Something tall that doesn't move
Scratching is a full-body stretch. He wants a surface that stays put when he pulls on it — a sofa arm does, a wobbly carpet post doesn't.
Most cat trees are beige carpet nailed to a post. You buy one, it goes in the corner, and he goes straight back to the arm of the sofa.
This one is light wood, sisal rope and a clear bowl. It looks like furniture, so it can stand in the room you actually live in — which turns out to be the whole point, because that is the room he wants to be in.
He gets a lookout, a bed, a hammock and a scratching post. You get the sofa back.
An 18-inch square base and waist height means it fits beside the sofa or under a window, not only in a corner — and beside the sofa is exactly where it should go.
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Seventeen pounds of board travels a long way. If a piece turns up damaged, email us a photo and we send the replacement part — or a new tower if the part can't be sent on its own. You don't box anything back.
It ships from a warehouse in the US, so it is not crossing an ocean. It leaves the warehouse in 1 to 3 days and the courier takes 3 to 5, so most orders arrive in 4 to 8 days, tracked. If yours goes past that, email us and we will chase it.
The sofa wins because it gives him three things at once. A tower only works if it gives him the same three, in the same room.
Scratching is a full-body stretch. He wants a surface that stays put when he pulls on it — a sofa arm does, a wobbly carpet post doesn't.
Scratching leaves his scent where the family spends time. That is why a post in the spare room never gets used, however good it is.
Cats like to sit above the room and see all of it. The top bed and the lookout give him a higher seat than the back of the sofa ever did.
Most cats move over on their own once a better option is standing right where they already go. This is the order that makes it quick.
Not across the room, not by the litter tray. Right beside the arm of the sofa he already uses.
A treat in the clear bowl, a little catnip rubbed into the posts. Let him find it himself.
Throw a blanket over the arm he scratches. The tower is now the best thing to pull on in the room.
Once he is using it, take the blanket off. If you want to move the tower, move it a little at a time.
No spray, no punishment, no tricks. Just a better place to scratch, in the right spot.