If you want to prevent your cat from scratching and ruining furniture, carpets, and curtains, you will need to make a cat scratcher to offer an alternative. Cats naturally sharpen and keep their nails trim by scratching. Because the act is instinctive, do not expect to teach your cat not to do it. You can get your cat to prefer using a scratching post though. Since bad habits can be difficult to break, you will want to get your cat started on using a scratcher as soon as possible. You can get your cat’s interest by sprinkling some catnip on the scratching post when you finish making it. How do you make a cat scratcher? more »

Cat furniture is a commodity that is known by many names. The most common include Cat Trees, Cat Condos, Kitty Condos, Cat Towers, Cat Climbers, Cat Scratchers and Cat Gyms. There are dozens more, but whatever term you use to describe cat furniture, the purpose is the same - to enable your cats to follow their instinctual desire to scratch without damaging your furniture, carpet, or other belongings, and also to give them a place of their own where they can exercise, play, and lounge. Why Do Cats Scratch? In order to be completely informed when buying cat furniture, it's helpful to understand why it is that cats scratch in the first place. The primary reason for cats scratching furniture, carpets, woodwork, or other objects is to mark their territory for other cats (this is instinctual, so they will do this even if they are the only cat in the house). Additionally, the scratching helps remove the dead cells from the claw sheaths, and stretches their muscles and ligaments. Feline more »