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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2005Cats and leather furniture
My wife and I were out looking for a new sofa today. Ours is shot, in part due to nine fur babies who own us and share the sofa with us from time to time. We saw a very nice leather sofa we'd like to buy, but started wondering if cats would attack (claw) a leather sofa the way they do the fabric one. Either way, we need a sofa, and will have to deal with the claws (they're indoor-outdoor cats, and we don't believe in declawing anyway.) Anyone have any experience with their cats and leather furniture? Thanks. We have cats and leather furniture. They seem to get along pretty good. The sofa is scratched, but not from cats sharpening their claws on it. It is rather because it stands, for the lack of room, by the cat furniture, and sometimes it serves as a landing pad or a trampoline, depends on which way a cat goes. I've noticed that they like to curl up and sleep on the leather, but have never seen them sharpening their claws on it. They rip to pieces the scratching post, but always leave the leather alone. Perhaps it is too smooth to be appealing. > My wife and I were out looking for a new sofa today. Ours is shot, in > part due to nine fur babies who own us and share the sofa with us from [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > in declawing anyway.) Anyone have any experience with their cats and > leather furniture? Thanks. I bought an Italian leather lounge with some trepidation 10 years ago. Since then 2 Burmese ,one black and white Felix, and 2 occasional visitors (Mad Mollie and Ming the Menace) and not a single scratch on the unit. I polish it with Amourguard which is really for car seats don't know if that deters. Only have a 10 year old Burmese left after my 23 year old Burmese passed on. Leather is the go.... > We have cats and leather furniture. They seem to get along pretty good. > The sofa is scratched, but not from cats sharpening their claws on it. It [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> in declawing anyway.) Anyone have any experience with their cats and >> leather furniture? Thanks. >I bought an Italian leather lounge with some trepidation 10 years ago. >Since then 2 Burmese ,one black and white Felix, and 2 occasional visitors [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >passed on. > Leather is the go.... I am always somewhat amused by the amount of posts here along the lines of "is leather OK?". The reason being that I have fabric sofas that have to be defurred two or three times a week, and my aim, when I can afford it, is to replace them with leather. Who, really, cares about a few scratches, if it means you don't constantly have to vacuum the damned things? We have two leather lazyboy recliners and neither cat has intentionally clawed them and they both will sleep on mine with or without me, but our (once, before the newest cat, nice) fabrick sofa and love seat are really getting shredded on one corner each. Those little cheepy scratching posts are just not tall enough for a normal sized cat. He has to reach WAY up so he can stretch as he claws!--lee/leo | My wife and I were out looking for a new sofa today. Ours is shot, in | part due to nine fur babies who own us and share the sofa with us from [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | in declawing anyway.) Anyone have any experience with their cats and | leather furniture? Thanks. None of our cats have ever sharpened their claws on leather, they don't like to lie on it either. You can put a blanket on it to spare it for a while. Carola We have leather furniture and two cats. neither scratch it deliberately, but it does have scratches from accidental wear! However our sofas leather is not particularly strong stuff, at the cheaper end of the market, which may make a difference. we use coloured shoe polishes to disguise any marks.  SignatureSandra Of my three cats, two have never scratched the leather sofa. The other one has, but it's just a few holes and my fat butt never even notices it. > Of my three cats, two have never scratched the leather sofa. The other > one has, but it's just a few holes and my fat butt never even notices > it. If my leather footstool is any indication, it will be covered with puncture marks if your feline friends have claws! Not that they claw it deliberately, just when they land on it or launch off, they tend to take grip. KD On scratching posts - I have never allowed one in the house, I think they 'train' cats to scratch vertical surfaces! Instead I have a several scatter rugs which I regard as 'sacrificial'. It seems to work, also I use a nail file on Max-Cat to take the tips back a bit. It's a once a month chore and he doesn't seem to mind. The only room in the house that has carpet is one of the bedrooms and it does gets attacked occasionally but nothing dramatic that a vacuum cleaner doesn't brush out. > My wife and I were out looking for a new sofa today. Ours is shot, in > part due to nine fur babies who own us and share the sofa with us from [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > in declawing anyway.) Anyone have any experience with their cats and > leather furniture? Thanks. I use those disposable cardboard scratch pads, and never had a problem with my cat scratching any furniture. One thing I do is regularly rub some catnip on the cardboard surface of the pad. I do have a leather recliner, and while my cat will rub against it from time to time, she knows she is not allowed on the recliner, and there is not a single scratch on it. The only thing I've ever had a problem with the cat scratching up is the plastic shower curtain; I keep the litter box in the bath tub and have to put the curtain up where the cat can't get at it or else she'll shred it. >I use those disposable cardboard scratch pads, and never had a problem > with my cat scratching any furniture. One thing I do is regularly rub [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the bath tub and have to put the curtain up where the cat can't get at > it or else she'll shred it. You keep the litter box in the bathtub? Don't you have to sweep it out each time you want to shower or bathe? My cats kick litter all over the place. KD > You keep the litter box in the bathtub? Don't you have to sweep it out each > time you want to shower or bathe? My cats kick litter all over the place. > > KD I use that fine grain cat litter which resembles sand. A little of it winds up outside the box and inside the tub (less than a tablespoon), but just a little as I use a litter box with the lip that goes around the top. When I set the litter box outside and turn on the shower, within 30 seconds it all goes down the drain, and the hot water and soap from the showering process cleans out the inside of the tub and cuts down on odors. I only use my tub for showers, and clean it weekly and have never had a problem. > You keep the litter box in the bathtub? Don't you have to sweep it out each > time you want to shower or bathe? My cats kick litter all over the place. > > KD I use that fine grain cat litter which resembles sand. A little of it winds up outside the box and inside the tub (less than a tablespoon), but just a little as I use a litter box with the lip that goes around the top. When I set the litter box outside and turn on the shower, within 30 seconds it all goes down the drain, and the hot water and soap from the showering process cleans out the inside of the tub and cuts down on odors. I only use my tub for showers, and clean it weekly and have never had a problem. I to keep one of my litter boxes in the tub, the other is on top if the selves over the dryer and the other one is is in the closet of the guest room. i know I like privacy when I go, so I assumed they would want the same. i saw some of the comments posted leather is okay go to a saddle shop and ask about saddlesoap pardon, but it tends to make human males kinda horney cats tend to ignore it if they have a real good and strong post to clean their nails. yes a post made out of dogwood is a great idea > My wife and I were out looking for a new sofa today. Ours is shot, in > part due to nine fur babies who own us and share the sofa with us from [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > in declawing anyway.) Anyone have any experience with their cats and > leather furniture? Thanks.
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