Cats scratch to stay physically and emotionally healthy. Choose one of these cat-tested and pet-parent-approved cat scratching posts to keep felines happy (and your furniture safe). Our editors and ...

Question: My cat is ripping my sofa to shreds. I spray him with water and clap my hands to distract him, but he won't stop. His uses his scratching post but still claws the couch. What can I do?

When someone brings home a new cat, there are lots of decisions to be made. What kind of litter will I use? Should my litter box have a top or not? How may laser and stick-dangling toys will my kitty ...

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 ...

“Can a kitten be declawed at birth?” Someone recently asked this question at Happy Cats Haven. It's a fact: cats come with claws. Scratching with their claws is a basic cat instinct, like eating or ...

Cats scratch things. As any cat owner knows, all the world is definitely theirs for the scratching. Whether anchoring their claws into a rug for a good stretch or marking their territory by shredding ...