re: Scratching The Litter Box? page 2
So when we got my cat his first closed litter box and we would always hear this digging sound coming from it! we were sure he was just covering after himself but turned out he was scratching the walls of the box! till this day he still does this and he can go on for 10 minutes until we call him out! Now I've been searching for info about this behavior and only found info about cats pawing\scratching the air in their litter box, but he actually uses the walls to file his nails, I must mention he does not scratch anything else in the house, in fact he does not use his claws to attack either (people have asked me if he was de- clawed before!
)... non of my cats ever did this and I've never seen a cat do this so I don't know why he does this, it may be that's just where he likes to do it but it just seem's really odd to me ! did any of you ever hear of this or have a cat that does this? I've just always wondered..

Comments (Page 2)
Oh and good luck with the kitty!
I also did a urine and kidney test several times on him when he was younger and also had one done when he got neutered and they came out clean, his stool looks good and non of the typical signs of problems with the actual box that's why I'm guessing its more of that he got used to filing his nails there so much when he was younger he won't even scratch anything else in the house !
I think I read something Jackson Galaxy once shared on Facebook about cats "scratching" the air while in the litter box, but I don't think they came to a conclusion as for why they do that, even Jackson couldn't tell. also Eliot actually scratches in order to file his nails so I'm not sure if it's even the same thing they were talking about
Have you tried giving him one of those emery cat things? I was thinking of getting one.
I've heard of someone who bought one of those that came with catnip (not sure if all of them come with it), her cat rubbed his face on the thing until he bled! so that kind of scares me too especially since he is hairless
But I think it's great as long as they don't put catnip in it!