I HAVE HAD ENOUGH YEARS WITH CATS AND I KNOW THEY SOMETIMES JUST DO NOT FALL FOR THESE PRODUCTS ON TV WHICH WOULD REALLY DELIGHT THEM IS THEY WOULD TRY THEM. BOTH OF MY CATS SCRATCH THE RUGS APART-SO I ORDERED TWO OF THE EMERY-SCRATCHING CURVED PLATFORMS WHICH ARE ARE FOR THE CAT TO MANICURE THE CLAWS AS IT CLAWS THE SURFACE. THEY LOVE THE FEATHER TOY IT CAME WITH AND THEY ROLLED AROUND THE CATNIP THAT I USED TO COVER IT WITH TO INTICE THEM. HA HA THEY BOTH HAVE THEIR OWN, AND THE MOST THEY'LL DO IS SCRATCH LESS THAN AN INCH FROM THE BOARD. I PUT THEIR PAWS ON IT AND SHOW MY NAILS ON IT TOO-BUT THEY WILL NOT SCRATCH ON IT. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! THANKS SUSANSWATLIN518