Why are cats obsessed with scratching boards? This is the mysterious power from corrugated paper!

An average cat needs to grind claws 12-15 times a day to meet its daily needs.

For cats, a scratching board that is easy to use is like a cup of bubble tea that won't gain weight even after drinking it.

Grinding claws is the nature to survive

The behavior of cats grinding claws can be traced back to their ancestors. For the ancestors of domestic cats, sharp claws can ensure survival, so they have to sharpen their claws frequently to ensure sharp claws. At the same time, the glands near the cat's paw pads can leave some smells, unique claw marks, and smells, It has gradually become a way of dividing territories and communicating among cats. Why are cats obsessed with scratching boards? This is the mysterious power of corrugated paper!

An average cat needs to grind claws 12-15 times a day to meet its daily needs.

For cats, a scratching board that is easy to use is like a cup of bubble tea that won't gain weight even after drinking it.

Grinding claws is the nature to survive

The behavior of cats grinding claws can be traced back to their ancestors. For the ancestors of domestic cats, sharp claws can ensure survival, so they have to sharpen their claws frequently to ensure sharp claws. At the same time, the glands near the cat's paw pads can leave some smells, unique claw marks and smells, It has gradually become a way of dividing territories and communicating among cats.

From a health point of view, regular claw grinding can also help cats wear away their aging nails faster, and regularly clipping their nails can also prevent unrestricted growth of the nails, which may cause damage to the shoveler accidentally.

What needs special attention is that the frequency of claws grinding will decrease when the cat is old. The shovel officer should pay more attention to observe and trimming the cat's nails in time.

Cats have evolved to become domestic cats. Although there is no pressure to survive, the instincts in their bones are still preserved. Today, they sharpen their claws not only to sharpen their claws but also not to destroy and vent (cats don’t care).

Grinding claws is a ritual to release oneself

Why every day when I come home from getting off work, do I see cats frantically scratching their boards?

That's because the cat is happy to see you coming home!

Claw grinding, which stretches the claws and stretches the forelimbs and the entire back muscles, can quickly relieve and stretch the cat.

Scientific research has shown that when a cat has an emotional change, it will use licking to cover up this emotional change, and claw grinding is used to express and vent these emotional changes.

Translated into the vernacular, when your cat is so happy/so frustrated and can't wait to tell you, it will grind its claws like crazy in front of you. And when the cat wants to hide this emotion, it will start pretending to lick.

In addition to expressing emotions, another important reason for domestic cats to sharpen their claws is to leave their own scent and traces.

Needless to say, in a multi-cat family, even if there is only one cat, the shoveling officers come in and out every day, leaving all kinds of unfamiliar smells from the outside world, which will also stimulate the cat's territorial awareness, patrol more diligently, and pass the cat's paw. The interdigital glands leave their own scent and claw marks to mark ownership.

To sum up, claw grinding is beneficial to physical and mental health, and it is a real national recreational sport in the cat world.

In fact, each cat likes to sharpen its claws differently. By observing the degree of wear and tear of furniture in the home, such as the side of the sofa, curtains, or the carpet and the bottom of the sofa, it is usually possible to judge whether the cat prefers to sharpen its claws standing or lying down. Grinding claws.

The mysterious power from corrugated paper

Claw grinding is a good thing, but scratching rotten furniture also makes shit shoveling officers extremely heartbroken. Correction is impossible, and cats can only be encouraged to look elsewhere to raise their paws.

Wild cats often use bark, turf, and other plants to practice their claws. In the home, the fine texture and claw feel of corrugated paper are exactly the same as the rough bark in the wild environment, and the natural smell of native pulp makes cats love their claws and quickly indulge in the mysterious power of corrugated paper.

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