Review: Luxury Catipilla Wall-Mounted Scratch Post
ANYONE who follows me on Instagram or has read my blog knows that I love my cats more than anything, maybe even more than my husband (hi Jay, if you’re reading this). Okay, maybe that’s extreme but it is true that I absolutely adore both of my kitties and I couldn’t imagine our home without them.
We love seeing them bolt across the garden as they play with a fly, or hear their bells as they come through the cat flap. We’ve always had their best interests at heart and try to buy the best cat food and give them everything that we can, such as the giant cat tree from China (that we did NOT realise was going to be more than 6 feet tall).
Why do cats like to scratch?
Those with cats will know how much they love to scratch things – it’s in their nature. But if you’re not careful and you don’t have a certain place where they can do this, you’ll end up with ragged carpets, torn sofas and dining chairs that look like they’ve been mauled by a bear.
We try to have multiple scratch posts available in different rooms and have made sure to tell them off when they start to scratch things they shouldn’t. But why do cats do it so much?
Scratching is usually a way for them to remove the outer layer of their claws that can die and fall away. This is natural (though sounds kind of freaky to humans). They also like to use scratch posts to stretch out and as a way to spread their scent around your home (their paws have scent glands).
There are ways to stop your cat from scratching, however as this behaviour has plenty of benefits, it’s advised that you should instead encourage it.
Catipilla Scratch Posts
Enter the Catipilla wall-mounted scratch post. I am so amazed by this product that I didn’t even think I needed, but turns out I did.
The problem with regular scratch posts is that they often fall to one side when the cat really puts their back into it. This means that they probably can’t scratch as much as they’d wish to, and I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve righted an upturned post.
The other issue with standard posts is they’re not tall enough. When our cats stretch out, they can really be quite tall, particularly when standing on their hind legs. This means most scratch posts that we’ve owned haven’t quite been tall enough for our cats to really stand up and go at it.
We got the 60cm Catipilla scratch post and it means our cats can really go to town on scratching. They can go as tall as they want and there’s no issues with the post falling over because it’s safely mounted to a wall. It’s out of the way, not taking up any floor space and the kitties love it (which is obviously the most important part).
As you can see, we’ve turned this corner of our kitchen into a bit of a ‘kitty corner’. It’s where they sleep at night, as it means they can go in and out of the cat flap as they please. It’s where their food and water is, and now their scratch post too.
We’ve just moved into this house (obviously the purple carpet tiles and pine kitchen would not have been my choice) and so I’m itching to rip the floor up and paint the kitchen. But when these things are done, I still think we’ll keep the cats in this little corner as it works so well, and it’s quite private for them.
Now I’m just trying to train them to go to the loo outside, which is much easier said than done.
