FOFOS Strawberry Cardboard Cat House With Scratching Pad

The FOFOS Strawberry Cardboard Cat House With Scratching Pad is a corrugated cardboard house shaped like a strawberry - a red house with seed detail and a green cap - with a scratching pad built into the floor so the cat can scratch without leaving the hideout.

Key Features

• Corrugated cardboard, the material cats reliably choose to scratch
• Scratching pad built into the floor of the house
• Folds flat for storage or for moving
• Sized for kittens and small cats rather than a large adult

Why Cardboard Works So Well

• Cats prefer a surface that gives way and shreds under the claw. Corrugated card does that better than carpet, and better than most people expect
• It is also enclosed, and an enclosed box is the single most reliable piece of cat furniture there is
• Putting the scratch surface inside the hideout means the cat gets both in one spot, which is more likely to pull them off the sofa arm

Getting The Cat To Use It

• Set it where the cat already sleeps or already scratches, not in a corner you would like them to move to
• A pinch of catnip on the pad helps with a cat that ignores it at first
• Cats decide about boxes on their own schedule. Leave it out and say nothing

Good To Know

• Cardboard is a consumable. It is meant to be shredded and will need replacing, which is part of why it costs what it does
• Keep it dry. Cardboard that gets wet loses its shape and its strength
• Cardboard shreds. Sweep it up, and expect to replace the house rather than clean it