Emery Cat Reviews

"I purchased 4 of them; 2 for my 4 cats, 1 for my mother-in-law's 2 cats and 1 for my mom's cat. The 2 cats fight over it. 1 has claimed it and will just lay across it. My mom's cat does use it. My 1 cat that is isolated uses it it a lot! The others sparingly, but they all LOVE the feather. I did not see any real difference regarding the nails. (This is after 1.5 months.) If I could make the scratching thing vertical, I know the others would love it. They tend to hang themselves and scratch on the vertical scratching post. Because I bought 4, the price (including the crazy shipping) was reasonable."
- Phillipa, Thriftyfun.com

Cats have an intrinsic need to scratch their claws, it doesn't matter if it's an indoor cat or one who only comes inside for food and sleep. Their need to scratch is based in the fact that a cat's claws never stop growing. Therefore they need to trim their claws by scraping them against bark, trees or anything that gives enough resistance.

If a cat finds an item in your house that it likes to scratch - say, the side of a couch - it will return to it again and again to sharpen its claws. Bye bye couch! Get an emery cat board instead before your cat is old and set in its ways, and you should be able to teach your cat to scratch it instead.

"On the first day, the cats were attracted to the catnip, & they LOVED the feather toy, but they didn't scratch. On the second day, one cat started scratching the cardboard enthusiastically. A week later, two cats were scratching it regularly. A month later three cats were using the scratcher, and now, after three months, four of my five cats use the Emery Cat. (The fifth cat doesn't count since he's never used any commercial scratching post.)"
- Lillianna, amazon.com