Cat help!
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- 78robots
My finace and I just bought our first house, and with it we bought our first set of real furniture. The problem is our cats are already starting to pick at the sofas. We have tried various products to stop cats from scratching, but so far they are not working too well. So our options are - keep them locked in the basement for the rest of their lives, or give them away. We don't want to do either because we love them. Does anyone have any advice? This is a very sad issue for us.
- delilah0
declaw?
meow.
- stewart0
let m out with the cat trap
http://www.gotogo.nl/what_cattra…
- tny0
don't know what to tell you... our cat has shredded her way through the entire house, that little dickens!
- vburo0
nice stew!
- SteveJobs0
tips on kitten preservation:
- mogwai0
this really works. get one of those cardboard scratchers at Target. It's just made of corrugated cardboard and comes with catnip that you sprinkle on it. worked for my two scratchers like a charm.
plus they freak out on the catnip and act like they on good X or something.
- paraselene0
it's rough. you basically have to choose between your pets that you love and adore or having knackered furniture for the rest of your life.
there's maybe one thing that you could try:
water pistol kitty brainwashing
that works for a lot of different behavioural aberrations.
- stewart0
isn't a cat trap actually THIS?
or is it my english. janne?
- sparker0
double sided tape. put it on the places they try to scratch for a while...it irritates their paws enough to make them stop.
i use it on powercords, cables, etc.
and, a scratching post/mat and some nip always works.
our two cats never claw furniture.
declawing is cruel.
- ********0
cloth sack + bricks + river.
Wurks a fucken treat.
- stewart0
cloth sack + bricks + river.
Wurks a fucken treat.
MX_OnD---
noooooooo.
that's fer dogs.
- ********0
cloth sack + bricks + river.
Wurks a fucken treat.
MX_OnD---
noooooooo.
that's fer dogs.
stewart
(Feb 18 05, 08:18)Aye but ye can get mare cats intae the sack than dugs, ken?
- paraselene0
cloth sack + bricks + river.
Wurks a fucken treat.
MX_OnD
(Feb 18 05, 08:18)oi.
you're dangerously close to losing a groupie, ken?
- del_razor0
my cats hate the smell of citrus.. so i found some citrus scented lysol.. and sprayed it around the areas they were trying to claw at.. they get one whiff and bolt like it's poison... (lemon or orange usually works)
they also make stuff specifically for this at the pet store.. to spray and get them away..
- ********0
cloth sack + bricks + river.
Wurks a fucken treat.
MX_OnD
(Feb 18 05, 08:18)oi.
you're dangerously close to losing a groupie, ken?
paraselene
(Feb 18 05, 08:21)Shite the kilt lassie, Ah thocht ye'd goat back ootta the sack, ken?
- 78robots0
We've done the Double sided tape - They ripped it off. We tried the spray but didn't really have any effect on them. And we got these things called soft paws, they are little plastic claw covers, but the one cat just chewed them off.
- paraselene0
damnation.
the basturt just won me back.
- gruntt0
i use softpaws on our 2 cats and it works pretty darn good. yeah they chewed them off the first couple of times but now they don't pay any attention to them. The softpaws do come off as they shed their nails you just have to pay close attention and replace them as needed.
in other words, you'll need to break their will.
- ********0
damnation.
the basturt just won me back.
paraselene
(Feb 18 05, 08:25)Whit can ah say, ah'm a fucken irresistable hooooooooor.
- mogwai0
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.…
this is all you need. suddenly the couch just wont do it for them anymore. trust me.