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I have berber carpet and it doesn't seem to affect my 2 cats at all. My one
cat likes to claw the carpet, but so far he hasn't snagged it at all. Once in awhile their claws get stuck in the carpet, but then that's an indication to me that their claws need clipping. If I ever have to replace the carpet, I wouldn't hesitate to get berber again. S. "Jonny R" wrote in message om... I am going to be replacing the carpet in my basement with something tough and durable like Berber given that I have a home gym in the basement. However I was wondering two things: 1) Whether my two cats will always be clawing the carpet and getting their claws stuck in the Berber "loops", or whether they will leave it alone. My cats do claw at carpet but I don't have Berber carpet anywhere in the house, and one of my friends told me that their previous cats hated Berber carpet and would never claw it. It would be great if they didn't bother clawing at Berber carpet. 2) Given that the litter box is in the basement, whether they will track kitty litter into the Berber carpet which may be difficult to remove (i.e. anybody know if its unusually difficult to vacuum kitty litter out of Berber carpet compared to "normal" carpet)? Thanks. |
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I have berber carpet and it doesn't seem to affect my 2 cats at all. My one
cat likes to claw the carpet, but so far he hasn't snagged it at all. Once in awhile their claws get stuck in the carpet, but then that's an indication to me that their claws need clipping. If I ever have to replace the carpet, I wouldn't hesitate to get berber again. S. I'm really glad to hear this. Because I love Berber, I think it adds so much character to the house. But the piece we had ended up snagged really badly over the cats. I always wondered if we'd had a higher-quality piece we would have had better luck with it. It sounds like that's probably true, from your post. Sherry |
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I have berber carpet and it doesn't seem to affect my 2 cats at all. My one
cat likes to claw the carpet, but so far he hasn't snagged it at all. Once in awhile their claws get stuck in the carpet, but then that's an indication to me that their claws need clipping. If I ever have to replace the carpet, I wouldn't hesitate to get berber again. S. I'm really glad to hear this. Because I love Berber, I think it adds so much character to the house. But the piece we had ended up snagged really badly over the cats. I always wondered if we'd had a higher-quality piece we would have had better luck with it. It sounds like that's probably true, from your post. Sherry |
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When we bought our house it had the berber carpet already. I worried that
the berber wouldn't be good for the cats but it has held up just fine (almost 2 years). We were told it was a high quality carpet, maybe that's the difference. S. "Sherry " wrote in message ... I have berber carpet and it doesn't seem to affect my 2 cats at all. My one cat likes to claw the carpet, but so far he hasn't snagged it at all. Once in awhile their claws get stuck in the carpet, but then that's an indication to me that their claws need clipping. If I ever have to replace the carpet, I wouldn't hesitate to get berber again. S. I'm really glad to hear this. Because I love Berber, I think it adds so much character to the house. But the piece we had ended up snagged really badly over the cats. I always wondered if we'd had a higher-quality piece we would have had better luck with it. It sounds like that's probably true, from your post. Sherry |
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When we bought our house it had the berber carpet already. I worried that
the berber wouldn't be good for the cats but it has held up just fine (almost 2 years). We were told it was a high quality carpet, maybe that's the difference. S. "Sherry " wrote in message ... I have berber carpet and it doesn't seem to affect my 2 cats at all. My one cat likes to claw the carpet, but so far he hasn't snagged it at all. Once in awhile their claws get stuck in the carpet, but then that's an indication to me that their claws need clipping. If I ever have to replace the carpet, I wouldn't hesitate to get berber again. S. I'm really glad to hear this. Because I love Berber, I think it adds so much character to the house. But the piece we had ended up snagged really badly over the cats. I always wondered if we'd had a higher-quality piece we would have had better luck with it. It sounds like that's probably true, from your post. Sherry |
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"Jonny R" wrote in message om... I am going to be replacing the carpet in my basement with something tough and durable like Berber given that I have a home gym in the basement. However I was wondering two things: 1) Whether my two cats will always be clawing the carpet and getting their claws stuck in the Berber "loops", or whether they will leave it alone. My cats do claw at carpet but I don't have Berber carpet anywhere in the house, and one of my friends told me that their previous cats hated Berber carpet and would never claw it. It would be great if they didn't bother clawing at Berber carpet. The only carpeting (Vs. area rugs) in my house is on the staircase, & it's a very tiny looped & dense Berber. Herrie (cat) likes to occasionally work at it with his claws, but it shows no signs of wear form him doing this, at all. 2) Given that the litter box is in the basement, whether they will track kitty litter into the Berber carpet which may be difficult to remove (i.e. anybody know if its unusually difficult to vacuum kitty litter out of Berber carpet compared to "normal" carpet)? Thanks. I'm not sure - as I said, mine is a very tiny looped variety & so the litter - if any gets tracked onto it - tends to stay on the surface instead of sinking down into/under the loops. Cathy |
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"Jonny R" wrote in message om... I am going to be replacing the carpet in my basement with something tough and durable like Berber given that I have a home gym in the basement. However I was wondering two things: 1) Whether my two cats will always be clawing the carpet and getting their claws stuck in the Berber "loops", or whether they will leave it alone. My cats do claw at carpet but I don't have Berber carpet anywhere in the house, and one of my friends told me that their previous cats hated Berber carpet and would never claw it. It would be great if they didn't bother clawing at Berber carpet. The only carpeting (Vs. area rugs) in my house is on the staircase, & it's a very tiny looped & dense Berber. Herrie (cat) likes to occasionally work at it with his claws, but it shows no signs of wear form him doing this, at all. 2) Given that the litter box is in the basement, whether they will track kitty litter into the Berber carpet which may be difficult to remove (i.e. anybody know if its unusually difficult to vacuum kitty litter out of Berber carpet compared to "normal" carpet)? Thanks. I'm not sure - as I said, mine is a very tiny looped variety & so the litter - if any gets tracked onto it - tends to stay on the surface instead of sinking down into/under the loops. Cathy |
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My downstairs berber carpet was the second cheapest the store had and it has
worn beautifully for 5 years with 3 cats. I just did the upstairs but couldn't exactly match it because the downstairs carpet was discontinued. This has a little bigger loop but the cats are fine with it. Just clipped them because claws were catching in it but with a clipping no more problem. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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My downstairs berber carpet was the second cheapest the store had and it has
worn beautifully for 5 years with 3 cats. I just did the upstairs but couldn't exactly match it because the downstairs carpet was discontinued. This has a little bigger loop but the cats are fine with it. Just clipped them because claws were catching in it but with a clipping no more problem. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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My downstairs berber carpet was the second cheapest the store had and it has
worn beautifully for 5 years with 3 cats. I just did the upstairs but couldn't exactly match it because the downstairs carpet was discontinued. This has a little bigger loop but the cats are fine with it. Just clipped them because claws were catching in it but with a clipping no more problem. -- Barb Well, darn. I guess we're just slobs. Because ours was snagged so awful in a couple of years we replaced it! Sherry |
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