K&H Pet Products EZ Mount Window Cat Scratcher 5 X 10 Inches - Cat Scratcher that Mounts to Virtually Any Smooth Surface

This is NOT a cardboard scratcher that you lay on the floor for your cat. It is NOT. I remain somewhat frustrated by people giving one star and two star reviews to this and other products because they did not read the names or any part of the descriptions of items before ordeing them..The product is clearly labeled as an EZ Mount Window scratcher: or the refills for said EZ Window Mount scratchers. If you look at the description at all (below the clear labelling of the product), it will describe them as cardboard refills for a window-mounted product, the pictures show them next to an average-sized cat, and the dimensions are given as 5 inches by ten inches.** These window mount scratchers are great for cats who really love vertical surfaces (upright) to scratch on instead of horizontal ones (lying on the floor).** They are great for cats who love the satisfaction of sinking their claws into cardboard and shredding it into tiny bits.** They are great for families who love to see their cats going bonkers scratching on something they really love to scratch, that is actually what you WANT them to scratch on.Our cat who uses this one the most absolutely loves scratching cardboard, but she is a little small and light compared to our two behemoth black cats. She has had a very hard time figuring out how to stand her back paws on the scratchers that lie on the ground - to hold them still - and scratching like crazy with her front paws. They move around on her, flip over and startle her, and she generally avoids them. The other two cats like this window mount/vertical scratcher a lot, but they also love scratching the sisal rope ones, the flat cardboard ones, and carpeted (standing) ones. Our female uses this little scratcher more than she has used all the other scratchers we have tried, combined. (So, she refused to use it when I tried to get her to so I could take a picture.)There are a few drawbacks to this product, but for us, they don't matter a bit, and we still love it.1) It is a one-sided cardboard "refill". When you flip it over, after they have wrecked the first side, there is a kind of thin "picture"-like cardboard piece glued over the back side. You can't pull it off. You can poke it with kitchen scissors and stab and drag them through it in a few places, to make 20+ "starter holes". Our cat who loves these will then paw at the mostly flat surface until she finds good purchase for her claws in a hole, then shred away at the second side too.2) Because it is designed to be shredded to pieces, it does make a mess sometimes. The little bits they have pulled off gather on the floor and can get pushed into floor heat vents or whatever. If you have a ridiculous black cat, or a normal human baby, who will pick up anything small from the floor and see if it can be eaten, this is disadvantageous. If you seriously dislike sweeping - ever! - this is not the product for you. But a cat may not be the pet for you either. :-)3) Because we have it mounted on the sliding glass door, when she scratches it really vigorously, it can sort of "thump" on the window a little and echo. If you are easily made anxious by weird noises, you also might not want this scratcher. It took us a while to learn to "ignore" the noise when she goes bonkers on it. For years, when one of our cats had made a noise like this happen, it had been a bad thing, and had usually meant something was going to get broken.All told, we love the EZ Mount Window cardboard scratcher, and will continue to order the refills (when I have tried to find them in local pet stores, they cost at least as much if not more; and half the time, the store doesn’t have any).

I feel very conflicted about this product. It's (I believe) the first suction cup window scratcher available, which makes it unique and gives it an advantage. However, it isn't perfect. The size is a good deal smaller than I thought, but whatever I can live with that. My cats love it, and I have it in a location I didn't have any scratchers before, so it's super convenient for that. I would purchase it again based on these things. However...My biggest gripe is I thought both sides of the actual cardboard would be useable, however I was wrong and K&H has REALLY glued that adorable kitty pic advertising their company down. I started to peel it off, thinking I could get it off but nope, all I did was reveal spots of perfectly wasted scratching area because that picture is not removable without tons of effort. What a waste! The surface area is small, like I said, and this item will need replacing much more frequently than my other scratchers because of that, add on the fact that you can only really use one side of the cardboard and I can honestly say I would NOT recommend this product until they change the replacements. Every other scratcher I buy replacements for, both sides of the cardboard can be used. And I will continue to buy those. I was just hoping to add the replacements for these to my future shopping list. :(Btw, I understand that it's all about the aesthetic of the kitty advertising side facing out your window, but a simple solution would be using just a few small dabs of glue instead of gluing the whole thing down, so people who do care about that don't need to remove it, but people who want to use both sides CAN remove it!

I only got the scratching pad with the sucking cups. No shelf for the cat was not in the box.

Cats enjoy

The scratcher is a bit small...however my cats really are not into tearing up cardboard...they like to rub their faces and body against it. So the size it actually pretty good for that concept. I ended up sticking it to the side of the bath tub and it seems to be holding well.

I love this product, and so does my cat! Was trying to replace a broken one. So I ordered one from AmazonWarehouse, I thought it would be ok since it stated only the package was damaged and not the product! It did NOT state that the product was missing pieces! It wouldn't be a big deal if I could find more large auction cups that mount this product to the window. But I can't! Tried to return the product and would have had to pay for shipping! I thought the point of being a prime member was for ease. I mine as well just keep the defective product and drive two hours to buy one from a local pet store It's not worth it for me to have to pay for return shipping. Maybe next time include in the description that the package isn't just damaged, but that it is missing pieces. It's description should NOT have said the product was not damaged and in-tack. Thank you for convincing me to cancel prime again Amazon!

This was much smaller than I had expected however, my cat is obsessed with it despite the fact that its really too small for him so I'll still call it a success.

Smaller than I need for my cat since she also likes to sleep on them.My cat is extreme when she claws and these hold up great.

I gave it one star because it doesn't fit my scratching tray. I will try to contact the company. There were no other options that I saw on the "EZ Mount" website. Still, since I did open one, I've put it somewhere the cats can use ... just not where I wanted it. I have two arched plastic EZ scratching "trays" and was looking for refills for them.

I gave 4 star because it's small. I thought was big. My fault didn't realize it's for window mounts.

Pour mon chat il peut gratter dans la porte au lieu de briser ma fenêtre.

Way smaller than it looks, but at least it was cheap. Comes with catnip in a Baggie that literally looks just like weed.