Thanks all of you for the advice/ideas
My mistake was buying one for myself and a friend. Her cat couldn't have cared less either! I tell you-the car shark from guatemala sounds cool-i will ask astrid if she's heard of them. I bought one of the fancy burgundy cat towers and all sammy loved was the pink octopus-looking toy attached to it! Lol he sits on the base of it now that i took it apart-but i had success with a tower i bought awhile back from walmart and it was a very low price.he and pepper really wore that out and adored climbing it. It was one of those that go to the ceiling and it often fell during the night frightening the bejeesus out of mom! (me!) i guess i will just realize i have been outnumbered here by these two and i need to be human and accept things as they are-ha ha i also like the idea of getting rug pieces like the one in this apartment. Well i know cats always know what they like and don't like-and they are way ahead of me on all of this! They adore the balls with the blinking lights and the mouse that squeaks when a paw touches it. Ha! Maybe i can use the emerycat scratchers as bookends-lol thanks again! Susanswatlin518