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Cat-proofing my mattress?
"Rhino" wrote in message ... "Rene S." wrote in message ... Rhino, I would never suggest declawing, so no worries there. I would strongly suggest putting a scratching post near the areas they scratch, so they scratch the post and not your bed/mattress. Our youngest cat was scratching the boxspring near the front of our bed, and I used Sticky Paws on that (the double sided tape sold for deterring cat scratching). I'm not sure where the areas are, but you could try using Sticky Paws over the area. I've never heard of that product. How is it different from regular double-sided tape? I can easily come up with double-sided tape but I'm not sure where to find Sticky Paws. (I'm in Ontario, Canada so I don't know if Sticky Paws is carried by Canadian pet stores.) Problem solved! I just googled and Sticky Paws is available at Pet Smart. There's one not too far from here so I should be good to go! Thanks! -- Rhino |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
Rhino wrote:
I have a conventional box spring and mattress that I am looking to replace because it is just too hard. I'd like to know if anyone knows any ways that I can reliably cat-proof the new mattress so that my two cats, both of which have their claws, don't sharpen their claws on it the way they did with the current mattress. (I say "did" because they don't scratch it a lot any more but I suspect that is because they are out of places that they can scratch on the mattress that aren't already shredded.) While the mattress still works fine, it looks *awful*. They have shredded it so badly that they can literally stick the top half of their bodies into the holes they have made - I saw Bebop, the larger of the two cats, do it once! I will not consider declawing them so please don't even suggest it. I do not want to banish them from my bedroom or bed either. I'm looking for some way to deter them from sharpening their claws on the wood frame of the mattress. In case it makes a difference, they are both 10 years old, one is male and one is female, and they are both neutered. Does anyone have any reliable techniques for protecting the bed from their claw-sharpening? If so, I'd love to hear from you! First step is to buy a couple of sharpening posts, and put them at the foot of your bed, at the corners. the cats will, or at least should, use these because they are better suited for the job. Then, whenever you catch a cat using the mattress, pick him up and put him in front of one of the posts, and take his front paws and work them against the post so he gets the idea. (say, good kitty, and reward him with a treat afterward) As time goes on, when he still uses the mattress, throw a pillow at him and scream at him. Cats are not stupid....They will usually get the idea pretty fast that what they are doing displeases, or pleases you. |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
On Nov 27, 8:44*pm, "Rhino"
wrote: "Rhino" wrote in message ... "Rene S." wrote in message ... Rhino, I would never suggest declawing, so no worries there. I would strongly suggest putting a scratching post near the areas they scratch, so they scratch the post and not your bed/mattress. Our youngest cat was scratching the boxspring near the front of our bed, and I used Sticky Paws on that (the double sided tape sold for deterring cat scratching). I'm not sure where the areas are, but you could try using Sticky Paws over the area. I've never heard of that product. How is it different from regular double-sided tape? I can easily come up with double-sided tape but I'm not sure where to find Sticky Paws. (I'm in Ontario, Canada so I don't know if Sticky Paws is carried by Canadian pet stores.) Problem solved! I just googled and Sticky Paws is available at Pet Smart. There's one not too far from here so I should be good to go! Thanks! -- Rhino I second Sticky Paw if the area is not too big. I found it works very well, but it is a bit pricey. When your cats use the scratching-on- mattress tactic to wake you up in the morning, you need to provide them with something else they can use, or they will scratch the carpet or some other unsuitable area. My cats were scratching the carpet for the same reason until we provided them with a sturdy cat tree. We didn't even have to teach them to use it. They saw it, circled it, sniffed a bit and then set to scratching. My carpet is now safe. I used Sticky Paw on another bed, that was used for scratching in one corner of the boxspring. Sticky Paw worked like a charm. obsidianjg |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
On Nov 27, 7:41*pm, "Rhino"
