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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2004how to deter cat from scrathing my couch??!!??!!
www.softpaws.com put citrus smelling stuff on your couch. just suck it up and wait till this couch falls a part and buy a new one and consider yourself lucky to share your life with a cat. > www.softpaws.com > put citrus smelling stuff on your couch. > just suck it up and wait till this couch falls a part and buy a new one and > consider yourself lucky to share your life with a cat. hahaha easy connie. i love my kitty very much, and i giveher the finest cat treats. but i also like my couch. > > www.softpaws.com > > put citrus smelling stuff on your couch. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > hahaha easy connie. i love my kitty very much, and i giveher the finest cat > treats. but i also like my couch. But you love your cat more than your couch, right..? ;-) Ivor > > > www.softpaws.com > > > put citrus smelling stuff on your couch. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ivor yes yes, the message clearly states, i LOVE my pussy, and I LIKE my couch :P. [snip] > > But you love your cat more than your couch, right..? ;-) > > > > Ivor > > yes yes, the message clearly states, i LOVE my pussy, and I LIKE my couch Well there you are then, nothing someone you love does is wrong :-) It will give the couch some character <g> Ivor > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Ivor it will give the couch holes. bad. > > [snip] > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > it will give the couch holes. bad. Double sides sticky tape. Or a product called Soft Paws. That's what we use here. Make sure you unstick the sticky tape a little bit before puttin it on your couch otherwise it'll be stuck there forever. We've had that happen to us too. Tina On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:23:07 -0400, "chri§" <chrismacisaac@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> [snip] >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >it will give the couch holes. bad. This is very simple: buy a roll of sheet plastic at the hardware store. Cut a piece to throw over your couch when it is not in use. Cats usually don't like plastic. When Princess (RB) first adopted me, this is what did. You can always roll it up when you want to use the couch. Give her alternative scratching surfaces -- something she can stretch out on. I did this also (but for a short period) when I adopted TuTu. After that neither cat bothered the couch. MLB Connie....will the plastic nail covers not hurt them when they try to retract their claws or at least drive them nuts? > www.softpaws.com > put citrus smelling stuff on your couch. > just suck it up and wait till this couch falls a part and buy a new one and > consider yourself lucky to share your life with a cat. > Connie....will the plastic nail covers not hurt them when they try to > retract their claws or at least drive them nuts? Nope. I used them on one of my kitties for several months.. he was totally unaware they were even there for the most part. He eventually stopped using his claws in the way I didn't want him to, so I let them all grow off him. Here's a funny anecdote about cats and citrus. Over Christmas, my wife decided that we would slice and slightly dry some orange and lemon slices to hang on the Christmas tree. The desire was two fold because, one, they make interesting decorations, and two, they would deter our three cats from bothering the tree. Lo and behold I come home from work in the next couple of days and all of the dried citrus ornaments are everywhere. All over the carpet, a couple on the couch, etc. SO much for the citrus rememdy. I understand that fresh peels work, but I was wondering if anyone had an idea about the other. Even though they were slightly dried, they still smelled rather citrus. >>> <sigh> Cats... God I love them though. Later, John > Here's a funny anecdote about cats and citrus. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Later, > John I once bought some smelly, two inch bulb-shaped thingies that were supposed to deter pets from garden plots. At that time, Willi kitty was allowed in the back yard to play nearby for short stints when I was gardening. He loved scratching the freshly dug dirt, digging up plants in the process... Well, he thought he was helping me. Following the directions, I tied the pet-repeller bulbs on small stakes surrounding one flower bed. In two seconds, Willi came over and rubbed himself all over it. So, I don't know if there are any scents that actually repel kitties. But later I realized I should've given Willi his own plot of dirt. It just never occurred to me then. Later, when I told a friend that another kitty in my home loved to attack the curly phone cord as it wiggled during phone conversations, my friend said, "Give him his own phone, you silly." So I did. He loved the curly cord. So maybe next year you need to give your kitties their own tree with safe cat ornaments for play. Alt. http://www.lovethatcat.com >> Here's a funny anecdote about cats and citrus. >> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >Alt. >http://www.lovethatcat.com Or take them in the yard and plant a 22 bullet in their stupid cat heads. Last night I fed a kitten to my pit bull. Dogs, now there is a pet worth having. > Or take them in the yard and plant a 22 bullet in their stupid cat > heads. Last night I fed a kitten to my pit bull. Dogs, now there is > a pet worth having. Yeah, dogs taste so much better than cat. LT >Here's a funny anecdote about cats and citrus. