Nature First" Sherwood Tall Scratch Post for Cats

This broke in less than 30 minutes. It’s for only a 8 week old kitten; any older it will break straight away. The quality is very poor all around; the material and the dangle ball and rope came off straight away! I’d return; but moving houses so bought for my cat for hotel stay. Waste of money; highly NOT recommended! Annoyed I can’t return! It’s also tiny and again only for kittens 4-8 weeks old!

Bought this for my three month-old polydactyl kitten (he’s got extra toes), and it was too small for him. The pole is too skinny for even a normal cat to fit both paws on comfortably, and the base isn’t very sturdy or slip-resistant, so it moves all over the place on our hardwood floor. The cat doesn’t even recognize it as somewhere to scratch, so we had to get one from wilko, which ended up being twice as tall and sturdy for about £8. The only upside to this is the toy on top—which he made good use of. The attached photos show what the product looks like after about a month of toy-only use by one kitten. We still keep it out for him to play with alongside his wilko one.

I don't like giving a poor review, but in this case it is clear that the Darwin Scratch Post never came into contact with a cat during the product development! I have two Ginger Toms - they are quite big cats. I really liked the Darwin Scratch Post design and saw nothing in the description about the size/age of cats who could use it, so I bought it! Both my cats have only had one attempt to use the scratch post - it falls over the moment they put their front doors on the post - and since then neither cat has been near it.I then decided to give it to a friend who has 2 very petite cats and thought it would be perfect for them. Their cats tried the Darwin post and it fell over and scared them - they will now not go near it.So, my daughter and I have decided to donate it to an animal shelter to use with kittens. I just hope the kittens don't push it over too!

Good product, after some other reviews I wanted to show a picture of the cat post after 2 weeks full use by 2 adult cats. It’s exactly as described, it doesn’t matter that it isn’t tall as they tend to roll around scratching with all 4 paws, they pull it over, drag it around and stand it up again! It’s withstood a lot of playing and keeps them from scratching furniture. It is made of natural fibres and shows a little wear but that’s what I’d expect, they aren’t designed to last forever and the fiver is better for their claws than other materials, I’ll definitely buy another when it’s had it’s day

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  great toy, my Sookie loves it

This scratching post is very small, maybe ok for a kitten, not an adult cat as I thought nMy cat scratched it and her claws got stuck and it went flying with her not suited to an adult cat

Unfortunately this scratching post has broken in less than two weeks of use by one small cat. Shame as it looked really nice but I cannot reccommend this item. Getting a refund is difficult, as you have to return the item and I don't drive so have no way of getting to the collection points near me.

Different to the one previously sent out under this very listing. Half in height, difference in style and material. Not happy with that first of all as I’m paying the same price.See how the cat takes to it