Emery cats
07-15-2010, 01:35 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by Joanie2
I use the same post Chasing Hawk uses for my cats. They don't like the ones with carpet. My girl kitty also likes my sofa, which is very frustrating. They are both indoor cats and would not do well outside at this point. I tried the other types of scratching posts and such and they always seem to prefer the rope type.
Put it on the corner of the sofa where Miss kitty scratches at. It's from Petsmart for 20 dollars.
07-15-2010, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nativetexan
my hubby made me get some of those because he believed the commercial that it was like an emery board. not!! it's just cardboard, like most scratchers. the cats like it fine but it is just cardboard. they do seem to like the curved shape though.
07-15-2010, 03:24 PM
#13
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Originally Posted by Boston1954
I think it is kind of high in price. We had a thing made out of cardboard with cat nip under it. They LOVED it. Thinking of getting another.
07-15-2010, 04:08 PM
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I have three cats and they all use scratching posts. I have a total of 7. Two are climbing towers. The carpet has been replaced by us because they shredded what was on there. Good job cats. Three more are free standing carpet covered ones. They are just about history also. There is one rope one that they don't enjoy as well. The oldest two are 9 and I haven't had an issue with the furniture and them. The youngest seems to follow their lead and also has left the furniture alone.
07-15-2010, 08:15 PM
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We've had one scratching "sortof" post for 13 years. My husband took a piece of 4x4 left from putting up the backyard fence, stapled a scrap of the ugliest carpet scavenged from some building site (it was what used to be called indoor-outdoor carpeting) to it, and it just lays on its side. I guess it really is a scratching "thing". Our cats have never wanted to claw at anything else. They figured out what it was used for when they saw me scratching on it as kittens (our first cat thought I was his mommy, I dropper fed him). The others just followed along. I love free.
07-16-2010, 05:58 AM
#17
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Originally Posted by jljack
I'll have to try a rope one. We have a carpet one, and only 1 of 4 uses it. I also have a big piece of driftwood from the beach in front of the fireplace, and the same 1 cat uses that, too. He's my good boy! The other 3 think the furniture is the A-1 scratching post, and they are ruining my furniture!! UHHHHHGGGHHHH!!!
I really do believe most cats like a rougher surface to trim their nails and, one where they can stretch. The one that someone posted that attaches to a corner of a wall probably works quite well. It looks rough and it can be positioned at the right height. Does anyone have one of these?
07-16-2010, 06:11 AM
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My cat has a log she works over pretty regular. Back when I was a really poor person I got it from a friend for a foot stool. When we got Belle as a kitten she immediately adopted it for her scratching post. It's cottonwood so it's a fairly soft wood and perfect for her to sharpen her claws. I'm thinking about getting the emory cats thing for her though.
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