Sometimes the simplest things can present us with enormous challenges. Today I ended up with terrible pain in my hand and a lot of stress because I wanted to make a homemade scratching post for my kitten, since my furniture is so badly damaged. It's something I should have done a long time ago, but I always put it off until today, when I finally decided to do it. I watched several videos with different designs for kitty scratching posts and chose one that I thought would be the easiest, I couldn't have been more wrong. It was really difficult, and I didn't realize how much cardboard I would need.
Mucho, mucho, pero muchisimo cartón grueso
Caja de zapatos
Tijeras o cutter
Regla (la cual nunca utilicé)
Teipe grueso
Lots and lots of thick cardboard
Shoe box
Scissors or craft knife
Ruler (which I never used)
Thick tape
I started out very enthusiastic, believing the videos I saw explaining how to do it, they said it was super easy to make and took very little time... LIE. Although I may have been partly to blame because I started off making a big mistake, I wanted his scratching post to be quite large, so I made a box about the size of his litter box. Then I started cutting strips of cardboard and filling the box, I had cut a lot of strips, but the box wasn't filling up. I was getting worried, but I decided to keep going.
I want you to keep in mind that the cardboard I used for all this was a large air conditioning box, that air conditioner is a window unit and it's HUGE, so I was sure there was enough cardboard to make the scratching post, but I had already used up half the box and hadn't even filled half the scratching post... when I finished with the rest of the cardboard that was left, I filled the scratching post a little more than halfway, so I had to change my plans. I decided to make the box I had made smaller, and the most impressive thing is that even then I couldn't fill it completely, That's when I searched my whole house for a shoe box until I finally found one. Since it was smaller than the two previous boxes, I hoped that I could finally make the perfect scratching post for my cat. I took out all the cardboard strips and placed them inside the shoe box.
After all the mess, I managed to fill the shoebox completely and it turned out pretty well, but my hand hurt a lot from cutting such thick cardboard with scissors. Despite everything, I was happy and hopeful that my kitten Tommy would love his new toy.
And all that effort for nothing, because Tommy came over to sniff his scratching post and then gave me a look that made me laugh so hard. His face was literally saying, “What is this crap?” HAHAHA AND HE WALKED AWAY, LEAVING ME ALONE WITH THE SCRATCHING POST, maybe I should give him some time, but honestly, I highly doubt he'll use it. I know Tommy, and he's a very strange cat hahaha.
Anyway, if you like this idea, you can try it out to see if your cats like it. Here's a photo of Tommy to say goodbye.
My favourite pet
So cute
Thanks sharing the post
Thanks!
Jajajaj! Qué divertido! Amo los felinos.
Confio que Tommy una vez agarre confiancita usará su juguete, solo hay que motivarlo. A ellos les encanta el olor del carton
Jajaja ojala! por ahora aun no lo ha usado 😭 lo he intentado motivar pero tampoco lo puedo presionar es muy delicado el niño 😺😹
Que gracioso el gato😂, saludos
Jajaja gracias, saludos!
Sometimes the best DIYs are the ones that don't go to plan. there's a lot to learn in the process. The idea was clever. Your next try would be better. 🤞🏿
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Yay! thank u so much!
jajajajaja entré literalmente a tu post por la cara de Tommy XD tal vez podrías agarrarle las patitas y enceñarle que es un rascador. Ese Tommy es todo un personaje que me robó el corazón con sus gestos y poses, gracias por compartir esta grandiosa idea!