Catit Wide Scratching Board with Catnip

I'm a miniature painter, and I paint in subassemblies for ease of access and greater control of what my angles are like.I normally use corks for infantry, but when painting something like aircraft I need a better method. So I got this cat scratcher and used wooden crafting stickers to jam into it. It's a bit of a squeeze to get them in and it rips some edges, but that hardly matters for my purposes.So this was excellent for holding all the larger pieces safely, whilst I worked on other components.

Great value for the money cat loves it

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The scratching board isn't as big as as the product information made out, but my Cat's seem happy enough with it.

As soon as it arrived cat 1 who is the worst offender of carpet scratching, was first on it and scratching ! Cat 2 watched , cat 1 then settled down to sleep on it :) now both cats are using it and as you can see it’s a bit of a squeeze to both get on it so have ordered another one . It definitely has cut down on carpet scratching and both cats love the cat nip. I do have to put it on a piece of old carpet though to stop it sliding around the laminate floors we have as it does move a lot when they scratch it otherwise.

So, it arrives & your first thought is ... It's a lump of cardboard! You've just paid 7 quid for a lump of cardboard. The instructions tell you to replace it when it's worn. You chuckle to yourself & decide you won't fall for that one again.You take it out of it's packaging & as you're doing so, the cat watches from it's spot on the sofa, silently judging you for appearing to have spent 7 quid on cardboard.You look at the now despairing cat as you follow the not so weighty tome that is the instructions and proceed to sprinkle catnip onto the 7 quid cardboard, maintaining eye contact throughout. Then you step away.Cautiously she approaches, trying to figure out if it's true. If it really IS a lump of cardboard that the fool has purchased. The same fool that spent £40 on that eyesore cat tree that I pretend to not care about so he gets into trouble with the other person that lives here (the one that appears to be boss), only for me to wait till they're all in bed before going crazy on it.Yep, she decides. It's cardboard. But wait. I like lying on it... and stretching... and scratching. OH MY WORD, THE SCRATCHING!!! How amazing is this, she thinks. And she never leaves it again.Does she still scratch that carpet? Yeah a little bit.Does she like the cardboard? Absolutely!Will you pay another 7 quid for more? Certainly will!But is it really just cardboard? Yep, but it's awesome!

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So happy I got this!I was worried at first because it’s literally just a block of cardboard, I thought maybe I was making a silly mistake.But no, it’s effective, even without the catnip.We adopted our cat and shes 10 years old, she has never used a scratch post or board. She used to be an outdoor cat but we live in a flat next to a busy road in the city, so we can’t let her roam free. I felt like I had to accommodate for her.I found this board and thought it would be great because I already bought her a post and she just doesn’t get it at all, then when I bought this one she just ignored it.So I had to start TRAINING her to use the board, I dangled toys on the board so she would grip it with her nails and then I would treat her when she dug her nails in the board. I also treated her whenever she sat on the board and after about 3 weeks of painful, tiresome training...l finally taught this old girl how to scratch in the house.She’s a bit of a trickster though because now she will often sit on it because, yeah, she likes it but she also does this thing where sits and then immediately looks at me as if to say “Give treats”.Proud of my student, will probably have to replace this board when it’s done but is holding up really well so far!