Rhino wrote:
[crossposted from rec.pets.cats.community; that looked like the right
place at first but now I'm not so sure....]

I'm looking at replacing my main office chair for my home office and
would like to find a replacement made of materials that are cat-proof.

Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a chair that will _repel_ cats;
I'm perfectly fine with them sleeping on that chair. I just want a
chair that they won't destroy with their claws.

One of my cat often gets on my guest chair and digs his claws into
the seat; it's pretty badly damaged. He also shredded the back of my
previous main chair. He just loves to stretch up to the top of the
chair back and rake his claws downward. (And yes, I have both a
scratching post and a scratching pad nearby.)

There must be materials that they simply don't like and will leave
alone but I'm not sure what to look for. It would really help me to
find out which materials they will leave alone so that I can get a
chair made (mostly) of that product.

Any suggestions? What has worked for you?

You may find some material that the cats won't claw on, but I would try to
find a hard wood or metal chair with a removable seat coushion that you
could replace from time to time, or even one that you could take off of the
chair every time you leave it, and put in a closet somewhere.