Sentences with phrase «as a scratching deterrent»

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This combination is not only great fun for cats, but also acts as a training tool and deterrent from clawing and scratching furniture.

Trimming cats» claws regularly is also an option, as are nail caps, or spraying cats» target scratching area with a homemade or commercial deterrent.

Alternatives to declaw surgery are often effective and include: scratching posts, deterrents (both physical and chemical), environmental measures such as reducing stress and territorial squabbles, nail covers and nail trimming.

These include having a cat's nails trimmed regularly in order to blunt the tips, providing scratching pads, posts and other appealing structures for the cat to use and employing behavior modification techniques to induce the cat to use them, using deterrents such as double - sided tape (e.g., Sticky Paws ®) to protect furnishings, and covering the claws with soft temporary pads (e.g., Soft Claws ®).

Staff employees should be taught to explain ways of getting cats interested in the post each time one is sold, either with incentives to scratch where the cat owner wants kitty to, as Hannaford recommended, or deterrents to make kitty not scratch where she's gotten used to doing it.