Enough with the Catnip!

I have a new kitten, my first female. She is crazy, almost crazier than my other cats were as kittens, now 2 full-grown males. She is extremely graceful...she falls off the stair railing every time she jumps on it, and she's always trying to grab her tail between the bars of it when she does make it. She tries so hard to play with the grumpy men. They get mad at her a lot, but sometimes they're fine with it, so we let them sort it out themselves. The male cats I received when I was younger, and my mom, being allergic to cat scratches especially and with a weak immune system, declawed them. Pickles, my kitten, is my cat however. I don't personally have a problem with her claws, and unless something happens involving my mom, I'm not inclined to get anything permanently down about it. She's only staying here until I get my own place, which may be years from now, but in the end, she's my cat and not a family cat like the other two are. I pay for everything involving Pickles, and declawing is not something I want done.

However, we still have a problem. She has claws. Very, very sharp claws. I'm fine with it, but the furniture and my mom are not. We've tried clipping them, but she is very unhappy about it and injures herself when we try. The vet had to do it for us, and they had to have a nurse hold her down while it was getting done cause she fussed so much. Mom and I are looking into scratching posts, but we're coming across a common problem--catnip.

I'm opposed to catnip. It's not because of anything I've read. I just think it's a drug, and I don't want my cat to be addicted to it. I also don't think she needs to be any crazier than she is. We love the design of the emery board (though now that I've looked at reviews, I don't like it as much), but it has catnip. I've found similar designed boards with much better reviews, but they all are infused with catnip.

Is there any scratching board with a wave-like or curved design NOT infused with catnip out there?

I think I might do some research on a cat tree. Thanks, Auntie! I haven't really heard of it before.

I'm sorry you don't like my stand on catnip, Sharky, but fortunately we're not debating why I personally don't wish to use the product.

I think I knew scratching posts didn't actually dull claws...actually I think I've heard they keep them sharp. But I know recent products, like the Emery Board, are constructed to dull them a bit, so I thought there may be other products out there like it that do the same without the catnip included. I'd be fine if it was a board that had the catnip you had to sprinkle on yourself or something, so I could opt not to use it, but I've only found them already infused with it.