Something that will really help you is to get your cat their own cat furniture.
Cat scratches furniture solution.
A cat scratches because it s a form of exercise for the cat s muscles from the claws right through to the legs shoulders and down the back.
Your lavish praise will also help create a positive association with the act of scratching the cat furniture.
A cat doesn t scratch to give you grief.
Scratching posts provide cats with an outlet for their instinct to scratch while saving your furniture and carpets.
Whatever post you choose it must be tall enough for her to fully extend her body and most important it must be secure.
Test drive the new cat furniture.
What your cats scratching preference is.
This will help divert his attention away from your furniture.
If a cat sees the scratcher as he walks into the room he ll hopefully get his fill of scratching and move on.
Appreciate the purpose of scratching or clawing.
Choose a scratching post that is similar to the material your cat most likes to scratch said meghan herron dvm and clinical assistant professor of behavioral medicine at ohio state university.
A big cat treat will be great so they have a place that they can jump and they can scratch.
Another good location to place a scratching post is near the entryway to a room.
The cat scratching post with the most aesthetic appeal to your cat is often a tree stump though this is a bit unwieldy in a one bedroom apartment.
Place the cat scratcher or scratching post near the furniture the cat has been scratching.
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But a smaller cat scratching post will also do the trick.
Get your cat their own cat furniture.