Scratch & Play Scratching Furniture

Its not expensive (about the same as a similar one in a big high street pet store) so I wasn't expecting anything amazing, but it does the job as a scratch pad and my cat likes to sit on it as well, as its raised a bit off the floor. I'm slightly worried about the balls inside - after the first couple of days I found one on the floor, and yesterday I saw him reach in and hook one out quite easily. I'm not sure whether they are meant to come out and are safe for unsupervised play.

My cat sometimes gets into this but would be improved my 3 balls inside instead of 2 to keep her attention a bit longer. As it’s only made of cardboard she has already started to pull apart the outer casing but for the price it’s what to be expected. Hopefully she’ll get more into this toy as she plays with this more!

Took my little monsters five minutes to turn it upside down and push it around to distribute the catnip everywhere. Another five minutes to remove the top and extract the toys from inside. I doubt it's going to last the night, but they're throughtly enjoying it.

In theory, it's an excellent toy. Most of my cats loved it. But, a major flaw with this design renders it useless as a toy, only being any use as a scratch pad. Within a few days of use, the scratch pad creased in the middle, so the balls could no longer run the length of the box under the pad. This could be easily fixed by adding another pillar of scratch pad under the middle of the pad, as is used to support it under the corners. I would then give it 5 stars, but right now I am disappointed.

The cat likes lying on it – but that's about it. Neither the balls nor scratching on the furniture meant for it are interesting. My little (lightweight) daughter climbed on it once to reach the table – snap! It broke. Ah well.