Keeping Your Cat Fit & Healthy : Use a Scratching Post to Keep Your Cat Healthy

[WarriorNerdz]

My kitten is more interested in the bell ontop, she isn't even using the cat scatcher we bought her. =( I try and show her to claw at it, but she doesn't want to. She uses my back to claw at while I sleep * I put her in her bed before I really start doozing off.* Urgh, I just wish she will use the darn thing. It doesn't have catnip on it, and thats crack for cats... >>'

[idgirl97]

If my cats like scratching wood(the wood on our walls which we want to discourage) would providing them with a similiar scratching surface be bad/encourage that behavior? Or even if we just bought a different scratching material but hung it on the wall where they usually scratch? Would that encourage them to scratch more on the walls like we don't want or would they just scratch the stuff we bought for them and ignore the other walls?? thanks for the video. i am full of questions.

[Alldara]

Providing them with a similar surface would discourage the wall scratching. When you see them scratching the wall don't hit them but take them away from the wall and over to the scratching post. also putting catnip on the scratching post will entice them.

[pudd750]

never hit the cat -----they often love to be swatted with a plastic flyswatter tho-- everywhere but the head , of course - plastic, so when the grab it and bite it, they bite plastic, not metal -- omg your house is a cat toy heaven!

[PhoenixRocks]

WONDERFUL VIDEO! Keep them coming about how easy it is to train a cat to use a post, how to trim nails, apply Soft Paws and how INTEGRAL claws are for ALL cats (including indoor only) so we can END barbaric DECLAWING once and for all! Thank you!^..^!