Cats have a set of addictions which they often annoy owners. And one of them is a sharpening of claws about your favourite furniture. To be necessary to remember what to scratch to a cat - it is as natural how to breathe therefore it is impossible to forbid her to do it at all. Your main task will be to direct the pet from an improper surface (for example, from leather furniture or wall-paper) to the subject which is specially prepared for a scratching.
Instruction
1. At first it is necessary to buy the special device for a scratching in the form of a column. When choosing a claw sharpener it is necessary to pay attention to the following: it has to be covered with dense and rigid material, its height should not exceed length of a body of a cat, at the same time this device has to be rather steady. To attract a cat, play with her near "column" (for example, pull its favourite toy up a column). Do not force a cat to sharpen claws violently at all, it you can frighten an animal, and it any more will never approach a column.
2. Find the light and lonely place where the cat already sharpened once the claws for a claw sharpener. If you chose a flat board for grinding of claws, then it can be attached to favourite furniture of the pet.
3. In case the claw sharpener was not pleasant to a cat, and it all the same spoils your furniture, then you should make a compromise. Observe what places are chosen by the pet for turning of claws. The tree, cardboard or a strong upholstery can attract a cat. Many pets with the great pleasure scratch construction foam and dense polyfoam. Having decided on tastes of an animal, offer it a piece of the same material. For example, if the cat likes to scratch a carpet in a certain place, then atop you can put an inexpensive rug which can be moved gradually eventually.
4. Try to encourage as often as possible a cat if she sharpens claws in the right place. In her consciousness the association between caress and a scratching of a claw sharpener will be developed.
5. Besides all undesirable places for a point of claws can be processed special spray with a smell of a citrus (vinegar or vodka). These smells will frighten off an animal. However a problem that they quickly disappear and you should put regularly them anew.
6. If any of above-mentioned ways did not approach, then you can just cut claws of a cat. It will not save her from an addiction, but, at least, will make its claws less destructive. If you are afraid to carry out this procedure independently, then it is possible to descend to the veterinarian who will cut claws for the minimum payment.