my cats are extrememly picky when it i comes to scratching posts. I even purchased a $400 scratching post/cat tower before and both of my cats showed no interest in it. But this scratching post, she was delighted with! I have a chinchilla persian and a british longhair and both of these cats prefer a scratching post that is oriented horizontally versus a post that is vertically mounted. So if your cats are like mine who aren't jumpers, then this scratcher is prefect for them!