Found a smart and pretty cat who blogs! I’m sure if she gets to know me, she will write about me, Sir Quinsley, as the famous detective cat who hunts down all the nasty rats. She and her friends even came up with CCSI.

So, here the story goes. A large amount of cheese goes missing, and my human pet seeks my help. I, Sir Quinsley, ace detective and cute cat, agree with that, and so the hunt starts. My trail takes me to various places, like the alley, and the hot tin roof, and finally, I saw some cheese crumbs near a French restauant.

I took a sniff, and smelt the nasty rats. They must be hiding in the area. No, wait, it smells like only one rat. I heard some voices. Meow! As my whiskers move, I think I know the huge plot. The evil rat is planning to cook them and make a cheese cake.

I corner the rat and hold him by the tail. Meanwhile, to finish up my work, I take the entire cheesecake back to my human pet, and all I can say, the evidence is yummy.

Just like how you humans have different colours, and some hairier than the other, it goes the same for us. We cats have different breeds, with a wide range of colours and fur.

Sometimes, we get special partners to breed with, so that our kittens become stronger, or just to have a certain type of coat colouring. Through the years, with some mutations, you can find different types of fur too. Is this good or bad?

The main colours are black, blue, grey, ginger and of course, white. When these colours mix together and you get different patterns, so we don’t look alike.

The domestic cats originally had the markings that we now know as the tabby cat, as all cats initially came from the wild.

It is through selective breeding, mutations, and the choices of different colored kittens to breed, that the current range of coat colorings and fur types has become available.

There are various different patterns in many different combinations of colors that go with these patterns from black, blue, and gray, ginger and so on to choose from.

Do you know why we have different colours? In the wild, our fur serves several purposes. It acts as a camouflage to assist in our ability to hunt for food.
It is a source of insulation against the weather, and the various different locations that cats can be found generally determine the type of coat that a cat is likely to have.

Please don’t send those with long hair to the tropics. It is really hot! The thick coat will help to protect us in colder climates. For those who live in hot climates, our fur is finer and less dense. Some cats are even hairless, as they need to remain cool in hot climates.

Hi, see my friend Gizmo flushing the toilet. Oh man, he is such a pussy cat. He loves to flush the toilet, but why doesn’t he try something else? He must be suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder and that’s why he keeps repeating the steps. Just like how some keep washing their hands, he keeps flushing the toilet.

That’s nothing too difficult. I don’t understand why his human pets praised him. Hello, it’s just flushing the toilet. I can do more things, like watching other cats flush. Hee.

Oh well, another time perhaps.

Now that you know why we cats love to scratch, I’m sure you do not want us to scratch your precious expensive leather couch from Italy. It goes the same for your wooden tables, curtains and sideboard. That means you need to get me a good scratching pad.

Not every cat is as smart as me, so you better let my feline friends know what the scratching pad is for. Put the scratching post somewhere where we can access it easily. Sometimes, after a yummy meal, or some good licking, we feel like having a scratch.

This is where you have to be constantly attending to us. If we look like we are going to scratch something soon, quickly pick up that and put it near the scratching post. I’m not sure how you are going to carry that huge sofa, but I’m sure you can work something out. Sooner or later, we will learn that we should be scratching the post instead of your furniture.

If we keep scratching a particular item or furniture in the house, then you might want to remove that item and change it to a scratching post at that spot. We will soon learn that it is the scratching pad that we should be scratching and not elsewhere.

While people like to say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, it sorts of apply to us cats too. Of course that doesn’t apply to me. I’m still young at heart.You need to teach us when we are young. It is extremely hard to unlearn unwanted behaviour if you never spend enough time to teach us when we are young.

Sometimes, we may scratch as a form of devotion (it should be our acknowledgement of you feeding us), and we may leave our scent over your scent. If you rub your hands or clothing over the scratching post, we don’t mind scratching that post. That’s something you may want to know, even though my feline friends are going to kill me for revealing this.

Go buy a good scratching post today. Meow!

You humans, have you ever kept long fingernails? Did you feel like scratching something? Well, I did. Even if I am allowed to roam freely outside, I will try to find something to scratch when I’m indoors.

Why do I want to scratch your precious things? I’m not a nasty feline, for sure.
I need to sharpen my claws.
It’s all the better when I catch that cockroach or mouse, and to play with them. I’m not evil. I just like to play.

I need to show my superiority over weaker cats.
They need to know who’s the boss!

I need to exercise the extension and retraction of my claws.
Just like you humans need to practise the piano, or your dance moves, I need to exercise too. Do you think Wolverine can extent his sharp claws that easily if they were rusty?

I am simply marking my territory.
Just to let you know, I’m the boss, and you are my human pet. This is my territory. Yes, and that’s also to let other cats know where my extensive kingdom lies.

Don’t irritate me.
While I love my own company, there are times when I get frustrated too. I get angry over your constant ways to get me to purr. So, what do I do? Since I can’t throw glasses or pillows, I scratch.

I am showing my affection for you.
Ok, ok, since you are my human pet, and you treat me well, I scratch as a form of devotion. You should be proud that I am loyal to you.

Meow! That’s all for now for today. If you really dislike this scratching habit of mine and my feline friends, find out how you can solve the problem.