How can i get my cat to stop scratching furniture?
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u can buy special protectors for sofas etc but cats don't like oranges so try rubbing an orange peel on the place where they scartch and make something readily available for them to scratch on. also get their nails cut regular!
Sounds really horrid but it works eventually, get a water pistol and spray it every time it does it. My cat hated me for weeks but she does not scratch the furniture!
My cats used to rip the back of the armchair to pieces so I bought a scratching post and stuck it in the way. Voila! no more scratched armchair
buy your cat a scratch tower.most pet shops sell them.
put extra scratch posts around the house, and if nessasary, take your cat to the vets and have the claws trimmed
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I have done the scratcher and put double sided tape on the corners of my couches. He doesn't like the way it feels so he doesn't scratch it n e more.
Throw the cat under a moving truck.
We tried the sprays and everything. Ended up having to get our cat declawed. She is fine. So is our furniture.
buy a AK47 and pump 15 rounds into the cat. That should solve the problem.
Just get them something else to scratch on. There are things that can be sold at any pet shop for them to scratch on and whenever they start scratching or seem like they're gonna scratch just sort of pick up the cat and put it near the thing.
Cats have their very own scent glands to recognise their own place in the house. They use whichever is there to 'flex' their claws in the recognition that their safe. Try any citrus based products or just some lemon juice in and around the area. They are nice pets after all. Don't put the lemon directly onto the cat
Please please please do NOT consider declawing your cat!! It is horribly painfull..in fact the vet i go to will only declaw as a last result after they know the owners have tried other means and plan to get rid of the cat.
I had this problem with my older cat and I tried the claw covers. they are glued onto the cat's nails and they don't allow the cat to rip at things but they can still do the motion of clawing and exercising. They were about $20 a package and you could get a few weeks out of each package. They are very simnple to put on too. My cat tried to take them off a lot at first, which means you can go through a lot, but he learned after a couple of weeks that they were going to be there. He eventually stopped and we no longer use them.
Good luck!
Hi get her a scratching post with lots of that string on it and snip the ends of her claws now and again and I mean the ends,they bleed if you cut to much off,maybe then she will leave your furniture alone then.
We have two femail tabbys.
spray water on him or her as cats dont like water
Buy your cat a scratch post, easy to assemble and has catnip in it also your cat will love it
Obvious question: Does your cat have a scratching post? It took me months to teach my cat to use it and I still have to remind him that the sofa is not one of them. Good luck.
Very cheap and easy way is to put clear sellotape round the furniture like the sides of chairs and sofas where the cats scratch, for some reason they do not even try to scratch once you have put it in place.
Buy a scratch "board." Not a post. These can be found at Wal-Mart anywhere. Then sprinkle some "cat nip" on it , show him the board, I even took my cats paw & scratched it on the board so she would know what to do. Place the board in a totally different place not even close to the place your cat is scratching. You might have to show him the board a few times before he actually gets the hang of it. PLEASE....DO NOT DECLAW !! VERY painful !! Make sure you keep cat nip on the board about once a week....it takes very little cat nip.
Put a straw mat down on the floor..cats love to scratch these.
it is hard to stop a cat from doing somthing that is completely natural to him/her. but there is an easy way you can stop his habit from destroying your furnature..
there are these rubber things that they make that you can put over your cats claws so that they arent sharp.. so when they scratch they dont do damage.. this also works for a cat that scratches small children..
go to the link below for more info
www.softpaws.com
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