Nowadays, many urban white-collar workers keep cute cats at home. Many friends who have just adopted pet cats will complain that cats often scratch the furniture at home. In fact, it is the nature of cats to scratch things. It is a way to occupy the ground and leave a scent. It is also a natural method taught by their ancestors to trim their nails. If you want to improve these "bad habits" of cats in the minds of humans, the best way is to create an environment suitable for cats, so that you can easily protect your beloved furniture. So how to prevent cats from scratching furniture? You can do this:

1. Understand the habits of cats:

If there are furniture in your home that have been scratched by cats, please observe how these furniture are related to the cat’s daily routine. Usually, cats stretch after getting up and then sharpen their claws to enhance the smell of the territory. So furniture along the way could suffer.

2. Observe the cat’s daily routine, and then plan:

Observe where your cat likes to sleep the most? Where does it like to go and play every time it gets up? Which furniture does it like to scratch most? Then place a scratching post next to where it rests, where it must pass after getting up. Place scratching posts along routes and next to furniture that your cat likes to scratch.

Only by understanding your cat’s habits and improving them can you effectively get rid of the problem of cats scratching furniture

3. What should you do if you put a cat scratching post but the cat doesn’t scratch it?

If you have placed a cat scratching post but it doesn’t work, please go back to step two and confirm whether the placement is consistent with your habits.

Secondly, confirm whether the scratching board is made of a material that the cat likes: Each cat has different preferences. Some cats like hemp rope, some cats like corrugated paper, and some cats like carpet or leather. You can tell the clues from the furniture it likes to scratch.

Next, make sure the direction of the scratching post matches the furniture your cat likes to scratch. For example: If your cat's scratching post is placed flat on the ground, but the cat likes to stand up and scratch the sofa, the direction is inconsistent. Some cats like the feeling of a horizontal scratch, and of course they won’t be interested if you put out a hemp rope post. Some cats like the feeling of vertical scratching. If you place a horizontal scratching board next to the sofa, of course they will continue to stand up and scratch the sofa.

　4. What should you do if you see a cat scratching furniture?

The first step is of course...suck it up! Don't scold and pretend not to see~

After the cat has finished scratching, find a way to cover the scratched area, then return to the second step above, place a scratching post suitable for the cat next to it, and reward the cat when they use the scratching board. Once they develop a habit, the covered area can be removed.

Follow the above steps,It can easily solve most of the scratching problems. Finally, remember to replace the cat scratching board regularly to maintain the "scratch feeling"~

Finally, it is not recommended that you use scent sprays. As long as you understand the habits of cats, you can create an environment they like. There is no need to improve the problem by making cats repellent and hate approaching furniture.