Cat damaging furniture

[YesDeere]

This won't help with the furniture, but I have a Christmas tree fix. Bring the tree in and lay it on its side. Pick the cat up and rather violently fling the cat up into the tree. Worked for me, he thinks the tree is evil. Only had to do it once, and that was 3 years ago.

I know it sounds cruel but I wasn't taught manners as a child with a stern talking to either.

 

[MossRoad]

Real simple, replace the cat or terminate same.

Me - OW!

That's harsh J_J. :laughing:

 

[Bikewanderer]

 

[71bronco]

Real simple, replace the cat or terminate same.

That was my thought also. Take it hunting one day, just don't bring it back. Cats are a dime a dozen.

Jeff

 

[MossRoad]

But cats are fuzzy little cudle buddies. You can't shoot Mr. Snuggles for doing what a cat does.

 

[jimmyj]

I get this question in the store all the time (my wife and I own 2 pet supply outlets). It's pretty hard to stop and you need to apply a 3 step approach.
1. Provide alternate scratching or chewing items
2. Discourage the activity physically with water spray and verbal correction
3. Temporarily place a physical impediment in the way of the problem area so he can't get to it. Do this until he forms a new habit somewhere else. You can place a scratch post right up beside the chair or use "Sticky Paws" 2 sided tape. It works pretty good.

You have already done some of this but keep at all 3 for a time and you should be much better off. Some cats cannot be changed, but many many can.

Good luck.

 

[JDgreen227]

This won't help with the furniture, but I have a Christmas tree fix. Bring the tree in and lay it on its side. Pick the cat up and rather violently fling the cat up into the tree. Worked for me, he thinks the tree is evil. Only had to do it once, and that was 3 years ago.

I know it sounds cruel but I wasn't taught manners as a child with a stern talking to either.

One query...if the tree is lying on it's side, why is it necessary to fling the cat UP into the tree after picking the feline up? Seems to me the tree would be the same level as the cat once you pick it up, or lower...

 

[MossRoad]

You get more style points for height! :santahat:

 

[Clint S]

I have had a few indoor declawed cats. They did not go outside and caught plenty of mice and did fine when the our dogs got too close for their comfort. A few got outside every now and then and on occasion I found them up in a tree. They can still climb, just not as well. That said I am torn if I would get it done again and NEVER to a cat that would get let outside. Our dogs are one thing, but neighbor dogs or roamers are another.

 

[YesDeere]

One query...if the tree is lying on it's side, why is it necessary to fling the cat UP into the tree after picking the feline up? Seems to me the tree would be the same level as the cat once you pick it up, or lower...

Sorry. That's just the way I talk. Really meant get the cat into the branches good.

Maryland speak when cheering someone on

"Get up in its a** son!!" Kinda like put your foot in it.


Make better sense now?

 

[JDgreen227]

LOL I knew what you meant, kinda...:laughing: Thanks to all for the numerous suggestions that are cat-friendly...I currently have a half-dozen old towels zip tied to the backs of the chairs and couch where the feline was clawing at, and the towels have been lavishly sprayed with a citrus room deoderizing (sp?) spray.

As far as declawing a cat goes, none of my four are declawed, three of them get out supervised and ONLY when supervised but the fourth is a roamer and I cannot keep track of him no matter how hard I try.

 

[jerry56]

I know a lot will argue this but declawing is a horrible thing to do to a cat.....it's like taking off each of your fingers at the first knuckle....it's painful to walk on for weeks...they will have phantom pains for the rest of their life....it can also make them more prone to biting since teeth are now the only weapon on that end ....A scratching post with catnip on it to attract them...will give them a more attractive place to scratch they also like the cardboard scratchers....The bitter yuck or double sided tape will discourage them from using the furniture....plus the really would prefurr a real scratching post...ours like a 4x4 wrapped in 1/4in sisal rope....
We have 5 Main Coons and two rescues...5 cat trees....4 scratching posts..and two cardboard scratchers through out the house..and we have never had them scratch the furniture...

 

[alleycatdad]

My wife puts little plastic caps on the front claws. They come off with some regularity so they've gotta be replaced now and then but it's 5 seconds and some superglue. Way better than declawing and almost as effective.

S

 

[MossRoad]

My wife puts little plastic caps on the front claws. They come off with some regularity so they've gotta be replaced now and then but it's 5 seconds and some superglue. Way better than declawing and almost as effective.

S

We'd have to put on the bomb squad outfit to attempt that maneuver. :laughing:

 

[chad22]

I tried a mixture of these recently and they actually attracted one of my cats, which eagerly licked it off. Who would have thought... a cat that likes hot sauce!

lol. That reminds me of a cat my dad used to have. (Don't know where it's at now or if it died, it went outside one day and never came back) Anyway. His name was Rascal. He was black and white cat with a short tail.

One day my younger sister had set an unopened bag of those Cheetos Hot Fries on the table and went out riding her bike. Well, I had went outside for a little bit and came back in an Rascal had eaten almost all of them.

I caught him in the act. He nearly cleaned everyone of them out of the bag. He loved those hot cheetos and was chowing down on them.

Chad

 

[jimmyj]

We'd have to put on the bomb squad outfit to attempt that maneuver. :laughing:

We sell these too. You can get them in all sorts of designer colors, sparkles, the works. Some cats are ok with you putting them on but like Moss says, some, erm, um, not gonna happen

 

[sdkubota]

I built a nice "A" frame scratchin' post for my two inside Kitties and once in a while I rub some Cat Nip into the carpet on it. Once in a great while I will see them scratch where they shouldn't and I tell them firmly DON'T SCRATCH!! When they are on the post I sometimes tell them very nicely, sugarly "you tear that thing down and I will build you another one". They keep scratching because they know the tone of my voice.
But don't get up to go to the bathroom or I loose my seat in the Lazy Boy!! see pic

That pic says a thousand words...:laughing:

 

[bcp]

We found this style to work best. Corrugated cardboard laminated end up. It comes with catnip to sprinkle into the holes.

Cat Scratch Box | Cardboard Cat Scratcher



Bruce

 

[Redbug]

However...Cats in the house is the best business model the upholstery business has...

 

[don45640]

Throw him out! LOL! don-ohio ^)

Guys, I have a 2 1/2 year old neutered male tabby cat who is gradually damaging the wicker framed furniture in my living room. He chews on the frames and has done a lot of scratching on the chair backs, and this is despite there being several scratching posts and cat towers in the room. I do not want to have him declawed...does anyone know of a solution I could spray on the wicker frames that would repel him? Weird thing is, the other 3 cats have NEVER touched the furniture. Thanks for any ideas.