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Later, >John I use cats for target practice with my bb gun. Cats the other white meat. There are many ways to train a cat not to scratch a sofa. First and foremost, make sure you have plenty of scratching posts of different textures, heights, and positions available. Scratching is a natural behavior in cats, and should not be discouraged. What you need to do is encourage the cat to use her furniture to do so, not yours. When you see her scratching, say NO! really loud (cats learn the NO! command quite readily) and take her to her scratching post. Repeat every single time you see her scratching your post. They sell several products to prevent scratching, the one I heard works the best is Feliway. It's expensive, but it's supposed to be quite good. We don't have a scratching problem despite having 7 indoor-only cats. It's just a matter of training them.  SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com <portions trimmed> > When you see her scratching, say NO! really loud (cats learn the NO! > command quite readily) and take her to her scratching post. Repeat every > single time you see her scratching your (couch). good advice... and the quicker you react, the better! On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:13:48 -0400, "chri§" <chrismacisaac@eastlink.ca> wrote: How many posts do you have, where are they, how tall are they, and how sturdy are they? :) I know that's a lot of questions, but placement, number, and all those others are crucial factors in whether a cat uses a post or not. You should provide multiple posts and multiple scratching surfaces. Some cats like the feeling of sisal rope, some like bark or wood, some like carpet, some like cardboard. Some cats like vertical surfaces, some like horizontal ones. Cats like to scratch when they first wake up, and they like to scratch in places where the traffic density is the highest. Put one post where they like to sleep so they can stretch their muscles after a nap, and put one in the living/family room (high traffic density) so they can fulfill their territorial marking need. Scratching is a visual and olfactory territory marker -- the scratched part says visually 'here I am, and I'm this big', and cats have scent glands on their paw pads that say olfactorily 'This is my place, and I'm this sex and this old and this healthy'. Cats tend to prefer posts that are tall enough to stretch way up against. This not only helps them stretch/exercise their back and shoulder muscles properly, but lets them announce how tall they are to the world in territorial marking. Cats will not scratch on an unsteady surface. If the post wobbles or (Bast forbid) falls over, cats won't scratch on it. Posts and trees should be on a heavy, wide base for maximum stability. I have four scratching surfaces (one 6' tree in the living room, 2 4' posts (one in the library near out bedroom and one in the media room in the basement), and one cardboard horizontal scratcher that floats around the house) for two Bengals, and we have no damage anywhere in the house. Now, the cats will paw at the furniture (claws in) to put their scent on it, but since that's non-damaging we allow it. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid > I have four scratching surfaces (one 6' tree in the living room, 2 > 4' posts (one in the library near out bedroom and one in the media > room in the basement), and one cardboard horizontal scratcher that > floats around the house) for two Bengals, and we have no damage Only four? ;-) We have literally a couple dozen scratching surfaces around the house, mostly sissal rope (their favorite), but also natural tree wood, carpet (their least favorite), cardboard (very popular when dusted with catnip), and natural fiber carpeting. Your bengals are adorable! For some reason our girls don't like water that much. They'll come sit on the tub's edge and paw at the water, but that's it. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> I have four scratching surfaces (one 6' tree in the living room, 2 >> 4' posts (one in the library near out bedroom and one in the media [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >tree wood, carpet (their least favorite), cardboard (very popular when >dusted with catnip), and natural fiber carpeting. Well, they seem happy with what they've got. :) We have a townhouse, so it's pretty compact and the scratching places are never too terribly far away from them. >Your bengals are adorable! For some reason our girls don't like water >that much. They'll come sit on the tub's edge and paw at the water, but >that's it. Thanks. :) The water-loving trait isn't totally locked into the breed yet, so it's possible to have Bengals who won't jump into tubs. :) Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid When my cat wouldn't stop scratching my mattress I tried Feliway which worked for awhile but didn't completely solve the problem. However, what did work is filling an empty soda can with some coins and shaking it whenever she started scratching the mattress. I only had to do it twice and she hasn't gone near the matress in over three months. Marie |
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