wrote: "Rene S." wrote in message ... Rhino, I would never suggest declawing, so no worries there. I would strongly suggest putting a scratching post near the areas they scratch, so they scratch the post and not your bed/mattress. Our youngest cat was scratching the boxspring near the front of our bed, and I used Sticky Paws on that (the double sided tape sold for deterring cat scratching). I'm not sure where the areas are, but you could try using Sticky Paws over the area. I've never heard of that product. How is it different from regular double-sided tape? I can easily come up with double-sided tape but I'm not sure where to find Sticky Paws. (I'm in Ontario, Canada so I don't know if Sticky Paws is carried by Canadian pet stores.) -- Rhino Rhino, I'm glad you found the Sticky Paws! It is MUCH stickier than regular double-sided tape (I've tried it, and it just doesn't stick on furniture). It also comes off easily. Rene |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
I should point out that the cats claw at the wood in the box spring to wake
me up in the morning. They aren't clawing it during the day. I'm new to this group, and I have no wish to offend, and I am quite open to learning, and I have had cats for 20 years - but I wonder how you know the cats are doing this to wake you up? Are they not just doing this as a cat thing when THEY are waking up. If you choose to have your cats in your room, isn't this just a consequence of their natural behaviour?? |
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"Rhino" wrote
Sorry, I think the confusion is mostly my fault from describing the problem as being with the mattress. It is actually the box spring that is getting clawed. Putting a sheet of plastic over that sounds like an inexpensive thing to try and doesn't get in the way of sleeping. I like it. Ok, you mean the sides and possibly bottom of the box spring. Plastic may work, or may be shredded in minutes. It's cheap to try though! |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
Rhino wrote:
I have a conventional box spring and mattress that I am looking to replace because it is just too hard. I'd like to know if anyone knows any ways that I can reliably cat-proof the new mattress so that my two cats, both of which have their claws, don't sharpen their claws on it the way they did with the current mattress. (I say "did" because they don't scratch it a lot any more but I suspect that is because they are out of places that they can scratch on the mattress that aren't already shredded.) While the mattress still works fine, it looks *awful*. They have shredded it so badly that they can literally stick the top half of their bodies into the holes they have made - I saw Bebop, the larger of the two cats, do it once! I will not consider declawing them so please don't even suggest it. I do not want to banish them from my bedroom or bed either. I'm looking for some way to deter them from sharpening their claws on the wood frame of the mattress. In case it makes a difference, they are both 10 years old, one is male and one is female, and they are both neutered. Does anyone have any reliable techniques for protecting the bed from their claw-sharpening? If so, I'd love to hear from you! soft claws |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
chaniarts wrote:
Rhino wrote: I have a conventional box spring and mattress that I am looking to replace because it is just too hard. I'd like to know if anyone knows any ways that I can reliably cat-proof the new mattress so that my two cats, both of which have their claws, don't sharpen their claws on it the way they did with the current mattress. (I say "did" because they don't scratch it a lot any more but I suspect that is because they are out of places that they can scratch on the mattress that aren't already shredded.) While the mattress still works fine, it looks *awful*. They have shredded it so badly that they can literally stick the top half of their bodies into the holes they have made - I saw Bebop, the larger of the two cats, do it once! I will not consider declawing them so please don't even suggest it. I do not want to banish them from my bedroom or bed either. I'm looking for some way to deter them from sharpening their claws on the wood frame of the mattress. In case it makes a difference, they are both 10 years old, one is male and one is female, and they are both neutered. Does anyone have any reliable techniques for protecting the bed from their claw-sharpening? If so, I'd love to hear from you! soft claws Put a sharpening post covered with carpet at the foot of the bed, and keep the door to the bedroom closed, so the only time the cats can get in there is when you are in there, too. Then, when they try to sharpen their claws on anything except the sharpening post, throw a small pillow at them and scream at them. After a bit, they will start using the sharpening post, and only the sharpening post.... |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:29:54 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote: chaniarts wrote: Rhino wrote: I have a conventional box spring and mattress that I am looking to replace because it is just too hard. I'd like to know if anyone knows any ways that I can reliably cat-proof the new mattress so that my two cats, both of which