You can finally rid yourself of scratches from your cats upon the furniture in your home by buying cat furniture. Cat furniture is the general term for any of the cat scratcher, cat tree, cat tower or any similar feline oriented furniture you may come across. This furniture, made especially to a feline's specification can finally put an end to the scratches and claw marks upon the furniture in your household.

People usually get so tired of their pet cats scratching their furniture, that they sometimes have their claws remove. I would strongly recommend abstaining from any such act. The cats still keep trying to scratch, claws or not, which harms them in the long run. A cats scratching is a purely instinctual nature inbred in felines all across the world, like a lion or tiger in the jungle, so the domestic cats in out houses just cannot do nothing but scratch.

When a cat scratches, it means three things, first off the obviously visible scratches tells any strayed cat that this household already occupies a feline, secondly, there are special glands in the claw sheaths that exude certain pheromones that warns the other cats of the resident. Last but not the least, scratching not only removes any dead cells in the claw sheath, it also flexes the muscles in use.

Now the obvious choice for any family that includes feline members provided they don't want each and every piece of furniture scratched and damaged is to buy cat furniture. Kitty furniture not only provides a cat with a scratch able surface, it also ensures that a cat will be most comfortable scratching the furniture rather than any other piece of furniture. When choosing cat furniture, it is very important you give consideration to what you buy; the structure, material as well as the design of cat furniture may very well determine how costly it will prove to your pocket as well as how long your investment will provide you the peace of mind you so need.

For the structure of kitty furniture, the most commonly used materials used are card board and solid wood cylinders. Though general perception suggests that cardboard may not prove as effective as a structural material, they grossly underestimate cardboard.

The choice in the structural material may also pose a bit problematic, there are various different options like particle board, cardboard, solid wood or plywood, though people usually believe that no material is stronger than solid wood, they are mistaken. A quarter of an inch thick cardboard, when formed in walls of a tower is almost as strong as well as very much lighter than a solid cylinder of wood.

The external covering is of the utmost importance and usage in any kitty furniture. You can go for the commonly used carpet to go with your furniture because of its diverse availability in almost every color, or you could go for the latest, acrylic based fake or more aptly called fake fur, though thereby your choice in color would seriously be limited.

To summarize the article, if you wish to buy a cat scratcher or cat furniture, you should first decide upon a few things like the structural material and design, the graphic covering upon the structure as well as the color theme you could wish in your furniture, remember that cats are almost as much part of your family as anyone else and deserve any attention you pay them.