Emery Cat Kitty Scratcher Review
Anyone who has indoor cats knows all about sharp cat claws and scratching. Cats can’t help but stretch their claws and scratch, it’s in their nature. The result is shredded pillows and scratched furniture. Fortunately, there’s now a solution. Emery Cat kitty scratcher is a great way for your indoor cats to have the opportunity to scratch and have their claws trimmed at the same time. It’s certainly a lot easier than trying to trim a cat’s claw using trimmers, both you can your cats will love it.
The design of the Emery Cat kitty scratcher is really quite simple. It’s in an arch shape, and the top of it is covered with an emery surface. It’s infused with catnip, which will naturally attract your cats. The cats will naturally explore and start to scratch, which will in turn give the cats a pedicure. The catnip is a great idea, the cats will want to get at it which will make them scratch even more. Since it gives the cats a place to scratch, releasing their natural instinct, your furniture will be saved.
There are other benefits with the Emery Cat kitty scratcher. It’s strong enough to hold even a large cat, but small enough that it can be kept in a corner or even under a bed. It also includes a cat toy which will also attract your cats. They’ll have hours of fun batting at it, and you’ll get a lot of laughs watching. The Emery Kitty also includes a de-shredder. You’ll not only be able to take care of your cats’ claws but also get rid of some of the extra hair. Anyone who has cats knows all about extra cat hair everywhere.
Ultimately, the Emery Cat kitty scratcher is a wonderful idea. It’s an easy way to take care of your cats’ claws. It gives your cats a place to scratch without ruining your furniture and your pillows. Your cats will love the catnip and the toy. Your cats’ claws will be shorter without the pain of trimming them. In the long run your cats will be happier and you will be happier as well.
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I have wanted to get this product since we got our kittens 5 months ago, I finally bought it at Target for 20.00 bucks and they won’t touch it!! Like so many people have said, they LOVED the feather toy with the bell but WILL NOT use the board to claw. I’ve tried everything from catnip to me pretending to claw at it myself. I’m just really glad I didn’t throw away their old cheap scratcher.
My cats didn’t touch it, not even with catnip and I’ve got a couple of catnip lovers. I too got more than I wanted but with no way to cancel order I got charged. I’m donating mine to cat shelter, cause it seems some cats enjoy them.
I give the product a 1 and the company a -10…bad juju business model.
well, i am disturbed to find these posts, though i am glad i did find them. i was about to go to the emery cat website to order more for gifts for my mother and grandmother’s cats, plus refills for my emery cat, as my cats LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this product… they use it constantly, all day long, even though the cat nip is long gone. they lay on it, and scratch it several times throughout the day…. so the reason i am worried now, is that there is some talk on this message board that the product may be dangerous to my cats’ health, which totally worries me. luckily, my cats haven’t become ill, but i am now wondering if i should remove the emery cat from my home
What a waste of money. My cat does not like this item, but he does like the feather. A lot to pay for a feather on a piece of plastic. Keep your money, don’t spend it on this item!
I am so glad I found this site! I was on my way to the store to purchase an Emery Cat board. Money saved thanks to you!
I am really surprised that more people don’t like this product. I have a Siamese and she loves it. I never declawed her cause she never bothers the furniture. I take her every 2 months to have her nails trimmed. She loves that. She uses this several times a day and loves to lay on it and look out the window.I would recommend this product. And as far as eating it. She has never done that.
i hate this product. it doesn’t even do what it’s suppose to do which is to trip cats nails, it’s just an expensive useless toy for cats
This is just about the biggest waste of $ I have ever seen! I am 57, too! Can’t believe how I could have been fooled so badly!
My cat won’t get near it! Even bathed in catnip she wants nothing to do with it. She did like the feather with the bell on it. The rest went in the trash.
I will read reviews before I ever make such a mistake again!
My cat won’t use the emery board at all. However, the first couple of days it was in the house, she vomited (perhaps from the catnip?) She doesn’t like the board, she doesn’t like the toy, she completely ignores it. Waster of money.
My rating is that this product is no good!
