Why do cats like to scratch couches?

It's an animal instinct, a cat wants to hunt, and it uses its claws to sharpen its claws so that it can catch mice or something.

The cat scratches the sofa to grind its claws, but in addition to grinding its claws, it is also to leave a smell and indicate that this is its territory.

It seems that it is because the cat's claws have grown, or it is angry and wants to find out, and care more about its cat.

It's just grinding its claws, just like a mouse gnaws something, and a cat's claws grow and look for something to grind.

A cat's paw nails grow quickly, and it needs not short claws to prevent the nails from being too long and affecting normal activities. Therefore, the cat will find other objects to sharpen its claws, and the sofa is only one of the goals, when it develops a habit, it will fix its claws on the sofa. The owner can regularly cut the cat's nails, prepare a cat scratching board for the cat, and develop the habit of grinding its claws on the cat scratching board.

Cat owners will often find:

The cat at home especially likes to scratch the sofa, and often scratches the sofa, which is a headache.

If the cat in the house often destroys the sofa, the owner may not know or have not prepared a cat scratch board for them, in fact, most cat owners will know this kind of thing.

Why do cats like to scratch the sofa? Pet Sky believes that there are the following reasons: 1. Preventing fingernails from bending and stabbing the foot pad, the instinct and necessary homework for cat survival.

Cats' paws grow very quickly, and domestic cats grow faster than cats in the wild, because cats in the wild can often climb to sharpen their paws. If cats don't grind their claws often, their nails will grow quickly and bend into the flesh, stabbing the pads on the soles of their feet and hindering the cat's walking. 2. Cat weapons, essential skills for survival Cats in nature need to hunt their own prey, their nails will be blunt if used for a long time, in order to better capture the prey, they encounter from time to time to peel off the old nails, let the new, sharp nails replace the blunt nails, this is their survival skills.

3. Smell marking, survival skillsMany animals have their own unique survival skills, such as: dogs pee everywhere to mark their territory. Cats are the same, they have their own sweat glands on the soles of their feet, and when they grind their nails, their smell will be left in this place to declare:

This place is their territory. Regarding why cats grind their nails, Pet Sky personally believes that there are three main reasons.

What should we do when cats like to scratch the sofa? The answer is simple: buy some cat scratch boards for them or DIY some wood yourself.

If we don't want cats to ruin the sofa at home, we can only prepare some toys that allow them to grind their nails, such as cat scratchers, which are not very expensive.

Of course, we can also DIY some cat scratching boards by ourselves, using wood and fabric. The paper photo above was made by a netizen abroad, and he also set up a sketch and sold it online. Afterword:

A cat scratches things because his claws are long and need to be sharpened. So I will find suitable things to grind and grasp.

That's because cats need to sharpen their paws.