Thanks. I'll try these things. The post is supposed to be treated
with catnip, but I'll order some of the spray (small town, no pet
shop, gotta buy everything online).

She's definitely a vertical scratcher...I watch her outside on the
deck posts and trees. But I bought her the horizontal scratch pad
anyway. It's just cardboard, with a ton of catnip dumped into it.

The cat has really come a long way from that scrawny, beat up thing
that showed up back in July.

We just need to overcome the scratching situation, and she can come
in.