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I'm trying to find ideas to keep a cat away from a leather sofa. She's shredded a chair, and now is turning her attention toward the sofa.
I've read in other threads that cats don't like the scent of lemon, or of Vick's Vapo rub. I hope there's something out there that will keep the cat off that sofa. Please help.....
What have you provided for the cat, in place of the leather furniture?
What training methods are you using?
How long has kitty been with you?
I've had the cat for 2 months, she's a year old. I have a scratch post for her in another room, and there's also a large mat by the door that she's taken a liking to scratching up, and that's fine.
The chair, well, I'm not home during the day, and it was a couple of weeks after I got her, before I noticed the scratching she had done on that. It's an ugly old chair that I want to replace at some point anyway, so no big deal, I thought. It'll at least keep her away from the sofa.
A week ago, I noticed a couple of claw marks on the sofa, though. I want to nip this in the bud, and I'm wondering how. A new scratch pad in the room should help?
I've had the cat for 2 months, she's a year old. I have a scratch post for her in another room, and there's also a large mat by the door that she's taken a liking to scratching up, and that's fine.
The chair, well, I'm not home during the day, and it was a couple of weeks after I got her, before I noticed the scratching she had done on that. It's an ugly old chair that I want to replace at some point anyway, so no big deal, I thought. It'll at least keep her away from the sofa.
A week ago, I noticed a couple of claw marks on the sofa, though. I want to nip this in the bud, and I'm wondering how. A new scratch pad in the room should help?
I've never in all my decades on this planet found anything that would repel a cat from scratching on what it wanted - except for removing the item being scratched.
Seriously, one of my co-workers has a cat that is front declawed. The cat's back claws did the scratches on her leather sofa. They jump up and apply the rear brakes.
How about trying some double-stick tape on the sofa?
One of my cats loves scratching on my two wicker bookshelves. I double-stick taped three of the supports she used and hung a cardboard scratcher on the fourth. She doesn't like the tape and stopped scratching there, and the cardboard scratcher doesn't give her the same satisfaction as the wicker, so she's moved on to a stucco pillar. She's happy as a clam and satisfied - my wicker shelves are now safe, and she can't inflict damage on the stucco so I'm happy and satisfied, too.
Training a cat is more like trying to work out a compromise where both parties try to agree to disagree. Or until the cat found something else more interesting.
Put sticky tape on the area where she has been scratching and around the area. If she scratched once, she will do it again as it is for marking.
Secondly, get a cat tree or scratching post. Most prefer the type long enough for them to reach up and stretch their body. Put it next to the sofa.
Cat furniture in the living room is important to your cat. She knows you spend a lot of time there, lots of interesting good things happen around there, thus she marks. She wants to be part of it all.
When she try to scratch the sofa, say No! and take her to the scratching post. Use toys like wands to teach her that the post is fun, especially when she put her claws in it. Praise her if she uses the post.
Putting tape and not giving her an outlet other than a mat by the door is not enough for her in her mind.
Training a cat is more like trying to work out a compromise where both parties try to agree to disagree. Or until the cat found something else more interesting.
Put sticky tape on the area where she has been scratching and around the area. If she scratched once, she will do it again as it is for marking.
Secondly, get a cat tree or scratching post. Most prefer the type long enough for them to reach up and stretch their body. Put it next to the sofa.
Cat furniture in the living room is important to your cat. She knows you spend a lot of time there, lots of interesting good things happen around there, thus she marks. She wants to be part of it all.
When she try to scratch the sofa, say No! and take her to the scratching post. Use toys like wands to teach her that the post is fun, especially when she put her claws in it. Praise her if she uses the post.
Putting tape and not giving her an outlet other than a mat by the door is not enough for her in her mind.
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