2007-01-17 05:25:12 · 6 answers · asked by addicted to yahoo answers 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
This isn't my cat i am talking about. It's my friends.
2007-01-18 05:26:01 · update #1
Contrary to popular belief, furniture and carpet scratching is not the cat's way of sharpening his claws but is a form of visual and scent marking. Your cat's paws are equipped with scent glands to facilitate this function. Territorial concerns will increase furniture,carpet and other object scratching/marking. For example, if your cat sees or senses te presence of another animal in the vicinity of his environemnt, the scratching and marking will increase.
2007-01-17 05:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats used their claws for defense and to scent things. Perhaps the cat is trying to get the scent off its paws of the person who trimmed the nails?
Does your cat have a scratching post? Encourage it to use the post by picking it up when it scratches the carpet and moving it to the post. This is what I did and it worked.
2007-01-17 05:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stretching the ligaments in the paws, filing down the sharp tips, getting the house smell back into the paws, etc. There are several reasons. It's completely normal!
2007-01-17 05:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by MasLoozinIt76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) you don't have a scratch post for them to use
2 you didn't file the ends of their nails and they have to finish the job.
2007-01-17 06:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by catloverme123 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ugh, my cat does that to - it isnt cool! But its to stretch and excersize
2007-01-17 05:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by auburnc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes they need to streach and thats one way of doing it ...
2007-01-17 05:28:56 · answer #6 · answered by m k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