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Why Does Your Cat Pick the Sofa Over the Scratching Post?
Light posts slide across floors. You want something huge, like 6+ ft tall, with tons of perches for climbing and scratching posts. Some households have to have at least four of things like window perches and scratching posts, the favorite beds and boxes, and a mountain of the preferred catnip toys.
Plush bottom poles frustrate scratchers. A cat loves scratching and climbing carpet, natural wood, and upholstery type material like couches and armchairs, and the cat likes platforms and climbing up high. Many owners have a cat tree that’s connected by screwing cylinders of wood to the base and platforms of the tree, and for some of the screws washers are also provided to tighten up the tree.
What Should You Look for in a Scratching Tree?
Skip couch-like plush fabrics. One thing to avoid is to have a fabric on the tree that’s similar to rugs, carpets, or couches at home, as you will hopefully redirect the scratching to the tree and you want the cat to have a unique sensation there. The base is big enough, it looks very sturdy, and there are big, high platforms, and our 84.2-inch thick-post tower helps when they have several cat trees, scratch posts, treats and so many toys for them.
Fast jumps test bases. To remedy couch damage, many households have purchased multiple cat towers, scratching posts, and toys to try and curb a cat’s appetite for destroying their furniture. The cats like to bat at the sisal rope, and it’s been over a year since owners covered the posts with sisal rope and they’ve held up very well against sharp claws.
Which Sisal-Heavy Tree Suits Your Cat?
Wide boards stop tipping. Cats will only scratch the parts with sisal rope or rough carpet, and you don’t need to have your cat tree double as a scratch post, though many people like them to. Maintenance means practicality is key for pet owners, and many cat trees feature removable and washable cushions, making it easy to maintain hygiene.
Some senior cats are much more spry than others. The sisal rope and carpet are both appealing for scratching, and our 83-inch five-post tower helps when the rest of the scratching tree is still in a quite okay shape.
They also really love the trees with baskets. There should be a scratch post in almost every room, and helps when the whole thing is built around a wider base so it’s not tipping over on you.
How Do You Get Your Cat to Switch?
The kittens are sleeping on the cat tree. The only bells and whistles many cats have ever cared about was a thick hanging rope which they love to pull down on, while small balls and mice are totally ignored on tiny scratching posts. At first they loved sharing the same cat tree, and as they grew up, they both needed their own space, and having separate trees also helps stop unnecessary fights.
They do sell larger perches for bigger cats. You look for a tower with a wide base to avoid tipping, and something that won’t wobble or fall apart in a few months. They last a long time, are very sturdy and without a lab wobble test, the key to a good cat tree is a stable base as the base has pillars on all four corners.
