Give your kitty what she wants and make a real-tree natural cat scratching post! My theory is that your average carpet-remnant cat scratch tree only encourages your furball to scratch up your carpet or upholstery. If you give your cat what she wants, an actual tree branch to sharpen her nails on, she’ll leave your furniture alone. That’s what our cat does…mostly.
So, we went out to our brush pile and found the perfect curving fat tree limb with two Y branches growing from it so our kitty could have a few spots to climb to. I found a piece of particle board to screw the sawed-off limb onto. It was as simple as that. This scratching post has lasted 4 years and our cat still uses it happily.
We often attach bits of string with fun things for our kitty to bat at, to make it a fun playspace for her.
She loves her real tree cat scratch tree.
But here’s the best thing about this cat gym: When we’re done with it, we can break it down and burn it in our fireplace. No issues about waste here.
Do you have a DIY cat scratching post you can share here?
Pioneering The Simple Life 
This is great!
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Aw, thank you very much!
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This is so much better than a bought one. What’s your cat’s name?
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Hi Inge! Our kitty’s name is Willa and she sure is a terror in this house. In and out all day long. But she sure loves her little branch-turned-scratching-post.
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Great idea! My cats would love that! I actually just use cardboard, the corrugated layer is something they use as a bed and a scratching mit.
Another fantastic cat toy, pizza boxes…I only discovered this when I heard something being whizzed across the floor. I came out to see them taking a running jump at the boxes and then sliding on then across the floor!
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That’s hilarious! They sure do love cardboard. I guess it’s the closest they can get to a tree-like experience of scratching to sharpen their claws. Thanks, Samantha!
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My daughter has one of these, and also some sort of twine wrapped pole/bed contraption for her cat, which sits next to the radiator.
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