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ho to stop cats scratching the carpets

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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Kleeneze Scratch no more. Works a treat
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • the_shreksta
    the_shreksta Posts: 84 Forumite
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    McKneff wrote: »
    Kleeneze Scratch no more. Works a treat

    doesnt seem available any more
  • bspm
    bspm Posts: 541 Forumite
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    edited 26 August 2017 at 7:57PM
    Have you actually tried saying NO! when the cat scratches anywhere you do not want it to?

    I have had cats all my life and not one of them has ever scratched furniture or carpets, we have a new little lady name Elsa having sadly lost the last of our aged cats last May, she is now trained to not scratch, it is amusing that she will run up to furniture, see me then run to her scratching post.

    I guess it helps that I am with her most of the time but when we do leave her alone she is never allowed in the lounge on her own, after all I am not there to shout NO! am I.

    I also regularly trim her claws.

    Good luck
  • anotheruser
    anotheruser Posts: 3,485 Forumite
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    Yea, my cat waits until I am stuck in the loo doing my business so they know I can't chase them away from the carpet.
    Gonna have to trick them when I remember.
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