If a cat had a scratching post, does that mean that they would NOT scratch anything else?
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Nope, especially if it isn’t the type they like to scratch – mine don’t touch their scratching post, but do like their cat tree and other scratching toys they have.
If you give a cat lots of attractive things to scratch they are less likely to scratch the furniture. You can get the kind you hang off door knobs and lay on the ground, and you can get the cardboard or the carpet or many different types. Put catnip in the scratchers or use catnip spray to attract them to them. Cats like to keep scratching in the same places, it is how they mark their territory, so if you start them scratching in places that are okay they should keep going to those places. If they do start to scratch somewhere you don’t want them to put double-sided tape there and they will not like the texture if they go back.
It also helps to keep the nails trimmed, and if there is a real problem try softpaws or some other nail cap.
No, of course not. It may act as a deterent however, and if they like the scratching post you get, they may scratch other things less. But you cannot make a cat not scratch anything else – scratching is in their nature; it is a biological need for them.
maybe not, my cat never scratches anything else…. when am watching her that is cus am sure she does once am away!
I doubt that very much. I’ve a old indoor cat, had all her claws removed when she was a youngster.
Indoor cats live about 20 years. Outdoor cats need their claws, but life expectancy of a outdoor cat is
only about 3 years due to the hazards of wandering freely.
Nope!!!! They will still scratch anywhere they like, just hopefully the post will be the most popular!
no.
but they can be trained to only scratch there — that is the idea, and many cats catch on to this.
I have plenty of scratching options for my cat — vertical carpet posts, horizontal carpet scraps, corrugated cardboard scratching boxes… he gets to pick, and the variety keeps him off my furniture.