Nuggie is still a growing kitty and he is full of energy. Sometimes he likes to stretch and scratch on things in our house – for a split second before he is yelled at – “NUGGET- NO!”
I saw somewhere that if you had supporting poles/beams/posts in your house/basement that you could buy a rough rope and twist is around and around and around and then the cats could use it as a scratching post. So I told Hubby and he went and bought some of that rope and we tested the theory.
Hubby twisted the rope around (carefully covering the beginning to keep it from having a loose end). As you can see the wriggling rope was very alluring to both of the kitties. While Trixie is happy to watch from a distance, Neo jumps right – in attacking from every angle.
Pretty soon the rope was flipping around the pole and tempting poor Nuggey to play with it.
Trix even got in on the action.
Hubby tried to finish up wrapping it around the pole while Nugget attacked the rope at every chance he got. When the rope was wound all the way around Hubby wanted to show Nugget how he was supposed to use the scratching post because whent he rope wasn’t flicking around it was supremely less interesting.
So, Hubby demonstrated “how-to”.
Then he helped Nugget by taking his paws and helping him go through the motions.
It didn’t take long before Nugget knew what he was supposed to do. Crazy Eyes and all he began attacking the rope and pole! He had a great time.
Nice scratching post! I was looking for DIY scratching post ideas because my cat’s post is pretty much destroyed and I’m going to follow this idea of wrapping rope as a replacement. Your cats are very cute.
Glad you liked the post! Make sure it’s rough rope – the rougher the better! They love it!