Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Has your trendy mid-century sofa turned into a piece of modern art courtesy of your cat’s busy claws? If so, you may be ...

Furniture scratching. Many cat owners have experienced it. Coming home from work or waking up in the morning only to find the living room sofa, carpet, or armchair now sporting holes, tears, or rips.

Your cat scratching is a normal behaviour. Cats will scratch to sharpen their claws, exercise their claw-retracting muscles and leave a scent to mark their territory. When the scratching is on ...

I was given a cat a few years ago. We'll call him Cat, because that's his name. Like all cats, Cat likes to scratch. However, he doesn't scratch furniture, either of the cat trees, the scratching post ...

Many cat owners are familiar with torn cushions, carpets, and couches. The feline instinct to scratch is innate, but is often perceived as a behavioral problem by cat owners, and sometimes leads to ...

Scientists got an unprecedented look into house cats' daily lives by studying over 1,200 cats. They discovered that cats tend to scratch more often and more intensely when they're stressed.

correctionA 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 ...

Is your cat scratching furniture all the time and driving you up the wall? As off-putting as that behavior might be for some owners, cats are just playing to their natural instincts and scratching is ...