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Tall Scratching Post?

teapot2 · 2024-08-05 20:55:08

I'm thinking of investing in a scratching post that is tall enough so that the cat can stretch his full length when scratching. I've read that this can stop them feeling the need to howk lumps out of the stair carpet. I need to replace the carpet at some point but don't want to do this only to have it ruined with holes.…

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kimwp Posts: 3,040 Forumite

16 August 2024 at 11:32AM

I suspect it's two different behaviours. From observing mine, vertical scratching is both forelegs up and down at the same time. Horizontal scratching is one paw at a time. Not sure if that movement is out of necessity from the geometry or enabled by it.

One cat (sadly passed and missed) tended to scratch vertically and the other always goes for the carpet and showed no interest in the scratching post, walls and gateposts that the other did.

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