Scratching posts are important for cats, providing them their own area to stretch, scratch, and
remove dead outer layers from their claws.
Cats scratch for many reasons: to remove
the dead outer layer of their claws, to mark their territory by leaving both a visual mark and a scent (they have scent glands on their paws), and to stretch their bodies and flex their feet and claws.
The main reason cats scratch is to remove
the dead outer layer of their claws.
Shape up claws: Scratching removes
the dead outer layer of the front claws, allowing the new nail to grow underneath.
• Scratching posts: Scratching is a natural behaviour for cats, serving to help them remove
the dead outer layer of their claws, to mark their territory, to stretch and to work off surplus energy.
It helps them to sharpen and remove
the dead outer layer of their claws, stretch and flex their bodies and work off energy.
the main reason for cats clawing at your valuables is to relieve a certain itch they feel under their claws thereby removing
the dead outer layer of skin from their claws and relieving themselves of said «itch».
They scratch to remove
the dead outer layer of their claws, to mark their territory, to stretch and to work off surplus energy.
It helps sharpen and remove
the dead outer layer of claws, stretch and flex their bodies and work off energy.