I’ve owned cats my entire adult life, and my furniture bears the proof: Every cat I’ve ever owned has left shredded couch corners, pulled loops on my headboard and ruined door mats in their wake. No ...

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But this doesn’t have to be the case: owners can take steps to prevent this behavior, according to research published in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science. For cats, scratching is a natural ...

Certain environmental and/or behavioural factors can increase scratching activity in cats. (Envato Elements pic) Since coming into our homes, cats have developed their own particular habits – famously ...

Is your cat scratching furniture all the time and driving you up the wall? As off-putting as that behavior might be for some owners, cats are just playing to their natural instincts and scratching is ...