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 ...

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There's a lot of things to love about cats: their playful nature, sweet purrs, and gentle demeanors first come to my mind. However, I'm pretty confident in saying that their constant scratching 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?

“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 ...

Cat declawing (also called onychectomy) is the amputation of the first digital (toe) bones in a cat’s paw, including the nail bed and claw. It’s done to stop a cat’s natural scratching behavior. While ...

Q–I have a wonderful 5-month-old kitten, but I also have six young grandchildren. Sometimes when Cokie plays, she gets kind of aggressive with the kids, although she doesn’t mean them any harm. Still, ...