Creating a Scratchign post

[Victoria Sinton]

So i woke up this morning walked into my hallway and had a Eureka moment. I was thinknig about extra scratching posts for Chiyo when she arrives then i realised i have the base for one in my hallway already! (This is an old picture from before we moved in th pillars are purple now :P) We have 3 of these metal pillars in the hallway left over from then the building used to be a hotel so if i wrap some rope around them i can trun then into scratching posts that she can never knock over and can easily stretch to her full height on! So i was considering picking up 10 meters of Natural Sisal Rope - ø 10 mm: Amazon.co.uk: Pet Supplies but im wondering if anyone who has made scrathing posts before has any better reccomendations or if this is fine. Saves me a bit of money and will give her multiple places to scratch if she doesn't want to use the ones we will have in the living room.

[brims]

It sounds like a good idea, but you'll need a lot more than 10 meters. I don't know the dimensions of the pillar but you'll probably only get a few centimeters up that pillar with 10 meters.

I'm going to convert to my native numeric system for ease. My guess is that the pillar is a lot wider than 12 inches, but if we assume it's 12 inches, that's 2*3.14*6 (2pi*r), 37.7 inches circumference. 10 meters is 32.8 feet, or 393.6 inches, divide that by 37.7 inches, you get 10 turns around the pillar. 10 mm is .4 inches, 10*.4 is 4 inches up the pillar. I'd find a supplier of a spool of sisal rope, here's one in the US SISAL*ROPE*SISAL*ROPE*SISAL*ROPE*SISAL*ROPE*SISAL* ROPE you should be able to find a supplier in the UK, but you'll need a lot of rope.

[Victoria Sinton]

Thanks i am awful with math and legth :P i hadn't considered 10m wouldn't be enough! i'll have to take a look for more rope!

[KimAZ]

Brilliant idea! You might google "how to make a scratching post" for help with the technical. I remember coming across some good information, including a project that wrapped sisal around a floor to ceiling tube. You are lucky, half the work is already done! Good luck with your project. Will look forward to photos of Chiyo climbing her post. Is there room for a shelf or two?