Emery Cat Board Chemical Coating Flakes Off
We just bought one and I noticed the coating flaking off, and my cat eating catnip off the board. I thought, what the heck is this stuff? The company doesn’t tell you what the chemical coating is, but the cats get it on their paws and lick it off. I don’t want them eating some strange chemicals. They have stomach problems in the first place. I’m throwing mine in the trash right now!!! If you care about your cats, you won’t risk their health over some dumb product!
Both cats ignore the board… they came by a couple times to sniff the catnip, but that was it. I can’t believe I wasted $20 on this.
Crystals may be dangerous. I opened my package and was in the process of setting it up when I relaized my finger tips were in pain. Whatever material the crystals became embedded in my fingers and caused sharp pains to intermitently effect my fingers. This went on for 3 weeks. It reminded me of getting fiberglass insulation into your skin. Needless to say I didn’t give it to the cat.
I don’t know why this product is even sold. It in no way trims a cats nails, it only makes them sharper! I’ve worked in animal rescue for years and we use the same exact thing but in a circular form in the kennels so the cats have something to scratch. Since we can’t put a scratching post in all their kennels we use these. They are cheap! Like $3.00 for two and they last for months. I wish someone would sure these guys for false advertising, the only way to trim a cats nails is to trim them, this only helps keep them in tip top sharpness….
Just ordered 4 emery cat scratchers, after halfway through ordering I realized it was a scam and tried to back out but couldn’t. Tried calling to cancel order but they said to call back tomorrow, called to late in the day and couldn’t get through. Tried the next day,they said the order has been sent, so just send back what you don’t want for a refund minus shipping and handling which ends up being around $35 in U.S. money. Screwed if we keep them and screwed if we don’t. I wish I found this sight before I started ordering, I will send them back and take the $35. loss.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks this thing is useless. I bought mine at Rite Aid for $19.99. My cats broke the toy before I even got the stupid thing set up on the floor. Who’s idea was it to put a cat toy on a thin, hard plastic wand with no spring? DUH.
My cats wouldn’t even touch the scratcher part. Thank heavens for their cat tree and scratching post, because the Emery Cat sat untouched until I just gave it away. Hopefully my daughter’s cats will like it and use it. But I’m not holding my breath.
Bought one at Walgreen’s with a store coupon that cut the price in half. But even at $10 it’s a waste of money. My cat won’t touch the scratching part, although she does love the feather toy that comes with it and she does love to poke her small toys under the Emery Cat and then “find” them again. But as far as her using it as a scratcher, no way.
EmeryCat is a piece of crap. It looks great on tv and the idea is great but the brown tray the cardboard sits in is cheap plastic and not sturdy at all. The cardboard feels like heavy grade sand paper. My cat would not touch it. Major waste of money. Also the brushes that come with it are not very effective in grooming.
Thought since my cat loves the scratchers but they make her nails razor sharp, that I could kill 2 birds with one stone by buying this, but that is not the case.
The stupid little toy fell off in the first 5 minutes. She has no use for it. The sand, of whatever it is, on the surface make her relunctant to use it…so it mostly just sits there.
She does use it every now and then, but she scatches in the same spot everytime so that there is no sand where she’s clawing and it still doesn’t help the razor sharp claws….which is why I wasted money the it in the first place.
I would definately not recomment this product to anyone!
HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as I opened it up, all this gritty stinky sand spilled all over my counter and floor. My cats hate it!!!!! It has a terrible chemical smell that turns them off. i’ll stick to the cardboard ones, they’re not stinky.
What a waste of money. My cats won’t use it. I place it near the furniture and they claw at the furniture, even with the catnip, which just leaves a mess. They took the feather toy and play with that, but the emery board is useless and left scratchy sand all over my floors when I opened the package. No wonder they double the order and don’t offer a satisfaction guarantee.
We did’nt buy the emery board from the website but found it at a Walgreens, we paid more for it because we didn’t get the second board like the commerial advertises. We have three cats, only one of them will use the emery board and he’s used it so much that he has dug a hole in the cardboard! Now trying to find a replacement pad. I would rate it a five maybe; not sure if its actually trimmed the cat’s claws, but he likes it. See him using it several times a week.
This product is awful. my cat loved the toy more than the board. They would not stay on it at all and I am so glad I did not purchase any of the inserts. The ad that says that they will rub their paws on it are crazy. They are having more fun with the cheaper scratch board. Don’t waste your money.
