PetFusion Ultimate Cat Scratch Lounge

Cardboard scratchers are usually disposable eyesores: a flimsy rectangle that sheds confetti for six weeks and goes in the recycling. The PetFusion Ultimate Lounge is the one that broke that pattern. It is a 34 inch curved lounge cut from recycled cardboard with non-toxic glue, shaped so cats can scratch the slopes and then sprawl across the top, and the whole thing flips over when the first side wears down. Two usable surfaces means it lasts roughly twice as long as anything else in the category.

The real reason it has such a devoted following is that it does not look like a pet product. The sculptural infinity curve reads as a design object, so it can sit in a living room without apology, and the size handles multi-cat households where one scratches while another naps. Organic catnip is included to close the deal on day one. It is the gift for the friend with a nice apartment and a cat who is slowly destroying it: furniture protection they will actually leave out in the open.