Cat Scratch Furniture - Why Cats Scratch
First of all, scratching is a natural instinct for your cat. He's genuinely is not trying to send you over the edge. Scratching helps to get rid of the dead cells off their claws, helping them to remain sharp and in peak condition. Scratching also helps your cat to feel good. As your cat scratches they also stretch, which helps improve their muscle tone.
Cat Scratch Furniture- Tips To Get Your Cat To Stop
- Cats like rough surfaces that they can shred to pieces. You will need to provide an alternative solution to your furniture such as a scratching post, rope, or board. I- Don't use carpet covered posts, if possible.
- Cover cats favorite spots to scratch with an undesirable object, such as, carpet runner, pointy side out.
- You could apply an odor which your cat will not like by attaching cotton balls to the object such as perfume or a muscle rub.
- Place the scratching posts in front of what it is your trying to get your cat to leave alone. In this way, your cat will readily accept this as their alternative. You can rub catnip on your scratching post so your cat will love it.
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Don't Declaw Your Cat Unless Medically Necessary.
Declawing your cat does more than just do away with the scratching problem. The claws and top part of the toes, which have been removed, are critical to your cat in a different way. Reports of older cats developing arthritis from walking wrong and adversity to using their litter boxes have stemmed from declawing. Many believe that declawing your cat is cruel, inhumane, and an abusive procedure. Declawing your cat should be a last resort in most cases as there are many other ways to stop your cat
Clipping Your Cat's Claws
Clip only the clear tip of the nail. Don't clip the area wherever pink tissue is seen or the somewhat opaque area that outlines the pink tissue. Only clip as many as your cat will sit still for, then try again another day.
Do You Believe In Declawing Your Cat?
Let me know what you think.
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Ramkitten
Apr 8, 2009 @ 12:20 am | delete
- I think my mom should have ALL of her furniture made out of that cat-scratch stuff. I mean, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? And every time she tries to introduce something to her two scratch-crazy kitties that they ARE allowed to scratch, they turn up their whiskers and go right back to the couch, the lazy-boy, the ottoman, the love seat. I had two cats myself --both indoor, both lived to 18 years of age ... and, um, both declawed when they were kittens. *cringe*
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