How do you stop your cat from scratching furniture?

Introduction

Cats are one of our best feline friends they loves us and we love them we all love their cute and unique behaviour but one of their behaviour we don’t like at all is the scratching our furniture. This behaviour of cat may destroy our precious furniture all this increase the frustration level . If you are a cat owner then you will be aware about it very much and gone through this frustration level . This behaviour of cat cannot be removed as it is the instinct behaviour of cats . This could be bad news for the cat owner but good news is that there are many things that help to protect your precious furniture from this scratching behaviour in this blog we are going to discuss some tips and tricks that help you to protect your products or furniture from this scratching behaviour and help you to save your money and time so , keep in touch with us to study different methods to protect your furniture.

First of all we are going to discuss why cats scratch the furniture &  then how to stop your cat from scratching furniture.

Reasons of cat scratching:-

1-To Relieve Stress :-

Cats scratch the furniture in order to release their stress. This behaviour help  to stimulate the mental health of cats and help them to feel relax and comfortable . This scratching also help to prevent the development of unwanted habits that may be harmful for cat and also for the owner of the cat.

2-To Mark Territory

The claws of cats contain glands that release pheromones from it . Pheromones are special chemical release by animal gland in order to mark their territory. By marking territory through these pheromones by scratching the furniture they feel comfortable and relax in these areas.

3-Keeping their claws tiptop:-

Cats usually scratch the furniture in order to keep them healthy and nice looking they keep their claws sharp by scratching different objects and products . The furniture have smooth surface that help them to groom the nail , maintain the shape of nail  and keep them sharp.

4- For stretching :-

The cat scratch the furniture in order to fulfil the requirement of exercise . They do so in order to keep their muscles healthy and regulate their blood flow in body . The scratching also helps to keep their body warm .

Tips of stop the cat from scratching furniture:-

1- Using different latest products :-

By using different products you can prevent the cat scratching and protect your furniture from this behaviour some of them are given below

Scratching pad

If your cat like to scratch horizontally and vertically then these scratching pads are best. Scratching pad are compact and budget friendly products. These pads have smooth surface and are recycled easily. It is also made ofrecyclable material so if your cat claws the upper layer you can turn it over.

Scratching post

Good quality scratching posts are are strong and tall  .they want wobble when cat stretches on them.  The scratching post have three pole and a wide base attached to it. You may place the scratching posts at different places where the cat scratch the furniture or the place where the cat relax

Furniture guard 

Using double sided furniture tape

Using sticky claw

Using the furniture made of micro fibre.All these helps to eradicate the cat from scratching furniture.

Nail caps

Nail caps are the products used to prevent the cat from scratching the furniture. The nail caps are made of polyvinyl material . They are flexible and durable . The donor interfere with the claws retraction and growth .  They come in various Colours and help to make the claws soft and less destructive .

The draw back of nail cap is that some cats feel uncomfortable with nail caps while some times the nail caps may falls off after certain period of time .

2- proper training:-

Proper training to the cats help them to stop them from scratching furniture. You should train your cats about using different scratching posts and pads . You should give reward immediately after using these scratching pads or posts . Different methods may be used in order to conditioned your cat .

You may help the cat first to scratched the post with their claws by placing their claw on scratching post but not in all cases in other case you may show your cat hoe to scratch at scratching posts by using your own finger tips. When they start praising them with your gentle touches this will encourage your cat to used the scratching pads or post instead of your furniture.

3- Trimming nails

The reason of cat scratching is to sharp and reduces the length of nails you may do this by simply trimming the nails of cats on regular basis . Grooming of cat is essential part of cat health you must ensure that the nAils of cat trim at regular basis. It is very helpful to blunt the claws of the indoor cats that are never exposed to outer environment. Be careful while trimming your cat claws as it may injured your cat badly if you didn’t know how to do trimming then you should visit your veterinary doctor or groomer to consult in this manner.

4- Provide scratching places at home

The one of the best way to stop your cat from scratching the furniture is to provide various spots to your cat at your housein order  toprovide the numerous scratching opportunities to cats .the spots should be located at the places where the cats feels more relax and comfortable .

If your cats like to go outside allow them to move out various places where they can encounter with various  natural objects like trees , soil etc where they can find appropriate opportunities for scratching. All these thing help to reduce the cats desire to use the furniture as their scratching point.

5- Don’t  be offensive at cat

As scratching in the instinct behaviour of the cat you should avoid to use loud voice and offensive behaviour with cat. Your offensive behaviour won’t stop the cat from scratching furniture. The only thing you can do is to train and redirecting their behaviour by rewards , using toys or using different scratching posts or pads . By doing this in short period of time they stop using the furniture for scratching

6. Do not declaw the cats:-

Declawing involves cutting the digits from last digit of the front paw. It is an act of cruelty and similar to that the human  cut their finger up to the first knuckle. It is the painful act . The cat may go through lot of stress and develop aggressive behaviour due to this act .declawing the cat paw make them vulnerable to predators this act is banned in many countries but still occur and considered legal in some states of US . The veterinary do declawing under few circumstances.