Via CatPusic Academy
The video will show how to redirect your cat's attention from scratching items of furniture to other things.
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This anti-scratching paws glove is really too much for us.
Via AnimalWised
Scratching trees provide many benefits for cats. Cats scratch for different reasons. They do so to remove dirt from between their claws, to file these claws and to mark their territory through scent glands on their paw pads. Scraper trees provide more than meeting these basic feeling needs. They provide environmental enrichment, meaning they provide a cat something in their home life which benefits them both physically and mentally. They can be used to scratch, but they can also meet a cat's need to go to high places and rest somewhere they feel safe and contented. Not only that, but they help to prevent your sofa from being turned into confetti. This video from AnimalWised shows you the benefits of scratching trees for cats and helps you to work out where to place yours.
Why is it that every time we see our cats itching we rush in to help them out? Oh, because they rule over us... duh! just look at these adorable cats scratching their itches... you just want to into the screen and help them out!
Scratching is a completely normal and healthy behavior that most cats engage in, and it serves many purposes. In order to peacefully cohabitate with our cats, it's necessary to understand why they may engage in what we consider to be a negative activity and then provide them with an alternative that is acceptable to us and our furniture. Cats are born with the instinct to scratch objects for a variety of reasons.
(Sources: Purrfect post and Iheartcats)
Update: Banks, the back-scratching cat, has been adopted! I'm sure his forever home will love him and his talents.
