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(11-20-2009 01:21 PM)spiritedcharm Wrote: [ -> ]I forgot to tell you that I used to have a german shepherd (two actually) and a cat named Tasha.

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Thanks Jan! I'll check that out too.

(11-20-2009 02:58 PM)TeresaK Wrote: [ -> ]Those are nice posts -- just an alternative to consider, you can build your own scratch posts too.

I used a 1" x 4" and wrapped it in sisal and attached it to the girls' condo -- they love to stretch up as far as possible and sometime climb up to the top and into the condo on it.


Then I put one on a slant out on their ladder complex (I wrapped the ladders too and they use those), and I also have one on my chiffarobe they use as a scratching post and ramp.




Finally I bought some small sisal scratching mats for the "horizonal" surface. These are nice in that they last forever, however, when they start scratching on them they lift up from the floor making for an unsatisfactory scratch - so I cut a thin piece of wood the size of them and staple gunned the mat to it -- that holds it down and make a long lasting (forever) scratch surface.

Great tips T.



Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread, just thought you might be interested in some low cost alternatives.