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my cat scraches on the furniture because she wants out and i have a water bottle to spray her when she does something bad
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Yes they will do because they like to scratch b’coz its like a play or a training for them. Its natural. So you don’t need to spray water on your cat. You can try to make her understand all these things.
The best way is to get a scratching post for her. ensure that it is quite big for her to scratch and stretch her paws to scratch. It would surely take time for her to scratch on the post . Maybe she may not like it. Put toys infront of it or spread some catnip over it so your little likes to scratch on the post. If you see your cat scratching then just pick her up and place her near the post. Tell her to scratch on the post and don’t punishe her. Be patient as it takes time to teach them to do proper things. Good Luck
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They also sell catnip sprays to attract the cat to the scratching posts. Be careful not to overspray. It might be best to spray it outside so no catnip hits something you don't want your cat to go after.
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check out this website it has alot of tips to tell you how to get your cat to stop scratching your furniture. http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/scratching.html
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Khushi is right.
If that doesn’t work many animal supply stores sell spray to put on your furniture.
2 things:
1. Don’t declaw!!!
2. Say in a stern but not harsh voice “No,No” and clap your hands gently if your cat
scratches anything else.
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Cats scratch on things to try to sharpen their claws.Your are doing the right thing to spray her with water because you are teaching her not to scratch your sofa.
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Most experts believe that cats scratch for a variety of reasons. Just as a dog barks for different reasons at different times, cat scratch for different reasons at different times. A cat will often scratch as part of the territorial marking fest. While scratching is usually preferable to spraying, it does many of the same things, thankfully without the aroma. Cats who have scratched up a group of trees in the wild is telling other cats out there that the territory is already owned. Back off. This is my tree, and so is this one. In fact, these trees all long here, they belong to me. It takes time to get those trees looking that way. It takes work. It takes a commitment to a territory. Most domesticated cats do not feel the need to add their markings to their scratched areas, but wild cats will. There are numerous little scent glands within the cat’s paws that allow the cat to scratch their scent into their territorial scratching. Spraying just adds a little insurance that kitty number 2 won’t mistakenly come upon King Kitty’s territory believing he can take a nap.
Okay, but why do cats scratch when there’s no threat to their territory. In part because it’s instinctive. Cats will need to scratch whether they are the only other living being in the household or whether you run a foster home for kitties, with new feline friends coming and going regularly.
Cats also scratch as a combination of exercise and release. It relieves stress for them the same way a round with a punching bag, a good swim, or a run can do for humans. Scratching works the muscles located in their front quadrant while giving them a good release of tension. A cat that for whatever reason doesn’t scratch can become remarkably stressed and begin to scratch at his own body. While this might seem a little ridiculous considering that our kitties are typically well pampered individuals. We worry about our 8 o’clock meeting, our deadlines, our general worth in the world, and trivial things as such while cats are worried about…keeping in line with the sun as it streams through the window? Granted, some kitties may have had an increase in their stress level the day the Supreme Court ruled that small animal sacrifices were legal, but most were too bust sleeping through the news that it didn’t even blip on their radar.
But cats do have stress. All animals do. Just because we can’t understand their stress doesn’t make it any less real to them. Your cat may look like he’s watching the birds intently while curled up in a comfortable spot on the back of the sofa, but who’s to say that he’s not really practicing some form of self torture. How horrible it must be to stare at something every single day that you desperately want only to know that all your scheming and plotting is for naught. That must be rather stressful.
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