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There are so many beds on the market of all shapes and sizes and sometimes it can be a little overwhelming. Remember: Practicality over fancy. Think: is it functional? Does it serve a purpose?

Basic Beds

These beds are the round or square beds that have coushins in them. Decently priced, they can be found almost anywhere, from a wide arrangement of colors, to shapes, to designs.

Cozy Houses

These are beds that form a little squishy sleeping area for your feline. Covered, warm, and usually made of a soft plush, these are nice in the winter for making little toasty caves for kitty to sleep. These can usually be found at petstores.

Thermal Mats

A portable sunspot! Most cats will enjoy these and like the heat that comes off of them. For arthritic/geriatric cats, these create toasty slumber areas that can be put just about anywhere of your choosing. Can be found at petstores.

Your Bed

Cats will (most of the time) choose to sleep on your bed. Why not? Its large, cozy, smells like their humans, and is one of the most comforting spots in the house. smile Just keep in mind that if you dont want kitty in your bed, provide one of the above mentioned beds and start as early as possible.

Or if you find something your kitty likes to sleep on and you try to replicate it.... be ready for the cat to kind of laugh at you if you want them to pick somewhere else to nap.

Is she scratching the seat/cushion, or the base?
Scratching can be a form of marking; it could also be her way of trying to make it comfier for herself (like how a personal will plump the pillow before using it).

The easiest way to stop the scratching would be to make the chair completely off-limits, at least if it's the seat

I would make it off-limits to her completely, than. Cover with unpleasant surfaces (foil pie pans on the seat, double-sided tape on the back/around the edges of the seat if the pans aren't enough of a deterrent) so as to booby-trap it, basically (so she gets negative association with it rather than people for correcting her).

It's most likely a result of either the type of fabric or (more likely in my mind) something to do with the stuffing inside (a smell or whatever that's not strong enough for you to pick up on)

Right? What kind of material is it? She might be getting her claws in it to stretch her feets. Or as Aki said, making it so that its comfier for herself.