Do the catnip!

Ooohhh catnip!

Tanaka on the other hand was busy inspecting the catnip!

Toro took a good sniff...

and decided to have a quick lie-in...

Resting after that exhausting dance!

I decided to give the kitties new scratch boards as their old ones were ratty and I it was then that I realised that they had quite a few. 9 horizontal boards to share among 4 boys! They have 2 in each bastant, 3 in the big box under the table and 2 under my bed. Then we also have 2 vertical ones and 1 mat, which is a favourite. Ms Akira prefers the vertical ones. Maybe that is why none of them have made mincemeat of grandma's sofa...yet.

Our new fav basket

Yes san..I can also sleep in it...

Wednesday whirl and Bastant baskets

The sad state of cardboard and scratchboard...

Toro and Megat giving the basket a try...

Hmmm...very comfy...

Just a little dust, easily solved...

This is good only for one...

Tanaka is planning to build a home in it...

Bujang investigating the new scratchboard and matatabi...

The scratchboard is the bane in grandma's psyche but a boon for the amigos. Bujang of course loves to tear the cardboard that comes for all the scratchboards. he loves to spit them into the air with great panache. The point is it does mess up the house...endlessly so.

Then I read in dawn's blog about an Ikea Hacker idea using bastant baskets to house the scratchboards. EUREKA! I had wanted to see if Ikea sells carpet squares that I can buy to stick to a cat tree that my colleague is making for me. But they had none and Giant had none. Then I remembered the IKEA hacker idea and so I bought one basket first. I know the amigos enough to know that they might not take to the idea, no matter how reasonable.

Tanaka took to the idea very quickly as did Toro and Megat. They all got into the basket and scratched away. They even sat in it for a bit. The only one who did not see the attarction was Bujang until I gave him some matatabi (courtesy of cat_aunty) incentive. He sniffed, sat and scratched. I think we had quite a success here. :)

I had to put the inserts in their cardboard housing though as the dust gets out of the basket and played havoc with the tiles. But after that, all is smooth sailing. But as usual we will have to see if this can be a long time solution for everyone.