The reasons why kittens like to scratch broken chairs

1. Cats are sharpening their claws. Cats wear old scratch sheaths until they fall off and are exposed Shiny new claws, like a snake shedding its skin. If you are careful, sometimes you will find fallen cat claws when you touch the area on the furniture where the cat has just scratched. I thought it was caused by the cat scratching its foot somewhere, but in fact it was just the cat's outer skin, which would have fallen off in the first place.

2. To exercise the strength of the claws, the cat needs to "polished" its rear claws. In fact, it uses its teeth to bite off the old outer skin of the rear claws, so it will not be as "sharp" as its front claws. Violence" grinding. Polishing the front claws is not only for shedding, but also has a crucial and important function, which is to exercise and strengthen the telescopic function of the claws, which will be more helpful when catching prey, fighting with enemies, or climbing.

3. Cats are marking scent. There is another reason that many people may not even guess. They are marking with scent. There are scent glands at the bottom of the cat’s paws. When the cat is scratching the furniture, , these glands will violently rub the intensified cloth, scratching left and right in a rhythmic manner, so that the smell will be squeezed onto the surface of the cloth and enter into the cloth, leaving the cat's own smell on it.

Solutions for cats who like to scratch things

1. Trim nails of cats regularly, otherwise they will accidentally injure their owners and mess up things at home. The mess is even full of their scratches, and trimming their nails will make them less destructive.

2. Buy a sofa cover. If a cat scratches around your beloved sofa, it will leave scratches on the sofa. You will be very distressed, but it can avoid greater damage to the sofa. You can buy a sofa cover within a certain period of time. Reduce extensive damage to a certain extent.

3. Spray a small amount of lemon water. Cats don’t like the pungent smell. The owner can spray a small amount of lemon water on the places where cats often scratch, so that they will not scratch casually. However, this method only Can relieve cats' excessive scratching behavior.

4. Put on tape. Cats like to scratch at the feet of tables and sofas. We can put tape on them so that cats won’t scratch because they don’t like the sticky feeling. They will avoid it after encountering it.

5. Cat scratching board. Don’t let the cat scratch things at home all the time. You need to buy a cat scratching board to divert the cat’s attention.