How do I stop my cat scratching my furniture?
Author: The Vet Shed Date Posted:16 October 2019
If you are experiencing claw marks throughout your house on your furniture - you are not alone. Many people face this problem and just do not how to get their cats to stop! Cats can cause some serious damage to furnuture - their claws are sharp!
Like their larger wild counterparts, cats need to keep their claws trimmed and sharpened. As a tiger or a lion in the wild would do this on a tree - unfortunately your cat will do this on your furniture if they do not have an alternative. There is no point trying to stop your cat clawing as it is normal - you need to encourage your cat to scratch on other things like a scratching post:
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To deter your cat from those spots that they always like to scratch you can also use:
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