooSky (MooSky)🎶 Gonna document the posse on the side of the hill. The Galloway Gang. Get better shots of all nine. Take an apple... Oh. You left. MooSky come, MooSky go.

clockwise from top middle: Tigerfink, Spinnrock & Pudda, Dundergubbe, Pappis, Spinnrock & Nimm, Len, Barndröm, Nimm, Sockerbit
February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Der Tüpfelastrild wird auch Tigerfink genannt
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Proof.
February 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Okay! The IKEA instructions for the Tigerfink are TERRIBLE.

FUTURE FRUSTRATED IKEA PEEPS, HERE’S WHAT TO DO:

Follow steps 1-4.

Step 5 is a red herring bc it doesn’t orient the crossbars to the handle/long bars. Pretty certain you can safely ignore that step. It didn’t help me at all.
February 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
At step five, I duly rotated the Tigerfink to have two holes on top, two on the right.

At step 8, I duly selected the smaller of the expanding cross structures.
February 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM