Excellent purchase! The scratcher is very well-made and pleasing to look at--both my mother and mother-in-law thought it was a new piece of art, LOL! I had to work with my cat for about 4 days to get him used to it, though. At first, I coaxed him by sticking pieces of dry food in between the weave a couple of times a day; that worked in getting him to stretch on the scratcher. Then, I just sprinkled the scratcher with dried catnip around the base, the top, and the sides--that got him really excited to rub up against it. And now, not even a week later, he's scratching away all over it! An excellent purchase indeed!