This holiday season, give your cat one of these fun scratching posts and give your $1,000 sofa a break. Not only will your kitty be spending more quality time with her new present and less time with your furniture, but also, she'll love the unique shapes and features of these popular scratchers. So click through now to browse our picks, and tell kitty to sharpen her claws.
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All that with a cherry on top?! This kitty has her eye on one wooden circle, but I'm captivated by the sleek cardboard design.
With two shapes to choose from, the overlapping bits can be moved around to create custom swirls — kitty can help with this part — and become a useable sculpture in the home. The Moderncat Studio posts look like real crowd pleasers for humans and felines alike for $95 a pop. Take a look at some of the shapes that can be easily styled in the gallery below. You dig?
I worry about scratching posts that look too much like my bed — how will kitty know to scratch this and not my frame and carpet?! I know I'm not giving her enough credit, as carpeted wood scratchers are all the rage and some of the sturdiest, sleek designs around. Take this Wedge model we previewed at last Fall's SuperZoo, it blends right into the room and looks stylish to boot.
Two styles — a woodgrain laminate material with four carpet choices ($90) and then a new, fancier Walnut with pebble sisal model ($120) top my dream shopping list. But I can just see myself splurging on this for my best cat pal . . . only to have her turn her precious kitty nose up at it. Such is life.
I'm a sucker for super-cute scratchers and not only do I have my eye on this one, kitty has her whole face on it. After all, a feline outline says "I love cats" in a much cooler way than a carpeted scratcher would do and, while it's on the pricier side, why not splurge on such a fun shape (especially for those cardboard fans out there). The Kittypod Mini ($98) is recycled and recyclable . . . not that you'd ever want to throw it away.
Considering cat trees and towers sit out in the same room as your Cherner Armchair and flat screen TV, these purchases can be considered furniture, right? While I've shared both expensive and affordable versions, I began to wonder if you felt these items warranted the same price point as other home furnishings.
Take this handcrafted tower for example – the materials are very high-end (bamboo and microsuede) . . . as is the price ($849). Does this type of item have a place in your home?
Cat Livin, makers of that sisal sofa and cool climber have previewed their latest creation, this wedge scratcher, at pet industry trade show, SuperZoo last week.
While I generally love their products (especially that scratchy cat cube we gave away in July), I'd have to see this product up close to be certain — it looks slightly less stable for vigorous scratchers but still sleek nonetheless. When it's finally up for sale, will you be buying one for your furry felines?
Meowza, is your living room ready for the eco-tastic furniture line from Cat Livin and Viesso? It's still sleek, but made of sisal, so kitty can scratch away . . . 'cause that's what it's there for. I was so diggin' this Cat Cube in my June Must Haves, I knead need to please the mighty paws of a lucky reader's cat!
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Ahh, sweet, sweet revenge! If your feline has an itch to scratch (your couch, your bed, your $500 chaise), and you don't exactly have the extra funds lying around to scoop up one of those fab and functional scratchable ottomans, then let your kitty have at it on this super cute, and totally affordable Dachshund Scratcher ($25) at least until you sock some cash away for that designer Kitty Cube - a must have for June!
This scratcher from Imperial Cat is designed to mimic natural tree bark with its unique honeycomb surface, and will keep your cat coming back to scratch since it's infused with pure and organic catnip, saving your drapes from mutilation. But the Dachshund scratcher isn't the only fun shape you can get from Imperial Cat! Check out other designs when you read more
If you've spent hundreds of hours and dollars trying to prevent your scratch-loving cats from destroying your fave couch cover, throw rug, or ottoman, then you know what a genius design this new scratchable furniture from Cat Livin is! It's a no brainer — your cats are going to scratch, so why not at least get some coordinating pieces that are going to stand up to all that claw-laden abuse?
Viesso, which makes modern, green, and totally crave worthy furniture on its own, has teamed up with Cat Livin — makers of the cool Cat Climber I featured a while back – to produce a line of scratch-resistant furniture made of high-quality sisal. And even better, you can design your own pieces for ultimate coordination with the rest of your living room. Plus, who can say no to custom furniture that's ready to ship in three weeks time!?
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It's like child's toy . . . supersized! Climb is a stackable five cube creation with peek-a-boo holes for a delightfully mod living space for a kitty. Each box decreases in size to form a stable tower and can be detached and placed in side-by-side groupings or in different rooms of the house. Made on a wood base, the set comes in a warm (black, white, orange, rose and yellow) or cool (brown, white, blue, green and beige) fabric color combination for $285. Come soon, will kitty find this in her playroom?
