Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture

RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by Rick Suddes (12) | (02/17/2008) Contact Go to www.rataway.com Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By Trisha (Guest Post) (01/09/2008) I have a 12 and 10 yr old cat. I have always left a fire log out behind a chair or in a dark corner somewhere of course in hiding. They go to town on that thing! Discovered this when they kept scratching my firewood in front of the fire place. Been doing this for prob 7 yrs or so. They have never touched the furniture since. Works for me! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By Cindy (Guest Post) (07/24/2007) If you have a Trader Joe's near you, run, don't walk to it and purchase one of their cat scratchers... It's in a flat box form, has a bunch of corrugated cardboard in it, and it also comes with some catnip. I live in Calgary, or I'd be buying them in bulk! lol My cat loves it, and she was very guilty of scratching our furniture....it doesn't happen anymore! cindyhall(at)jbkpottery(dot)com Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by kirstiesparkle (3) | (07/17/2007) Contact My cat just moved in with me and my partner (vet said her peein, shedding, antisocial behaviours and not eating was coz she missed me Aaawwww) trouble is we had just bought a £500 couch and its fabric gets totally messed up if she scratches it. i managed to stop her actively scratching, but she'll get up and have a stretch and her claws will go into the couch and make pulls all over it :( is this something i can stop? :( Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by Sheraone (79) | (07/10/2007) Contact I used a spray bottle of water on my cats maybe 4 times in all. When they were scratching on my furniture. To them it feels like another cat is spitting or hissing at them. And we got them a scratching post. It is best to put the post in an easily accessible and at the same time not too public a place. Kittens arent motivated by catnip so we hung a few dangly things to entice them to play. Another thing I discovered in my reading at the time was not to let them think they are being pushed into doing it. They want to feel that it's their own idea and their own discovery. Whatever you do, dont take the cats paws and rub it along the post. My cats do pretty much what they want, even jump on the table...but furniture scratching was really something I wouldnt allow. I want to say how pleased I am that no one is advocating declawing. I have had cats all my life and never even heard about declawing until I got my new kittens several years ago. So, of course I researched it. OMG! Even my vet, when I had my cats neutered told me that I was in the 5% that DIDNT have their cats declawed at the same time. He stood there and told me that it doesnt bother the cats. I wanted to punch him in the mouth! Of course I changed vets. Europe has outlawed it years ago. Hopefully North America will get the picture soon. Ya'll are lovely people! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By (Guest Post) (05/16/2007) I have five cats and we go to the pet store and buy apple bitters we call it here. you use it for ferrets and cats to keep them off your furniture..ask at your pet store..wont hurt the cats either. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By Amity (Guest Post) (05/16/2007) With my cat, rewards work much better than "training" (yes, those are ironic quotation marks). My cat had no interest in her scratching post until I started putting her treats on top of it. Now she goes over and scratches and about half of the time, she gets a treat. Of course, sometimes her scratches are only token efforts. Now that she uses her scratching post, she pretty much ignores the furniture. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By katvn (Guest Post) (05/16/2007) I have a little tin which I filled with small pebbles. When a cat scratches, shake the tin. They hate the noise and stop scratching straight away. Also, trim their nails so they arn't so sharp and don't do the same damage to your furniture. The last thing is to have a place they can scratch. So once you stop them scratching with the tin, put them in this area where it is okay. This could be at a scratching post, or outside at a tree. They do need to scratch and it is a natural instinct. So teach them what is acceptable Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by Ziggee (173) | (05/15/2007) Contact Everytime you see your cat scratch in a place that they are not suppose then spray them with water. That should do the trick. Zig Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By Graycrab (Guest Post) (05/15/2007) Pet Smart has what is called Sticky Paws. It is clear two faced tape. Put on the furniture where they scratch and they won't! No smell, no chemical and very easy to remove though it lasts a very long time. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By Carol in PA (Guest Post) (05/15/2007) Years ago I used the spray on stuff for furniture and it works. But for my present cat who is now 13 yr old, I only clapped my hands and said "no." She is trained pretty much like a dog. (lol) I think when she was scratching she was really trying to get my attention. Animals are just like kids in that respect. If the clapping of hands .. just a little.. works, be sure to reward with petting and maybe a treat. My cat is proof that most of us dont realize how smart our pets really can be. I think it depends on who raises them. (smile) Good luck Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by jjager (109) | (05/15/2007) Profile | Contact I heard alum powder. It's used for dogs. You need to research this product for cats. Many products cannot be used for both dogs and cats. Jennifer CA Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by Noella (94) | (05/15/2007) Profile | Contact I had a cat that ruined a couch - it was on its way already though. When I got the new couch, I got the spray on stuff and it worked. I didn't notice any ugly smell with it. I don't know the brand I got, sorry. But I did buy a scratching post at the same time and saturated it with catnip. The cat became very interested in the post and when she would go near it, I would pick up her front feet, push her claws out and scratch the post for her. She soon got the idea and never again scratched the couch. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post By Margie Minard (Guest Post) (05/15/2007) The way we stopped out beloved Persian from scratching the couch and chair is to tape aluminum foil to the places she liked to scratch. Looks a bit funny, but they will get the hint in a few weeks. I actually read this tip for places other than the litter box where they like to potty. A cat will usually go back to the same spot. Just tape tin foil over the spot, and it doesn't hurt to have a CLEAN litter box right next to the spot. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Your Cat From Scratching Furniture Post by Beth - MA (97) | (05/14/2007) Contact We have two cats that used to like to scratch our furniture, too. We bought some of that spray-on stuff that smells funky and is supposed to repel them. The only thing was, it repelled us, too. So we ended up buying several little squirt bottles (water pistols leak too much) and put them within easy reach in each room where they like to scratch the furniture. We filled them with water, and then every time we heard the tell-tale scratching, we'd yell at them and squirt them like crazy. It doesn't hurt anything except their pride, and now our cats only scratch their scratch box. Have fun! Report Spam or Abuse