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Cat Adoption Step by Step Guide - What challenges might I face in owning a cat?

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What challenges might I face in owning a cat? Cats of course, are their own distinct creatures. Specifically, the number one challenge that comes to mind is scratching behavior. Cats have claws, and cats need to sharpen those claws and use sturdy objects to do that. The number one most favorite object for a cat to scratch is your couch. Nice and steady, nice and stable and get a good grab on to it in a nice lean pull. You need to expect that you would want to spend sometime with your new cat to train them properly, to be using equipment like a scratching post instead. You want to also be ready to learn how to trim those nails, but most importantly, in terms of this specific question, you need to expect that your cat has certain behaviors that are natural and normal for a cat. And are you prepared to face walking down that road should kitty decide that kitty wants to, you know, love your sofa more than the scratching post that you bought and with great gentle guideness and with the help of again shelter staff and people in the community, you can learn to navigate this issues that may otherwise prove themselves to be frustrating for you and your cat.