have their claws, don't sharpen their claws on it the way they did with the current mattress. (I say "did" because they don't scratch it a lot any more but I suspect that is because they are out of places that they can scratch on the mattress that aren't already shredded.) While the mattress still works fine, it looks *awful*. They have shredded it so badly that they can literally stick the top half of their bodies into the holes they have made - I saw Bebop, the larger of the two cats, do it once! I will not consider declawing them so please don't even suggest it. I do not want to banish them from my bedroom or bed either. I'm looking for some way to deter them from sharpening their claws on the wood frame of the mattress. In case it makes a difference, they are both 10 years old, one is male and one is female, and they are both neutered. Does anyone have any reliable techniques for protecting the bed from their claw-sharpening? If so, I'd love to hear from you! soft claws Put a sharpening post covered with carpet at the foot of the bed, and keep the door to the bedroom closed, so the only time the cats can get in there is when you are in there, too. Then, when they try to sharpen their claws on anything except the sharpening post, throw a small pillow at them and scream at them. After a bit, they will start using the sharpening post, and only the sharpening post.... Instead of screaming at them, it's probably best to take them when they scratch something else and bring them to the scratching post. Actually, if you put catnip on the scratching post, they will train themselves to use that. I've always used blankets that overlay the mattress anyway so no part of the mattress is accessible to their claws. In fact, I have one comforter (being full scale winter here) that overlaps the entire bed to the floor (Queen bed, King comforter). Because it's a platform bed, it forms a "secret tunnnel" under the comforter that they love to stay in that goes all around the bed. I like to play "there's a monster under the bed", poking stuff under the comforter that get attacked by the monsters.It is important that no bare feet come too close however. |
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Cat-proofing my mattress?
dgk wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:29:54 -0800, "Bill Graham" wrote: chaniarts wrote: Rhino wrote: I have a conventional box spring and mattress that I am looking to replace because it is just too hard. I'd like to know if anyone knows any ways that I can reliably cat-proof the new mattress so that my two cats, both of which have their claws, don't sharpen their claws on it the way they did with the current mattress. (I say "did" because they don't scratch it a lot any more but I suspect that is because they are out of places that they can scratch on the mattress that aren't already shredded.) While the mattress still works fine, it looks *awful*. They have shredded it so badly that they can literally stick the top half of their bodies into the holes they have made - I saw Bebop, the larger of the two cats, do it once! I will not consider declawing them so please don't even suggest it. I do not want to banish them from my bedroom or bed either. I'm looking for some way to deter them from sharpening their claws on the wood frame of the mattress. In case it makes a difference, they are both 10 years old, one is male and one is female, and they are both neutered. Does anyone have any reliable techniques for protecting the bed from their claw-sharpening? If so, I'd love to hear from you! soft claws Put a sharpening post covered with carpet at the foot of the bed, and keep the door to the bedroom closed, so the only time the cats can get in there is when you are in there, too. Then, when they try to sharpen their claws on anything except the sharpening post, throw a small pillow at them and scream at them. After a bit, they will start using the sharpening post, and only the sharpening post.... Instead of screaming at them, it's probably best to take them when they scratch something else and bring them to the scratching post. Actually, if you put catnip on the scratching post, they will train themselves to use that. I've always used blankets that overlay the mattress anyway so no part of the mattress is accessible to their claws. In fact, I have one comforter (being full scale winter here) that overlaps the entire bed to the floor (Queen bed, King comforter). Because it's a platform bed, it forms a "secret tunnnel" under the comforter that they love to stay in that goes all around the bed. I like to play "there's a monster under the bed", poking stuff under the comforter that get attacked by the monsters.It is important that no bare feet come too close however. we call them bed rats, and sic the children on the rats. unfortunately, they sometimes don't get all captured and come back at 3am, so the hunt gets repeated at an unfortunate time. |
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