THIS IS A BIG SCAM!!! Do not buy this product. The commercial and website are completely misleading. I accidentally ordered 2 sets and they charged me $87.50. When I called to change my order they said they couldn’t view my order for 3 days and to call back then. When I called back 3 days later they said the order had alredy shipped and they couldn’t change it. All I can do is wait for the order to arrive and send it back for a refund MINUS THE $15.00 S&H CHARGE. THIS IS HOW THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY ON THIS HORRIBLE CHEAP PRODUCT. Total scam. Spread the word!!!
My cat broke it in LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. Rating should be -5 but can only go as low as 1
Cats will not use it. The website duplicates your order with no way to change it. They even charge PST/GST on top of the shipping.
Has anyone had any problems with their cat eating the surface?
and any problems of illness and so on.
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worried about my cat eating the board.
I’m trying to get the word out that the emery board might be very dangerous if the cat eats the surface. My cat got really sick and was vomiting a lot. I took her to the Vet and was told that she has large amounts of plant substance in her stool. Since I don’t have plants in the house, he said that it is paper or cardboard that she has been eating. The only thing I can think of is this board since she was using it all the time. She was chewing it because of the cat nip. She is now on a special diet and taking pepcid ac. She is still vomiting and is in danger of becoming dehydrated. Please do not let your cat use this product! I hate seeing her this sick and wish I never wasted the money. And now I have vet bills on top of it! They should be out of business.
Cheap!!! our cats broke the ‘cat toy’. Although we ordered one unit, the first shipment came with 4, the second shipment I did not open, but sent all shipments back. This explains the $160.00 charge on my credit card. Spoke with Porsha, apparently from some call center, who was going to send a refund ticket, blah, blah, blah. Still waiting.
Sorry, forgot to leave my rating……which would be less than zero….
This thing was the biggest waste of money and also the biggest scam I have ever come across. The website is misleading and charged me for 6 of these stupid cat scratchers, with no way to get a refund!!!!!!! Try calling the number!! Nothing but automated B.S.!!! On top of that my cats will have nothing to do with this POS. It is cheap, made in China, and probably loaded with lead particles. Do yourself a favor and do not waste your money on this stupid thing!!!!!!!!
I fell for the commercial and web site. Wish I hadn’t. Cheapest item I’ve ever bought. Cats liked the cat toy for about 2 minutes; that’s about how long it lasted, then it broke. It seems too rough for them to like the feel. Cats like to dig into stuff, and this is too hard to dig into. Plus, as Susan said, the base is just thin junky plastic… oh it smells weird too. Other than those things, it’s great.
I actually love using my PediPaws pussy-cat claw trimmer, my cat loves it too, well as much as a cat can, LOL. She sits still for it and she doesn’t claw my couch and woodwork anymore. It did take two times before she was OK with it but she did come around to it, and I like that she will be able to knead my shoulder now and it does not hurt. I definitely got my money’s worth out of this trimmer, I’m totally satisfied.
Yes, I agree, super cheap base. And the Emery Cat automated ordering system is misleading. I ended up with four scratchers! My gentile cat won’t use it. She doesn’t like the gritty texture. My brother’s cat won’t use it either. A major rip off.
Just recieved my emery cat and I have to say that the base is sooooo cheap! Packaging plastic is stronger than this. I will be surprised if it lasts a month
My cat loves it, even without catnip.
My primary complaint is that it doesn’t “trim” her claws, it hones them to an even sharper point, but she has cut back on digging the furniture.
It seems full of lie. I know it’s super poor quality, it’s just painted cardbox.
don’t buy it! It’s poor quality and bad sales. It will overcharge you first, cannot cancel it, and even they will sale non slip base. It’s awful company. Not only me, many people had same situation. Be careful
I loved the idea because my kitty has sharp claws and the day I bought it, she tried it, but hasn’t used it since:( She’s never used my furniture so I am VERY blessed; she uses her scratching posts, but she hates the feel of this one – I think it’s too harsh.
She LOVES the toy though! Like another post said, they love to dig in, and this is too hard for them to dig in – I think it might hurt them by catching their claw? I will be returning mine to Bed, Bath, and Beyond where I bought it. Bummer.