![]() Scratching posts should be stabilized to ensure that they don’t move or tip over and scare your car while he/she is using them. Cats that scratch rugs and carpets may prefer a horizontal scratching post or mat. Make sure that vertical scratching posts are tall enough so that your cat can stretch up to scratch. Cats that scratch chair legs or the corners of your couch may prefer a vertical scratching post. Vertical or upright and horizontal or flat scratching posts are available in a variety of sizes and materials, including sisal (a coarse natural fiber), carpet and cardboard. Sisal scratching posts are ideal because they are satisfying to scratch and tough enough to stand up to repeated use. Most, but not all, cats prefer scratching posts made out of rough material they can shred. Scratching posts provide cats with an outlet for their instinct to scratch while at the same time saving your furniture and carpets! In order to choose the right scratching post for your cat, consider the following: What does your cat like to scratch?Ĭhoose a scratching post that is similar to the material your cat most likes to scratch. Even if declawed, cats retain the instinct to scratch. Cats scratch to stretch their muscles, shed old cuticles, sharpen their claws and leave scent marks. Scratching is a natural behaviour for cats. What is right and what is wrong is not always clear, but we’ve provided some tips to help you train your cat to be the best that he/she can be. ![]() We may believe that we are doing the best for our cat, but forget our role as a “caregiver” of that animal and let them get away with things that they shouldn’t. ![]() ![]() However, cats can sometimes have quirks and habits that we don’t know how to deal with. Many of us understand the perplexity of cats, and realise that they are far different from dogs. “A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.” – George Mikes ![]()
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