Cats also scratch furniture as part of their exercise, as well as to shed the dead outer layers of their claws. You should not buy a cat scratching post just because it looks cool. You should buy a post which fits your cat best. One way is to find something which feels like your furniture or carpet. Do not limit your thoughts to just a scratching post. Cats which like to scratch carpets often respond well to something flat laid down flat on the ground. If your cat is like this, it may take longer to train him to use a vertical scratching post.

That's all well and good, but which one costs less?

The problem with a cheaper price is that you pay for what you get. And in the case of plastic outside cat houses, they're simply not as durable and long-lasting as wood, so the chances are good that you'll be buying a new cat house every few years. So then you have to ask yourself whether you'd prefer to save some money now by buying plastic, but then have to spent money again later, or whether you're willing to pay more upfront for a cat house that will last so long you probably will never have to buy another in your cat's lifetime.

Any shape or size, they want in...

If you have a cat there is a good chance that if you have ever left a cardboard box on the floor while they have been around, the moment your back was turned, they were inside or at least trying to get inside. It is like some unwritten (because they have no thumbs) cat law that if you see a box, you have to get inside at all cost.

Cats love cool dark places (no not a jazz club). They love places where they can feel safe and secure where no one can see or get to them without their say so. Cardboard boxes offer a kind of false security but to a cat they may look like a secret cave they can hide in. You may have noticed them clambering into cupboards or sleeping under blankets on your bed, this is all part of the same thing as they seek out locations where they are hidden and in the dark.

If your cat indoors all or part of the time you can get a house for them as well. These are also made of wood, but then often covered in carpet or other material that is perfect for your cat to crawl or climb on. They also come in many shapes and sizes. Give your cat a beach house with one that looks like a sandcastle or match your ultra modern motif with a smooth angled thoroughly modern cat house. Some even look like a real house and come complete with a scratching post and pillow.

Before you give them yours, give your cat a house of their own. Cat houses come in all shapes and sizes. Available in both indoor and outdoor styles your favorite feline can stay warm and dry in any weather or cool and comfortable indoors. Cats love to climb and explore so a cat house maybe the perfect addition to your home and may just save your furniture and window treatments.

Which one is easier to clean and repair?

Fun

A new cardboard box is also like a fresh scent canvas for your cat to paint his own smell on. You will have noticed him rubbing his face on every single surface in the home. This is because the glands on his cheek is where he gets his personal scent from and when he meets a new place (the box) in your home he will immediately want to get his smell on it. Archive boxes, removal boxes, any house moving boxes... doesn't matter to him, he just wants to get it smelling like him.