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Selecting a Scratching Post for Your Cat
It’s a feline fact of life – cats have an instinctive need to scratch. No matter how hard you try, you will not train your kitty to stop scratching; asking a cat to stop this natural behavior would be like asking us to stop blinking. Scratching removes dead nail material from their claws and establishes their territory by marking with the scent glands on the bottom of their feet. If no appropriate scratching area is made available, a cat will satisfy her urge by shredding the couch, carpets, drapes and stereo speakers. However, you can train your cat to forego scratching your precious possessions if you give her acceptable outlets for her scratching urges. That’s where scratching equipment comes in. Get the right scratching gear and place it correctly, and you can have your cat and furniture, too.
Cat Scratching Post info: Carpeting is not always a feline’s favorite scratching material. Carpet can also become frayed from repeated scratching and cats have been known to eat shredded carpet pieces. Also, it may not be such a great idea to train your cat to scratch on carpet, since he may have trouble telling acceptable carpet from the carpet covering your floors. Buy a post that provides other scratching surfaces, or a combination. For example, the perches might be covered with carpet for comfortable lounging, and the upright posts wound with sisal rope. Sisal fiber is durable, inexpensive, attractive to cats, and lasts longer than carpet. Natural bark and stripped tree trunks are also good choices; just be sure the bark is bug-free and the trunks are not chemically treated.
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