My cat hasn't touched this thing and I've had it for 3 months. I put cat nip on it and she eats what she can but she doesn't see it as a scratching post at all. Really frustrating since this thing cost 100 freaking dollars. At least it looks nice. It's a hard plastic wicker which is probably why the cat doesn't want to scratch it. I missed that part and thought it was natural wicker which I'm sure the cat would go crazy over. Really disappointed in this. Going to try to sell it since it's way past the return time frame. Sigh...