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Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. We have 2 cats one is
very young about 1yr the other is about 10yrs. The older one has destroyed 2 couches and 1 chair. The younger GiGi uses the clawing post. The older Chance will not he chooses the furniture instead. How can I get him to stop. My fiancé went ahead against my better judgment and bought new couch and chair. Chance has started on the chair. What can I do to stop him short of the deepsix. Bob |
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Bob wrote: Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. We have 2 cats one is very young about 1yr the other is about 10yrs. The older one has destroyed 2 couches and 1 chair. The younger GiGi uses the clawing post. The older Chance will not he chooses the furniture instead. How can I get him to stop. My fiancé went ahead against my better judgment and bought new couch and chair. Chance has started on the chair. What can I do to stop him short of the deepsix. Bob Have you tried the spray? You spray the stuff onto the furniture (only they can smell it), it's supposed to stop them scratching. I got it from the pet shop, it works for a while but you have to remember to reapply it every couple of weeks. I also bought a catnip spray and sprayed the scratching post with it. Good luck |
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Try putting a scratching post right next to where he scratches the chair,
covering where he tries to scratch. I had a cat that liked to scratch the furniture. I had bought a new couch and he started in on the side of the couch. I covered the area with heavy plastic (see-through so it didn't look too bad) and that helped deter my cat from clawing there. You could try that too. Please don't deepsix him. Sue "Bob" wrote in message news:ap15h.12$%U.4@trndny07... Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. We have 2 cats one is very young about 1yr the other is about 10yrs. The older one has destroyed 2 couches and 1 chair. The younger GiGi uses the clawing post. The older Chance will not he chooses the furniture instead. How can I get him to stop. My fiancé went ahead against my better judgment and bought new couch and chair. Chance has started on the chair. What can I do to stop him short of the deepsix. Bob |
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Bob wrote:
Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. We have 2 cats one is very young about 1yr the other is about 10yrs. The older one has destroyed 2 couches and 1 chair. The younger GiGi uses the clawing post. The older Chance will not he chooses the furniture instead. How can I get him to stop. My fiancé went ahead against my better judgment and bought new couch and chair. Chance has started on the chair. PetSmart sells a spray catnip called "WhiskerCity." It works great on scratching posts. No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com |
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Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. We have 2 cats one is very young about 1yr the other is about 10yrs. The older one has destroyed 2 couches and 1 chair. The younger GiGi uses the clawing post. The older Chance will not he chooses the furniture instead. How can I get him to stop. My fiancé went ahead against my better judgment and bought new couch and chair. Chance has started on the chair. PetSmart sells a spray catnip called "WhiskerCity." It works great on scratching posts. Sometimes you have to consider declawing whether want to or not especially if comes down to keeping cat or getting rid of it. |
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"krazy" wrote in message ... Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. We have 2 cats one is very young about 1yr the other is about 10yrs. The older one has destroyed 2 couches and 1 chair. The younger GiGi uses the clawing post. The older Chance will not he chooses the furniture instead. How can I get him to stop. My fiancé went ahead against my better judgment and bought new couch and chair. Chance has started on the chair. PetSmart sells a spray catnip called "WhiskerCity." It works great on scratching posts. Sometimes you have to consider declawing whether want to or not especially if comes down to keeping cat or getting rid of it. Prior to amputation or "getting rid" of a cat, there is always the option of discipline. |
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Bob wrote: Can anyone help me about a serious clawing problem. First of all NEVER consider delawing as an option. Yes your kitty's will no longer damage your furniture since they won't have the option to! But you will I gather (I live in the UK where one of the more sensible laws we have is that unless there is a good vet reason to do so it is illegal to mutilate cats in this way!) soon find kitty won't use litter tray and start biting people Try a selection of posts. I got my two owners and when they were kittens I got a cheap scratching post they never used (apart from to enable them to reach the back of a chair to attack that) Later found out the post probably wasn't tall enough for a grown cat to use it and as it was sitting on the floor and wasn't stable they may have been put off from using it I had sorta resigned myself to ruined furniture (But who cares? They are worth it!) when I chanced upon Cosmic cat scratching posts which are made of cardboard and flat and as the place was selling them for 1.50 I thought it was worth a try... Within a second of opening the box and putting the post down I had both of them on the post and scratching away happily! No training needed! Since then they have been no problem seems this is the post they both liked. Problem is Cosmic only sell to the US most of the time and after getting a couple of replacements the stall that was selling them told me they got them as part of a job lot and would not be able to get anymore bargain cheap scratching posts Guess who ended up on eBay finding the only UK address selling the right posts and hitting the "Buy it now" button to get 4 posts which with postage were almost 25.00! Then again the cats are happy so who cares? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Lesley wrote:
.... Guess who ended up on eBay finding the only UK address selling the right posts and hitting the "Buy it now" button to get 4 posts which with postage were almost 25.00! Next time, try posting something on a message board frequented by travelers and cat lovers (or vice-versa). Folks on my sewing group help each other out like this all the time! --Karen D. |
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Judy wrote: Prior to amputation or "getting rid" of a cat, there is always the option of discipline. Thanks for beating me to it Judy!!! Rant mode on As I live in the UK where declawing is not legal people say I should not comment but let me say it again I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHY MUTILATION OF A LIVING ANIMAL SHOULD BE DONE TO PROTECT AN UNLIVING OBJECT!! If that makes me stupid at least my cats have their claws........ Rant mode switched off again Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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