my 2-11/2 yr old kitty has a nice tall sisaal wrappedd scratching post that she doessn'y use. the only way i've gotten her to even pay a bit of attention yo iy is if i take off my shoess and soert of 'paw' at the ppost with my stocking feet. then she gets all excited an rolls around on the floor. she will pat at the post but never puts out her claws to scratch it. ib fact she hardkt ever puts her claws out. she weigh 12 pounds aand when i try to carry her she starts slipping from my arms. when that happens she never puts out her claws to try and catch herself from falling. she just makes a pathetic little mmeooww; sounds like aa frightened baby kitten.
any ideas on whar i can do to help her learn how to use her claws. she doess use them from time too time to scratch the carpet. since she seems to like the horizoontal suefaace i got her one of those cardboard scratchers. she loves it but rarre;y scratches it. she like too lle on top ofd it to naap.
any idesas or is my kitty just weird. she waas taken deom her momma too soon so hassn'ttt had aany good examples of scratching behaavior. do you suppose that is the main probllem here
any ideas on whar i can do to help her learn how to use her claws. she doess use them from time too time to scratch the carpet. since she seems to like the horizoontal suefaace i got her one of those cardboard scratchers. she loves it but rarre;y scratches it. she like too lle on top ofd it to naap.
any idesas or is my kitty just weird. she waas taken deom her momma too soon so hassn'ttt had aany good examples of scratching behaavior. do you suppose that is the main probllem here