Cats - Help!!!

SurgicalA

Is this any good too?

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SurgicalA

@SilverTabby

They like to stay in but they do go out

VfM4meplse

I like cats, but I like nice furniture more.

I'm just saying.

vic_sf49

I have a couple of cheap but quite solid rugs (made of polypropylene), that the cats like to scratch, so they don't bother with my carpets at all.

My cats liked scratching my divan bed base, as they couldn't be bothered diverting 2 feet to the scratching pole. I've now sited it in the direct line they take from the catflap to my bedroom. Can you move yours to where they scratch on the sofa?

ben501

SurgicalA wrote: »

What am I supposed to do?

Accept it and move on.


I have
Multiple scratching posts & scratching mats. They all get used.Wooden posts (gatepost) outside. Door frame in the utility room :think:


Despite all this they still like to have a good scratch/clawing session on my bed every morning (and probably other times too). The leather sofa is showing signs of becoming a scratching post too.

LHW99

Try a water pistol
We had problems with our cat going onto kitchen work surfaces / dining table (and a bit of scratching).
A quick squirt with a water pistol (make sure you are a good shot) tends to discourage, and doesn't harm the cat. Because its not so easily identifiable as shouting, it doesn't make them think theyare getting attention, which can be part of the problem.
We also kept our in the utility where there wasn't anything to damage while we were out until she had begun to learn what we wanted.

borkid

Try diluting lemon oil and dabbing that where they scratch. It has the bonus of smelling pleasant as well. My cats don't scratch the furniture but they do use it to stretch on and inevitably their claws sometimes catch and pull the fabric.


Cats are far more useful than pristine furniture. Some problems catless neighbours have had which we have never:
mice eating the stored apple crop
rats
squirrels eating tree bark and the cottage thatch
moles
rabbits eating the veggi patch


Plus add to that the medicinal benefits of cats and who could not want one

Ayeshalush

SurgicalA wrote: »

I’ll try the catnip but would that stop them ripping up other areas?

I would try the catnip on the scratching post and a deterrent spray on the other areas they are scratching.

Every time they start scratching in the wrong area lift them over to the scratching post.

auldblerk

As NCC-1707 has posted earlier, you would be better off posting in this section ..

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BooJewels

Is it possibly a stress reaction - have you tried one of the plug in pheromone diffusers? It's years now since we had cats, but the one we used was called a feliway and it worked a treat.

We had one cat who despite seeming to have everything possible to keep him totally content, would bite out his own fur and the feliway completely stopped it. The vet thought he was stressed about something we couldn't control, like other cats and dogs in the area he could see from windows, or smell outside.

The scratching could be a similar reaction, as scratching is one of the ways they spread their scent and mark territory. It might even be because you use too much human scented stuff like air freshers and reed diffusers and they're trying to make the place smell more cat-like.