Scratching post

A cat tree is a mostly filled with fibrous materials (eg sisal ) faired, upright piece of furniture for cats, which serves to whet the claws. Some higher quality models also include elements of natural wood (bark, solid wood) or Banana Leaf ( braided banana leaf basket in optics). Cat scratch trees are free standing or wall - or ceiling mount to ensure extra stability.

The function of the scratching post is to give a held in the indoor cat an opportunity to satisfy their drive to keep the claws by Whet short, without thereby caused major damage to the home furnishings. In addition, cat scratch trees offer ideal swimming areas and withdrawal points, so cats humanely their environment from a safe distance and can look from above.

Cat Trees are important for the health and well-being of the cat. Scratching posts come in many different colors, shapes and fittings. Also scratch boards, corners or scratch scratch tonnes are often used instead of cat trees.

Large Cat Trees are also called climbing tree. They should also satisfy their natural play and discovery engine next to the scratch drive the cat. The advantage of good climbing trees is that the cats do not use the normal home furniture for playing and scratching. Thus, a climbing tree quickly pays. The scratching post should be at least as large and of a quality that an adult cat can stretch out from the ground at least on one side of the trunk unhindered full length of it. Even better is an almost floor to ceiling model with several lounging areas that the cat provides undisturbed retreat and additional sleeping.

Also important is a high stability of the climbing tree. With unstable trees cats do not move much. The more stable the tree, the more often it is used. The stability of a scratch tree depends on both the thickness of the logs, as well as the quality of the screwed connections with each other. A ceiling attachment provides additional stability.

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