Frisco 21-in Sisal Cat Scratching Post with Toy

I wasn't expecting much, but it honestly works well! Not something that will last the lifetime of your cat, but it's a solid post that doesn't tip even when my large bodied cat uses it. He's long, so he can't do a full stretch, but he's adapted to it and DEFINITELY likes the thinner rope more than the thicker ones (my friend's cat likes super thick rope, so if this one doesn't work, consider trying one the uses a different width rope). A word of advice if you're trying to get you cat to use it: Get a bag of treats (my guy LOVES Temptations in either turkey or dairy, but whatever your cat likes will do as long as you are careful with how many) and reward them for using it. Scratching it yourself I wasn't expecting much, but it honestly works well! Not something that will last the lifetime of your cat, but it's a solid post that doesn't tip even when my large bodied cat uses it. He's long, so he can't do a full stretch, but he's adapted to it and DEFINITELY likes the thinner rope more than the thicker ones (my friend's cat likes super thick rope, so if this one doesn't work, consider trying one the uses a different width rope). A word of advice if you're trying to get you cat to use it: Get a bag of treats (my guy LOVES Temptations in either turkey or dairy, but whatever your cat likes will do as long as you are careful with how many) and reward them for using it. Scratching it yourself can encourage them too. At first, you might need to reward them just for touching it, but you can require them to do more and more each time until they need to get a good scratch in to maybe get a treat. Double sided tape or throw blankets over places you don't want scratched help too because it's just easier to go for the post! At this point, my guy has using the post or scratch pad (he loves those too) so engrained that he automatically goes for them now! Worked better than catnip ^_^ … more

Our cat was starting to go after the couch so I needed a more appropriate scratching post. This fits that needs. I put it at the corner of the couch she was going to and now she'll use the post to sink her claws into. Its tall enough that she can get a good stretch in too. As a human, the only thing I would change and making the 2 scratching sections interchangeable. My cat only scratches as the top one, so the bottom one looks brand new. I wish I could switch them so I can get a little more life out of one post - but the top cap is permanently attached to the one post. However, as others have pointed out, the price for this isnt crazy so I dont feel too bad about replacing it sooner.

I purchased this for a neighborhood cat that has taken to living around my home. He is suspicious about it but that's no reflection on the scratch post. It's simple to put together and the rope is a great scratching and rubbing surface. Stray cats probably don't understand playing with scratching posts but I would recommend for any cat owner if they were looking to get this for their cat.

We have 4 of these in two different colors. We love that we can move them around as we rearrange our rooms and the kittens love them too. We are using these to attempt to train them not to scratch our furniture by calmly removing them from the furniture saying, "no," and then placing them at the base of the post and running our fingers over them. They seem to be learning, but it is a slow process.

My cat just looks at it and then walks away from it. Not sure what the deal is with the products or my cat, i'm not sure if he's even a cat at all. He refuses to play or use anything that I purchased for him. So I going to spike everything he hates with massive amounts of cat nip to get him into his WuSa place and learn to LOVE everything. #INeedStonedPets

I bought this based off the answer to the question as to whether this was good for a large cat. My cat is 14-15lbs and he easily pulls the whole thing over. I would imagine a smaller cat would also be able to pull it over pretty easily. It was otherwise easy to assemble and fair quality, just going to have to force me to buy a replacement since it’s not really functional for my cat.

Bought two of these because they were on a promotional sale. They were easy to assemble and the cats like and use them. The only down side was they were able to pull the little fluffy ball attached off within a day. Great value for the price and would purchase again.

This post kept falling over every time my ten year old cats try to scratch on it . It’s easy to put together and is secure after putting together but doesn’t stand up to a light 3 claw pull on it by my 10 lb ten year old cat which is very disappointing since I bought three of them to be put by my new chairs to redirect the cats from scratching the new chairs!

Only one of my two cats will even touch the thing. It's too wobbly for my adult cats so they haven't even really been able to scratch on anything and I can tell their nails aren't as healthy because of it. Would be great for a kitten or a dwarf cat maybe!

This scratching post is very nice. Easy to put together and my kitty loves it. But the little ball is already destroyed. It's Wednesday and we received it on Saturday. I'll tie a new toy to it, but was a bit disappointed it didn't even last a week.