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While the dog easily smoothes the nails during the walk, the cat has it more complicated, and that is why it looks for elements inside the home where to preen and file its nails.
That can be a problem if you use the furniture or the sofa instead of the scrapers that we have bought, for that reason and for the welfare of your home, we want to respond towhy my cat scratches the furniture?, as well as a series of tips for you to stop doing it.
All animals carry in their genes an instinct that pushes them to act in a certain way, to clean themselves or polish your nails are some of these activities that reside in the nature of the cat and we can not do anything to avoid it. The nails are their defense weapons, so it is a mere survival that keeps them perfectly.
For that reason, if your cat does not have a scraper, you must acquire it as soon as possible, avoiding that you use the furniture of the home as a daily file. Although quiet, you can also make your own scraper at home.
In addition, as a curiosity, we will add that cats have sweat glands that are in the pads. In this way, when they scratch an object, they not only file, but also they mark the place as a site that is “yours”. Make sure that you fulfill the basic care of the cat and that you allow it to scratch, since this activity eliminates stress of your pet: do not deprive him of doing so, offer him an alternative.
Here are some tips for your cat to stop destroying your home, some will be more useful than others, but together you can solve this problem:
Finally, if none of these tricks serves you or prevents your cat from scratching furniture, you should go to a pet store and buy a repellent spray. Then you should apply it in the places where the cat scratches, the effect is very fast.
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