Adhesive Cat Scratching Board with Art Print

Cats scratch to shed the outer sheath of the claw, and they do it on whatever has the right resistance and stands in the right place. That is why the arm of the sofa keeps losing: it is vertical, it is near where they sleep, and it pulls back. This panel gives them the same three things on a surface you chose.

It is a slim board with a textured scratching face and an adhesive back, printed with an art design so it reads as a picture rather than a pet product.

• 19.69 by 31.5 in (50 by 80 cm), slim enough to sit flush.
• Adhesive backing for walls, doors, cabinets and furniture sides.
• Textured claw resistant face over a printed design.
• Three designs: The Feline Muse, Nocturne Whiskers, Golden Reverie.

Size

31.5 in (80 cm) is roughly the width of an interior door, and 19.69 in (50 cm) is most of the way across a kitchen cabinet front. Mount it so the top edge is above your cat's full stretch, because a scratcher that stops short of the reach gets abandoned for the door frame beside it.

Good to know

Two warnings. First, adhesive backing and painted drywall are a poor match: the panel may hold fine, and the paint may come away with it when you take it down. On a rented wall, stick it to something you own instead. Second, the old copy describes three prints under names that do not match the three options in the picker, so look at the image on the variant you select rather than trusting the name. Nothing here also says what the scratching face is made of, only that it is textured and claw resistant.