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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2005carpet vs sisal on scratching post
my cats (7 and 3 years old) have a tiered scratching post that they've always paid a lot of attention to. the carpet was shredded, so i replaced it with sisal rope, having read somewhere that sisal was a better surface for claw exercise anyway. both cats now won't touch the sisal, they lay on the floor in order to use the one remaining surface of carpet, the base of the construction! it's been three weeks now, and they've had plenty of encouragement to try the sisal. i'm considering removing the sisal and putting carpet on there. unless anyone has any good ideas! help! >my cats (7 and 3 years old) have a tiered scratching post that they've >always paid a lot of attention to. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >i'm considering removing the sisal and putting carpet on there. unless >anyone has any good ideas! It's more just a matter of what your cats prefer...  SignatureIf you cannot convince them, confuse them. you mean i should've asked them first, right? when will i learn ... <sigh> > It's more just a matter of what your cats prefer... >you mean i should've asked them first, right? Exactly! SignatureHTML email should be treated in the same manner as sexual acts. Only between consenting adults, in private places where willing parties, whom agreed upon such an act BEFOREHAND, will see it. My cats (had three and am now down to two) have always ignored anything resembling a scratching post, except for the furniture. My first cat essentially destroyed my fiancee's (later my ex-wife) living room couch. She had him de-clawed; I am pleased to say that her action took care of her furniture, but Lorenzo was still in the business of catching most of his own dinner, even if that required chasing the squirrels up trees. I got my second cat before some feminist had me take his claws. After about 15 years, he is beginning to be a lap cat and worries the furniture only if I forget to have his claws trimmed. The other two cats (Magnificat, now having crossed the Rainbow Bridge) and the Princess of Tasmania did not have claws when they adopted me. My recommendation: inherit really old furniture from grandparents, or buy really cheap stuff at the Salvation Army. I guess that the cats really prefer people-smelling stuff, even to things we spray with catnip. enjoyed your story! my cats have always loved their scratching post. it's five feet high, with four platforms and a hammock. they go to it many times a day to stretch and scratch. or they DID ! they've never approached any furniture-for-humans with any intention other than sleep. they're still not harming the furniture at all, i just feel guilty that i took away the source of so much pleasure by changing the carpet for sisal! > My cats (had three and am now down to two) have always ignored anything > resembling a scratching post, except for the furniture. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > really prefer people-smelling stuff, even to things we spray with > catnip. > enjoyed your story! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > they're still not harming the furniture at all, i just feel guilty that i > took away the source of so much pleasure by changing the carpet for sisal! And so you should feel guilty! Change the sisal back to carpet and forgive yourself.
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