How can I teach a cat where to scratch?
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My kitties have multiple different items they can scratch on: cat trees, scratching boxes, and scratching posts. But Poupée, one of my three cats, will not scratch on any of them, and her nails are getting very long. Sometimes she tries to scratch on the living room carpet, so we’ve tried to get her to use a carpeted scratching post. We’ve tried moving her paws back and forth on it to show her what it’s for, but she doesn’t seem to get it. She recently had to be treated for an ingrown toenail because she doesn’t get her claws worn down by scratching. How can we humans teach a…
