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Cat Behavior: Scratching Is Natural & Necessary

Scratching is an intrinsic, natural feline behavior. Just like their brothers and sisters in the wild, a domestic cat needs to scratch.

Indoor-only cats feel an innate compulsion to scratch, but sometimes they do it in inconvenient places — like the leg of a chair or your favorite couch.

They usually pick a small number of highly visible items in their environment to…

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