“Dear Cocoa,
I am an inside/outside
feline, and I love to sharpen my nails on the bark of trees. I love how sharp they come out and how much
better the shedding goes when I dig at the rough bark. Recently, my pets purchased a funny looking
pole-like thing that they put catnip all over and then tried to get me to
scratch it. Now why would I want to
scratch that thing when I have all the trees in the back yard to scratch on? Are they missing the point of being outside,
or are they just a bit ignorant as to what felines do? Please explain,
Signed Loves to
Scratch Real Trees”
“Dear Loves to Scratch
Real Trees,
Sadly, your pets are
very ignorant about outside felines.
They are probably trying to work towards keeping you inside because they
feel it will be safer for you. In some
instances it might be; however, we felines are usually very good at living in
the outside world. I would ignore
anything they give you to scratch on inside (including their soft chairs and
couches) and continue to scratch outside for best effect. Perhaps they will decide that outside is best
for you afterall.
