She looks so forlorn in the shelter’s cage, so you decide to take her home. You couldn’t be happier!
Apart from being litter trained, she is sweet and affectionate! You cannot help the feeling of wanting to take her back at the week’s end!
Thanks to your precious little kitty, the front corner of your once beautiful chintz love seat is now reduced to shreds.
Wait! Don’t take her back! A solution is at hand. What you need to buy, right away, is a good cat scratch post. Searching for and finding a strong and stable to scratch comes naturally to a cat when she is placed in a new surrounding. Your loveseat is the best available option!
Cats have to establish their territory. It is their territorial instinct that prompts them to scratch and leave a mark.
They inform other cats that they are coming into marked territory, by leaving a distinctive scent on the surface they scratch from the sweat glands in their paws.
Not knowing when another cat would turn up, your kitty would do it even if you don’t have any other cats! Cats also scratch simply because it feels good!
By purchasing a cat scratching post, you solve two problems:
Number one:
Your kitty doesn’t scratch your furniture anymore, and
Number two:
She keeps herself in shape, and at the same time satisfies the urge to scratch. By stretching, pulling and working the muscles of her front quarters, she’ll get the workout that she needs each time she attacks the scratching post!
Actually, she’ll prefer her cat scratch post to your loveseat, as long as you purchase one made of rough sisal material or something similar. Forget the soft, pretty posts! They will not gain her interest al all.
Sisal material and not sisal rope is perfect for satisfying the cats’ need to shred. Cats cannot resist the urge to shred things! Your kitty needs to get a healthy stretch while she scratches, so make sure that the cat scratch post is at least 28″ high.
The post should not move during one of her heavy duty scratching sessions, so it is imperative that it is sturdy! If the post topples on her, she will be frightened of it, and not come near it ever again!
Do not hesitate another minute, now that you know the reason why kitty scratches! You need your love seat, and you need your kitty, so the both of you need a cat scratch post!
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