Repairing a Sisal Wrapped Cat Scratching Post

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Once an active cat has taken to a scratching post, they can tear it to shreds in a few months. Repairing it is an economical way of keeping your cat happily scratching the post instead of your furniture. This is a guide about repairing a sisal wrapped cat scratching post.

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Tip: Repairing a Sisal Wrapped Cat Scratching Post

By R Barbara [169 Posts, 92 Comments]6 found this helpful

January 1, 2014

My kitties really love their sisal scratching post. They had finally shredded the the sisal in the area that they use the most. Rather than buy a new one, we decided to repair this one. I purchased a spool of 1/4 inch sisal from Lowe's.

Supplies:

existing sisal covered scratching post
spool of sisal
scissors
hot glue gun and glue sticks

Make sure that you purchase sisal that is intended for this purpose or that has not been treated. I recently redid this post a second time with the incorrect type and had to remove the new sisal. On close examination I noticed a very distinctive chemical odor. The cats would not use the most recent fix until I removed the new material and used sisal approved for scratching posts.

Steps:

This can be done by one person, but we found that it worked much better with two. One person applied the glue and the other attached the sisal, adjusting and tightening as we went.

Cut the damaged sisal and remove from the post down to the intact part at the bottom.

Cut off the unwound sisal.

Begin running a bead of glue around the circumference of the post and wrap the sisal tightly, pressing into the glue.

Continue until you either reach the top, or in our case the intact sisal near the top. Cut the sisal and glue the end. We needed to insert a small length to fill a bit of a gap where we ended. Now your kitties are back in the scratching post business.

I did notice it took a day or so for them to start using the repaired post. I assume that either the glue or the sisal had an odor that needed to dissipate first.

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By Ginnee [2 Posts, 221 Comments]

January 1, 20140 found this helpful

Thanks for this great tip.... and the step by step instructions. I'm going to try it.

I bought one of those cardboard scratching pads and even put a bit of catnip on it, but my kitty prefers his posts.

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By Sheila D. [1 Comment]

October 30, 20180 found this helpful

Thanks! I have been wanting to do this exact thing for a while. Your step by step instruction makes me want to do it now...I did't think of the glue all the way around..