A previous version of this story misspelled the first name of Sarah Everett, clinical assistant professor at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine; she also prefers to use ...

For a variety of reasons, some cat licking, scratching, and chewing behaviors become compulsive, which can annoy you and damage your pet’s skin and coat. If your cat is scratching, licking ...

To find the best products to protect furniture from cat scratching ... scratching cats seemed to enjoy flexing his claws on the Sofa Scratcher Squared as much as the couch itself.

Providing items such as proper scratching posts placed near the areas a cat frequents, toys, elevated observation spots, and other enrichment options, including pheromone products, can help.

Has your living room become a cat-astrophe? Researchers are clawing away at a better understanding of why cats love scratching up furniture — and also some ways to keep their paws off your ...

For example, if the post is covered with something like carpet, this will confuse your cat - he can't tell the difference between scratching at your carpet and at carpet on the post!

If you have a kitten who is scratching ... the cat’s toes are amputated so the animal can no longer use its claws to scratch household items or hurt others during rough play—or defend itself ...