Cant beat the floor to (almost) ceiling towers for fun and style! weve got one with swinging hammocks,ropes the works,they are brill!

 

We have varied sizes of scratchposts and activity centres which all our cats/kitts use and love to play with,to be honest Alan it depends on the posts as sometimes they look great,cost a small fortune and last about 2 mins, but generally our lot think they're fab,though have to say for all the toys they have they still opt for the simpler things like foil balls,twizzle sticks and socks etc

 

Yep ours are the same, rather play with rubbish than actual toys.

After the first post, we bought a really expensive fancy looking one and it lasted all of 5 minutes before they ripped the covering stuff off the post, it went straight back and we got the one we have at the moment which I cant pick fault with apart from they chewed the dangling ball of it in 2 minutes.

I want another one though for upstairs, seen one I like the look of. Its just a simple one post thing but its huge about 3 1/2 foot tall and 3/4 foot wide, it looks very solid and its covered with of one piece of really thick rope.

 

We got ours from ASDA, it's got 2 levels, and a tube for her to sleep in, although the only level she really goes on is the top so she can nosey at what is going on around her. It cost us around £40 and up to yet has lasted just over a year and it's only just starting to look tatty with use.....

 

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I bought a scratching post from my local pet shop its about 4 foot high has 4 platforms a bed type area and thick posts covered with rope, my cats love it as does my new kitten and it was very resonably priced

 

Sounds bit like the one we've got, I think they're the best ones, they're more than just a scratch post really! Ours use theres to escape from dogs and often sleep on it too!!!

 

What are you like with DIY Alan?-For the scratchposts

 

Looking on ebay last night,you can get some really good ones,floor to ceiling type for £50,and others for silly money!i paid over £100 from my local petshop,similar on site for £60!

 

Looking on ebay last night,you can get some really good ones,floor to ceiling type for £50,and others for silly money!i paid over £100 from my local petshop,similar on site for £60!

Simular being the word, I've had a few bad experiences buying stuff off eBay and it turning out to be **** quality, I wouldn't buy anything off there unless I'd seen it for real and then gone on eBay to get it cheaper!

 

Thanks for the warning.

 

What are you like with DIY Alan?-For the scratchposts

Not bad, just built our rabbit a nice little hutch type thing. We've actually kept some drawer fronts from our old bed as the cats loved to scratch at that. I was just gonna attach them to the wall or summat!

 

Why don't you make your own scratchposts, bet you could for a fraction of the price and made to last, or another good scratchpost thingy if you can get hold of any is the bottom offcut of a tree

 

Sounds bit like the one we've got, I think they're the best ones, they're more than just a scratch post really! Ours use theres to escape from dogs and often sleep on it too!!!

thats what mine do they love it, it did have a ball on it to play with but that lasted all of 5 minutes lol

 

thats what mine do they love it, it did have a ball on it to play with but that lasted all of 5 minutes lol

same here, i might have already said, it was detached in 2 minutes, they've still got it tho! although they prefer playing with rubbish!

 

Mine like getting in the bath and pulling everything in with them..

 

Mine like getting in the bath and pulling everything in with them..

lol mine have never been in the bath, i can imagine what u mean though! little terrors!

 

I bought a banana leaf scratcher from zooplus and i must say its the best thing ever and all my cats spend hours playing and sleeping in it! It wasnt cheap but its been well worth the money, plus i think it looks nicer.

Its even taught them to fly

 

Looks fantastic Tweedle, great pics especially the flying one

 

Yeah looks expensive???

 

We get our scratching posts from eBay. We get large ones for around £50 delivered.

 

I like the outdoor type the last forever(well a lonnnnnng time )
My stud boy has one and they can be very easily made



Also these are the best indoor type

 

that looks like the one i'm gonna get! bloody massive! ours seem to love the multi level ones though!

 

Ooh - yes I forgot the ones that I have for my outdoor cats. Here's one of our studs and one of our queens sitting on one of the bigger posts

 

This may sound odd but my cat dosent like scratch poles she likes the floor