Shandong Lion Cat

　　 Throughout the years of living together with humans, most of the time cats can coexist peacefully with people, but due to physiological reasons, cats may have some bad behaviors, such as scratching claws. What should we do at these times?

　　Most of the time, cats always show their gentle, kind, and sweet side in front of people. However, sometimes even obedient cats exhibit bad behaviors, such as urinating and defecating everywhere, chewing plants, scratching sofas and floors, and damaging wardrobes and other furniture.

　　When cats are young, owners should start training and disciplining them to develop good living habits and prevent bad behaviors. In daily life, when owners find cats exhibiting bad behaviors, they should promptly stop and scold them; when the cat stops the bad behavior, owners can give praise or food rewards.

　　When correcting cats' bad behaviors, owners should also understand that during the cat's heat period, behaviors like urinating and defecating everywhere, sneaking outdoors, random howling, and poor eating may occur. These are innate instinctive reactions of cats. During this period, owners should not forcibly control the cat’s behavior, but rather show full understanding and tolerance, while also strengthening behavior management to reduce the damage caused by bad behaviors. If owners want to avoid this, they can choose to neuter the cat.

　　Of course, in daily life, to change a cat's bad behaviors, owners should strengthen management and adopt appropriate methods for correction. Owners can prepare some toys their cats like, such as cat trees, scratching boards, etc., to attract the cat’s attention and train it to play on the cat tree and scratch on the scratching board to avoid damaging furniture.

　　If there are other plants at home, to prevent cats from chewing, owners can spray lemon juice or other scents disliked by cats on indoor plants, so cats dare not approach and chew the plants. When correcting bad behaviors, owners should also be meticulous and patient, using scientific methods and never beating or scolding cats randomly.(Source：PetsZone)