Keep Your Cat Happy. Get Him A Cat Tree And Scratching Post

If you’ve got a cat you’ll know what a great pet a cat can be, for both children and adults. They’re quiet, easy to keep, cheap to feed and it’s just wonderful having a cat snuggling on your knee in the evenings. There is no doubt that cats can be a great pet.

But if you don’t yet have a cat and you’ve decided to get one then you should be aware that there are some simple pieces of cat furniture that will make both your life and the life of your cat more pleasurable. Make sure you buy him a cat tree and a scratching pole.

A cat tree is a delight for cats. Cats love to climb and if you’ve watched a cat outside you’ll see how much they love to climb trees. But if your cat lives indoors he won’t have a tree to climb on. That’s where your cat tree comes in.

cat trees are simply a way of providing him with an artificial tree to climb on. They is manufactured in such a way that there are all sorts of nooks and crannies to him to investigate and lots of ways for him to climb. A cat tree is a strange looking device but cats love them, and they fulfill the natural urge of him to climb.

It’s quite possible to buy them, or if you’re handy and know the right end of a hammer it’s not that difficult to build one yourself. If you like these things you can try making your own cat tree as innovative as possible.

One of the other things you need to think about if you’ve decided to get a pet cat is to give him or her something to scratch. Cats love to scratch and need to do so to keep their claws sharp. You may not want him to have sharp claws but he will do so anyway, and if you don’t provide him something to scratch then he’ll scratch the legs of your favourite piece of furniture instead. And probably lots of other pieces of furniture as well.

Cat scratching posts are designed to provide the cat with somewhere to scratch that can happily be damaged from the scratching without upsetting the owner of the cat. There are both horizontal and vertical cat scratching posts, however both provide the same function, to give the cat somewhere to scratch to save the legs of your furniture.

Both items are designed to pamper him by catering for his instincts to climb and scratch. The cat with a good scratching post and climbing tree will be a happy cat.

Not all cats will immediately take to their cat tree however. In some cases you have to lead the cat to the tree and provide them with some encouragement to use it before they get the hint. To do so try playing with your new cat on the tree, perhaps with a few toys. You can suspend cat toys from branches of the tree to give him something to bat at. You can also leave a little catnip on the tree to attract him there. Or you could leave an old item of your clothing there for the same reason.

There is no doubt a cat makes a wonderful pet, provided you take some simple steps to make sure that he is a happy well adjusted cat with lots of things to do. Providing him with a cat scratching post and a cat tree will go a long way towards making sure you have a happy cat.