Monday, April 30, 2012

Declawing - A Solution For Scratching Cats?

By Amalia Vandeveer


After buying the new cat for the certain reasons you decide whether to declaw your cat or not. To declawing your cat may be due to different reasons. Let's take a look at a few of those reasons before making any type of decision.

One of the reasons to declaw your cat is the scratching problem that may occur. It has been observed that by the natural phenomenon cats have the habits of scratching. Even the declawed cats have the habit of the scratching. Due to this habit, the people declaw their cats to save their walls and the furniture.

At basic, you are required to make proper measures for the scratching post distracting to your cat from furniture, and it owes nothing enough to get the attentions. You must be careful while selecting scratching post as it must be immovable and strong.

The scratching post that is hanged on the door is unsuitable. You should place the scratching post somewhere from it couldn't move. The base of the scratching post where you have placed it should be hard and wide.

These should be wide so that the cat will be able to fit both paws. If you have a scratching post, leave your cat alone as your cat can figure out that what is needed to do. If it finds ignoring then make a try with the catnip spray.

Your cat will not use the scratching posts if you scratch it. Do not scratch it yourself let your cat scratch it because doing this might your cat feels insult, and she don't use the scratching post.

After placing the scratching post if your cat continues to scratch the furniture, and then spray the grapefruit on the furniture and on the wall for them so they can taste and smell it. In this way, your cat will keep away from it because they no longer want to deal with the smell.

If you have a cat, which is not declawed, and you want to keep it that way, make sure that you make the furniture unlikable for them, and that can be done by using different scented sprays, which are widely available in the market.




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