On Aug 31, 8:30*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Aug 31, 7:28 pm, Robin wrote:

Hi there- I have a 17 year old cat who has never lived in an apartment
with carpet. We are moving to the East Coast and it seems like all the
places have carpet. So what can I do to keep him from scratching it
up, or worse, peeing on it. I thought about putting down an area rug
to protect their carpet, but not sure if that will help.

Any suggestions?

If *you* don't insist on carpet in your apt., if possible research
apts. near
a beach or places where weather is usually warm. You will find many
with
not only hardwood floors, but laminate and tile of all sorts, where
the old
cat can have an accident now and then without you having a cow.
People don't like digging sand out of carpets.

Great idea, but almost all the places that are reasonably priced, and
more importantly, the house we really really want, has carpets.