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I have a one and a half year old domestic shorthair. Her name is Mia and she is the light of my life! However...
She is scratching terribly lately. We have three different kinds of scratch posts for her, and she won't use any of them. Instead, she uses our new box spring, or new living room furniture. I don't want to declaw her because I think it's cruel (how would you like it if I surgically removed your fingernails, and arranged it so that they wouldn't grow?), but it's getting to a point where I don't know what else to do.
This morning, she decided to wake me an hour earlier than I usually get up for the day...by scratching the box spring right below me. I try to correct the behavior, but I know she does it when I'm not here, too. Grrr. Anyone have any suggestions? Anyone have their cat declawed that can share their experience?
She is scratching terribly lately. We have three different kinds of scratch posts for her, and she won't use any of them. Instead, she uses our new box spring, or new living room furniture. I don't want to declaw her because I think it's cruel (how would you like it if I surgically removed your fingernails, and arranged it so that they wouldn't grow?), but it's getting to a point where I don't know what else to do.
This morning, she decided to wake me an hour earlier than I usually get up for the day...by scratching the box spring right below me. I try to correct the behavior, but I know she does it when I'm not here, too. Grrr. Anyone have any suggestions? Anyone have their cat declawed that can share their experience?