One thing I've read on here which I thought was a bit odd at the time was that where the scratching post is situated can make all the difference. My new cat ignored his until I moved it to fill a spot where my standard lamp had been before the cat knocked it over and broke it! Now he uses the post regularly, especially when I put a few treats on the top!

When we first had Whiskers she would not use the scratching post that we got for her. We put it in the corner of the dining room and tried to encourage her to use it but she showed no interest.
I then read an article that said you should position the scratch post in a more prominent position - so I moved it into the lounge infront of where we sit in the evenings and she started to use it straight away.

The location definately made a difference in our case

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LOL! They are certainly all different. Mine was in a prominent position when he ignored it and now it's in a corner he can't leave it alone!

Williams has a dangly toy on the end of it so that gets him quite interested. I don't think he would ever show much interest in it if it was just plain and didn't have that.
He doesn't scratch the sofa, but we have one of those kind of hammock material washing baskets and he loves to scratch on that. I don't really mind as it's easily replaced, and he isn't doing it on the sofa!
Sparkles
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