Cat Scratching Furniture - This is a Serious Problem and Expensive If You Don"t Stop It!
I'm sure you know about cats scratching furniture, or maybe its the wood work in your house, possibly the curtains or the door, or your speakers, or it could be anything.
Don't feel alone as this problem affects almost everybody that has a cat, especially cats that don't go outside.
Indoor only cats need to burn off energy, without lots of play time and toys your cat is going to get bored and feel like doing a little scratching.
When cats go outside they usually find different things to scratch, like tree's.
That helps to save your house.
Even though you let your cat go outside you may still have a problem if your cat has found something that is enjoyable to scratch inside your house.
Letting your cat go outside will help with this problem, the bad thing is the life expectancy of cats that go outdoors is usually cut in half or less.
You have outside diseases, predators and of coarse cars to deal with.
Most cats outside end up with one of these taking their life earlier than if they were only inside.
There are many things that you can do to control the scratching problem, most of them are easy if done correctly.
You should learn why cats scratch, also when and where your cat is most likely going to scratch.
You should also learn how to pick the best scratching post for your cat, and what to look for when thinking of buying a scratching post.
What materials are best and the size and type that would most fit your cats habits.
You should trim your cats nails about once a month, using the right tool for the job is best.
The clippers you use for your nails will work for your cat, but not as well as you might think.
Using the soft vinyl covers for your cats nails is an option you should also learn about and the pro's and con's using them.
Different methods and tricks are used to get a cat to only use the post, learning all of the most effective methods and learning why these methods work will save you a lot of time with trial and error.
Having all the information possible will save you time teaching your cat.
The amount of damage will be less because the amount of time it takes to stop the problem will be less.
The quicker this problem is stopped, the smaller amount of money its going to take to fix the damage from the scratching.
I was feed up with our house getting torn up everyday and I desperately needed to find an answer.
Sound familiar? Online I found several people who were nice enough to give a few free tips but really none of them worked for us or our friends that tried the tips that I had found.
Once the cats learned that we would get upset whenever we heard the scratching they were smart enough to do it when we were not around or a lot of times it was happening at night when we were sleeping.
I would get up in the morning and see a new door jamb all scratched up or a new tear in the back of the couch.
One morning we woke up to find our expensive drapes laying on the floor with several pieces torn and a few small pieces missing.
This is a very expensive problem and very common too so don't feel alone! I'll tell you though, you need to take care of this as soon as possible because the longer you wait the more time its going to take to get your cat to do the right thing.
If you have a kitten you need to start teaching right away so this problem really doesn't develop into a full blown problem and takes several weeks to stop.
From my experience and all of our friends any cat can be taught to only use the scratching post if you use the correct methods and use them the right way.
Its very important to do it right the first time!
Don't feel alone as this problem affects almost everybody that has a cat, especially cats that don't go outside.
Indoor only cats need to burn off energy, without lots of play time and toys your cat is going to get bored and feel like doing a little scratching.
When cats go outside they usually find different things to scratch, like tree's.
That helps to save your house.
Even though you let your cat go outside you may still have a problem if your cat has found something that is enjoyable to scratch inside your house.
Letting your cat go outside will help with this problem, the bad thing is the life expectancy of cats that go outdoors is usually cut in half or less.
You have outside diseases, predators and of coarse cars to deal with.
Most cats outside end up with one of these taking their life earlier than if they were only inside.
There are many things that you can do to control the scratching problem, most of them are easy if done correctly.
You should learn why cats scratch, also when and where your cat is most likely going to scratch.
You should also learn how to pick the best scratching post for your cat, and what to look for when thinking of buying a scratching post.
What materials are best and the size and type that would most fit your cats habits.
You should trim your cats nails about once a month, using the right tool for the job is best.
The clippers you use for your nails will work for your cat, but not as well as you might think.
Using the soft vinyl covers for your cats nails is an option you should also learn about and the pro's and con's using them.
Different methods and tricks are used to get a cat to only use the post, learning all of the most effective methods and learning why these methods work will save you a lot of time with trial and error.
Having all the information possible will save you time teaching your cat.
The amount of damage will be less because the amount of time it takes to stop the problem will be less.
The quicker this problem is stopped, the smaller amount of money its going to take to fix the damage from the scratching.
I was feed up with our house getting torn up everyday and I desperately needed to find an answer.
Sound familiar? Online I found several people who were nice enough to give a few free tips but really none of them worked for us or our friends that tried the tips that I had found.
Once the cats learned that we would get upset whenever we heard the scratching they were smart enough to do it when we were not around or a lot of times it was happening at night when we were sleeping.
I would get up in the morning and see a new door jamb all scratched up or a new tear in the back of the couch.
One morning we woke up to find our expensive drapes laying on the floor with several pieces torn and a few small pieces missing.
This is a very expensive problem and very common too so don't feel alone! I'll tell you though, you need to take care of this as soon as possible because the longer you wait the more time its going to take to get your cat to do the right thing.
If you have a kitten you need to start teaching right away so this problem really doesn't develop into a full blown problem and takes several weeks to stop.
From my experience and all of our friends any cat can be taught to only use the scratching post if you use the correct methods and use them the right way.
Its very important to do it right the first time!
