leather sofas as attractive to cats?

Hi all,
I am replacing my sofas and I want a general concensus. I know that cats
claw fabric sofas; but in your experiences' do they (in general) claw
leather sofas, chairs etc.
I know have fabric, and my cat will claw at it at times. I do have a short
clawing post which she will use. But, she is doing sig. damage to the
fabric.
I also like the low maintenance of leather. What do you think. and thanks

"scullycat" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I am replacing my sofas and I want a general concensus. I know that cats
claw fabric sofas; but in your experiences' do they (in general) claw
leather sofas, chairs etc.
I know have fabric, and my cat will claw at it at times. I do have a short
clawing post which she will use. But, she is doing sig. damage to the
fabric.
I also like the low maintenance of leather. What do you think. and thanks

What I would worry about is rips in the leather caused by them jumping onto
and off of the furniture even if they don't sharpen their claws on it.
JMHO.

Hugs,

CatNipped

Mine never made noise unless the water got low. Make sure it is topped off.

"scullycat" wrote in message
news:SX5ff.44479$Vb.25063@trndny05...
Hi all,
I am replacing my sofas and I want a general concensus. I know that cats
claw fabric sofas; but in your experiences' do they (in general) claw
leather sofas, chairs etc.
I know have fabric, and my cat will claw at it at times. I do have a short
clawing post which she will use. But, she is doing sig. damage to the
fabric.
I also like the low maintenance of leather. What do you think. and thanks

Ack. SOrry. THis was supposed to be under the "petmate" thread.

"Karen" wrote in message
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Mine never made noise unless the water got low. Make sure it is topped
off.

"scullycat" wrote in message
news:SX5ff.44479$Vb.25063@trndny05...
Hi all,
I am replacing my sofas and I want a general concensus. I know that cats
claw fabric sofas; but in your experiences' do they (in general) claw
leather sofas, chairs etc.
I know have fabric, and my cat will claw at it at times. I do have a
short
clawing post which she will use. But, she is doing sig. damage to the
fabric.
I also like the low maintenance of leather. What do you think. and
thanks

I have a leather sofa and a leather chair. My cats do not like either
one. I think they prefer something that is more cuddly to them. The
leather chair is by their cat tree and sometimes when flying up or down
the cat tree, they land on the leather chair. But I can't see any
damage at all. I also keep my cats claws trimmed.

I don't know if this makes a difference I had a leather manager chair and a
fabric chair they loved the leather chair and I keep their claws trimmed

scullycat wrote:
Hi all,
I am replacing my sofas and I want a general concensus. I know that cats
claw fabric sofas; but in your experiences' do they (in general) claw
leather sofas, chairs etc.
I know have fabric, and my cat will claw at it at times. I do have a short
clawing post which she will use. But, she is doing sig. damage to the
fabric.
I also like the low maintenance of leather. What do you think. and thanks

We haven't had any problems with the leather part of the sofa and
chair, but the back of the sofa is a fabric of some kind and on
occasions we've caught her working it over. No guarantees of
course.........

now I'm really confused..thanks .I have to give it more thought. It's true ;
if she did claw the leather, it would be over for the couch very quick. plus
my cat fights me when I try to clip her claws; it's a big production, any
hints please

"Steve Crane" wrote in message
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scullycat wrote:
Hi all,
I am replacing my sofas and I want a general concensus. I know that cats
claw fabric sofas; but in your experiences' do they (in general) claw
leather sofas, chairs etc.
I know have fabric, and my cat will claw at it at times. I do have a
short
clawing post which she will use. But, she is doing sig. damage to the
fabric.
I also like the low maintenance of leather. What do you think. and thanks

We haven't had any problems with the leather part of the sofa and
chair, but the back of the sofa is a fabric of some kind and on
occasions we've caught her working it over. No guarantees of
course.........

I think it depends on the cat, honestly. I have a leather chair and a
fabric sofa. And two cats. One mildly abuses the fabric and really
can't stand the leather chair. The other sleeps in the leather chair
(although she sheds on it, rather than shredding it). They're all
individuals and they have their preferences!

We have leather couches and chairs. Both of our cats happily curl up on any
of it. The only scratching on it is caused by them leaping up and down, and
when they get the zoomies. It no longer looks pristine but we just accept
that.

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Sandra