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New scratching post dissed
Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and
she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed |
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:01:37 -0000, "Christina Websell"
yodeled: Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed It doesn't smell familiar yet. Sometimes you gotta get them started, prime the pump a little bit. When I bring a new post in, I rub catnip all over it. That gets 'em started scratching, and once they get started . . . Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed Tweed, please excuse my chuckle or two. We have three cats. Aggie Marble never scratches anything and has looong claws that we are always clipping. Victor is always so busy running here and there and everywhere that he needs only an occassional trim. Now Mr. Pumpkin is a different story. He scratches the sofas, two of them, four arms, the recliner and other items that we have managed to hide or make to difficult for him to get to. We have bought him all size and shaped scratch boxes, posts, hangings. It is really the silliest thing to see, he and I at a scratching post with me on my knees and he at his post beside me with me giving him very serious scratching post lessons. He pays little attention, I think he is snickering. I am still the scratching post champ of the house. Charleen |
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On 2005-12-15, Kreisleriana penned:
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:01:37 -0000, "Christina Websell" yodeled: Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed It doesn't smell familiar yet. Sometimes you gotta get them started, prime the pump a little bit. When I bring a new post in, I rub catnip all over it. That gets 'em started scratching, and once they get started . . . Me, too. I also scratch on the post myself, and take Oscar's paws and "help" her scratch a bit. I don't know if Kitty would allow that kind of manhandling, though. I also praise Oscar whenever I see her using the post. Unfortunately, that only helps once they've already started using it. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:21:41 -0700, "Monique Y. Mudama"
yodeled: On 2005-12-15, Kreisleriana penned: On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:01:37 -0000, "Christina Websell" yodeled: Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed It doesn't smell familiar yet. Sometimes you gotta get them started, prime the pump a little bit. When I bring a new post in, I rub catnip all over it. That gets 'em started scratching, and once they get started . . . Me, too. I also scratch on the post myself, and take Oscar's paws and "help" her scratch a bit. I do that too! Stinky is very good at imitating. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed One of the scratching posts I have was rescued from a skip, even more of a bargain. :-) -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed Give it some time. Megan recommended a great (tall) scratching post some time ago. When I told her that both Holly and Duffy completely ignored it, she gave me the same advice that I gave you. It took about 3 weeks, then they suddenly couldn't get enough of it. In fact, that is the post that I used for the front of the Christmas cards I made this year (for those of you on the rpca holiday card list, it's the picture of Duff perched on top of the post reaching down toward Holly). MaryL |
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On Thu 15 Dec 2005 06:39:45p, MaryL wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:a9nof.8200$9G.3273@dukeread10): Give it some time. Megan recommended a great (tall) scratching post some time ago. When I told her that both Holly and Duffy completely ignored it, she gave me the same advice that I gave you. It took about 3 weeks, then they suddenly couldn't get enough of it. I Hmm.. I guess every cat is different, just like people. Every time I get a new post and bring it in, they are all trying to be the first to scratch it. Mark it, I guess. I've brought in 3 new ones since last year. All carpet covered. I hate those because they eventually pull out carpet threads that make a mess, but the owners seem to like that kind. -- Cheryl |
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:01:37 +0000, Christina Websell wrote:
Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed Rub some catnip on it. MLB |
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message news:a9nof.8200$9G.3273@dukeread10... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... Kitty FC sometimes scratches at the arm of my settee, the upright part, and she always gets her claws caught. This is not fun for either of us when I try to get her free. So, imagine my surprise when I went into my local thrift shop near my workplace and there was a brand new scratching post in there!! Nice fur covered base, 18 inch high sisal post and a little fur bit at the top. A bargain at only 2 British pounds, around 4 dollars or so. Of course I had to have it, no question about it. I bore it home proudly. Set it right beside the arm of the settee where Kitty likes to scratch. I thought she would love it. Totally ignored to date.. sigh Tweed Give it some time. Megan recommended a great (tall) scratching post some time ago. When I told her that both Holly and Duffy completely ignored it, she gave me the same advice that I gave you. It took about 3 weeks, then they suddenly couldn't get enough of it. In fact, that is the post that I used for the front of the Christmas cards I made this year (for those of you on the rpca holiday card list, it's the picture of Duff perched on top of the post reaching down toward Holly). MaryL Sorry, Mary, this is the only post from you I can see in this thread, there doesn't seem to be a previous one giving advice? Tweed |
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