How Do You Keep A Cat From Scratching The Furniture?
With nothing better to use, scratching the couch or a chair is natural for a cat, even one with no claws. Cats scratch to groom their claws, stretch the muscles in their backs and mark their territory visually and with the scent in their paw pads. To keep your cat from shredding your furniture, all you have to do is offer an alternative. Place scratching posts near the entrances to the living and family rooms. The cats will create claw marks on the posts, instead of the upholstered furniture, to let the world know those rooms are their territory. The “purrfect” post is about 36 inches high and stable enough that the cats won’t think it’s going to topple over on them when they’re using it. Put wide scratching pads near the places where your cats sleep. They’ll bypass the furniture and sink their claws into the cardboard to stretch when they wake up from a nap. Scatter a variety of scratching materials around your house. Some possibilities are logs, thick pieces of wood, cardboard boxes
