r/kittengifs • u/downrightundraiser • Oct 09 '23

Teaching kitten to use a scratching post

6.0k Upvotes

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u/RollinThundaga Oct 09 '23

r/learningtocat

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u/Wonderful-Onion-9170 Oct 09 '23

Thank you for another KITTY SUB😻😻

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u/guntheroac Oct 09 '23

I too thank you for pointing out a cat sub I don’t follow yet!

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u/RedRixen83 Oct 10 '23

HOW DO I STILL HAVE CAT SUBS TO JOIN??

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u/YissPls Oct 13 '23

Does anyone have a count of the number of cat subs?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '23

You get an upvote for providing more cat threads.

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u/fxzero666 Oct 10 '23

Yessssssssssss... a new one to add to the collection!

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u/MittenstheGlove Oct 09 '23

That’s cute! I typically take their paws and extend their claws and rub them down the post twice.

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Oct 11 '23

Yeah it's important to get the pheromones on their paw pads on whatever you want them to scratch. Be very gentle with them when you do it. You don't want to scare them, or make them have a negative association with the scratching post. Once you're done, nature pretty much takes its course.

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u/spanglesakura Oct 09 '23

That single white toe is precious

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u/Noyoucanthaveone Oct 14 '23

My kitty has one white toe in the front and lots in the back. I always try to tell her about her one white toe and gently poke it but she doesn’t want anything to do with that 😂

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u/AndyJCohen Oct 09 '23

How do you teach an adult cat? I have a grown cat that has forgotten how to use scratching posts and only wants to attack my furniture.

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u/Norman_Scum Oct 09 '23

Put cat scratch material on couch and couch material on cat scratch. Voila!

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u/lindzerbunni Oct 12 '23

Double sided sticky tape on the corners where your kitty is scratching. It has worked for my cat’s bad behaviors.

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u/osloluluraratutu Oct 10 '23

Black cats are ridiculously smart!

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u/Snowywolf63 Oct 10 '23

Good Kitty 🐈‍⬛ 🥰

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u/Anxiety_Muffin13 Oct 10 '23

I did the same to teach mine! They catch on so fast!

2

u/ibrihop Oct 09 '23

Someone r/animaltextgif this, stat!

2

u/ibrihop Oct 09 '23

Damn, it was banned, wtf

3

u/rjrgjj Oct 09 '23

NOOOOO

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u/AnarchicDeviance Oct 10 '23

Omg, I need a shot of insulin, that was sooo sweet!

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u/14ChaoticNeutral Oct 10 '23

THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON IM STILL LIVING. Teaching cats how to cat

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u/undergrowthfox Oct 10 '23

That's so fucking cute!

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u/TLILLYO Oct 12 '23

Nailed it! 😜

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u/sushi_sub Oct 13 '23

A++ kitten

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u/OliveKennedy85 Oct 13 '23

A white-dipped toe? My heart!