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Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall. There is no where else to place the litter box. Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach to it to save the paint? Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap > Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his > poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach > to it to save the paint? > Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap > > Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach > > to it to save the paint? Can you buy that at Home Depot? Wouldn't it be great if you could find something with a rough surface so the cat also gets a nail file effect? lol! they have that it a large wide scratch board or a ridge rough board try your pet store but something like that you really don't want near a cat box yes you should be able to buy it at home depot or a local glass company if you have a home depot you have a glass company nearby >> Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap >> > Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > something with a rough surface so the cat also gets a nail file effect? > lol! > Can you buy that at Home Depot? Wouldn't it be great if you could find > something with a rough surface so the cat also gets a nail file effect? > lol! Sandpaper? In <1142872299.515444.228040@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, yepp <yepphers@gmail.com> shouted to everyone in earshot, >Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his >poop and scratches the walls? almost--my cats' boxes are covered, so Grizzly only scratches the inside of the hood. sometimes she does it for 2-3 minutes at a time, which seems like forever when I'm trying to sleep. >Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach >to it to save the paint? if you or your cat(s) aren't into hooded boxes, I'd suggest plexiglas. should be easy enough to clean and replace, lets you see the wall behind it if that's important or desirable. Jeff > Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach > to it to save the paint? Dairy panel: http://www.parklandplastics.com/nrp.shtml Rexie does this. My laundry bag is next to his litter box and he scratches it, the wall, the inside walls of the litter box. And he still doesn't succeed in covering it. I blame myself for not being a good mommy. He was only 3.5 weeks when we got him, and I guess I didn't demonstrate well nuf. Funny thing, tho. His poop is toxic. I've seen Loki go in there after Rex and cover it up. Self defense, I guess! ShirleyB, Rexie and Loki’s Mom Pictures of His Majesty, Rex: http://tinyurl.com/bvtjv Pictures of Loki: http://tinyurl.com/9exao Pictures of Mama & Kits: http://tinyurl.com/e5edz Homepage: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com Webmaster: http://www.vinotecawinebar.com "Making A way out of no way is sometimes the only way" Dr. Johnetta B. Cole yepp eloquently related the following on 3/20/2006 8:31 AM: > Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his > poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach > to it to save the paint? > Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his > poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach > to it to save the paint? So far, Melly hasn't done any visible damage, but she scrathes all over - the side of the tub, the wall, the floor outside the box..... Apparently, this is purely instinctive behaviour (like "claw sharpening" - which even my de-clawed cat does). She obviously is not thinking about the PURPOSE of what she's doing! > So far, Melly hasn't done any visible damage, but she scrathes all > over - the side of the tub, the wall, the floor outside the box..... > Apparently, this is purely instinctive behaviour (like "claw > sharpening" - which even my de-clawed cat does). She obviously is > not thinking about the PURPOSE of what she's doing! We have one bathroom with a tub right next to the toilet. Whenever I use that toilet, Oscar rushes in, jumps in the tub, and scratches on the side of the tub. I haven't noticed any damage. AFAIK she doesn't do this when DH uses the same bathroom, and she doesn't do anything similar in our other bathrooms.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> So far, Melly hasn't done any visible damage, but she scrathes all >> over - the side of the tub, the wall, the floor outside the box..... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > AFAIK she doesn't do this when DH uses the same bathroom, and she > doesn't do anything similar in our other bathrooms. My hall bathroom is arranged the same way. I put a ball with a bell in that tub (as well as a pot of water). TuTu likes to drink that water and chase the ball from one end of the tub to the other ---then she jumps out of the tub and races through the house. MLB > My hall bathroom is arranged the same way. I put a ball with a bell > in that tub (as well as a pot of water). TuTu likes to drink that > water and chase the ball from one end of the tub to the other > ---then she jumps out of the tub and races through the house. MLB Cute! I use the bathroom in question very rarely. The other two aren't set up for her to be in a bathtub near me. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > My hall bathroom is arranged the same way. I put a ball with a bell > in that tub (as well as a pot of water). TuTu likes to drink that > water and chase the ball from one end of the tub to the other ---then > she jumps out of the tub and races through the house. MLB A ping pong ball works very well in a dry bathtub. Chak SignatureI would like at least one political party in this country to be willing to say that sex is fun and an important part of being human. --PZ Myers, http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
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