scratching the wall

Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in
the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall. There is no where
else to place the litter box.

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?

Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap
"yepp" wrote in message
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Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in
the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall. There is no where
else to place the litter box.

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?

In .com,
yepp shouted to everyone in earshot,
Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls?

almost--my cats' boxes are covered, so Grizzly only scratches the
inside of the hood. sometimes she does it for 2-3 minutes at a time,
which seems like forever when I'm trying to sleep.

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?

if you or your cat(s) aren't into hooded boxes, I'd suggest plexiglas.
should be easy enough to clean and replace, lets you see the wall
behind it if that's important or desirable.

Jeff

"yepp" wrote

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?

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Rexie does this. My laundry bag is next to his litter box and he scratches it,
the wall, the inside walls of the litter box. And he still doesn't succeed in
covering it. I blame myself for not being a good mommy. He was only 3.5 weeks
when we got him, and I guess I didn't demonstrate well nuf.

Funny thing, tho. His poop is toxic. I've seen Loki go in there after Rex and
cover it up. Self defense, I guess!


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yepp eloquently related the following on 3/20/2006 8:31 AM:
Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in
the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall. There is no where
else to place the litter box.

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?

they have that it a large wide scratch board or a ridge rough board try
your pet store but something like that you really don't want near a cat box

yes you should be able to buy it at home depot or a local glass company if
you have a home depot you have a glass company nearby
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Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote:
Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap
"yepp" wrote in message
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Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in
the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall. There is no where
else to place the litter box.

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?


Can you buy that at Home Depot? Wouldn't it be great if you could find
something with a rough surface so the cat also gets a nail file effect?
lol!

yepp wrote:

Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls? Mine have managed to make a huge hole in
the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall. There is no where
else to place the litter box.

Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach
to it to save the paint?


So far, Melly hasn't done any visible damage, but she
scrathes all over - the side of the tub, the wall, the floor
outside the box..... Apparently, this is purely instinctive
behaviour (like "claw sharpening" - which even my de-clawed
cat does). She obviously is not thinking about the PURPOSE
of what she's doing!

yepp wrote:



Can you buy that at Home Depot? Wouldn't it be great if you could find
something with a rough surface so the cat also gets a nail file effect?
lol!

Sandpaper?

On 2006-03-20, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) penned:

So far, Melly hasn't done any visible damage, but she scrathes all
over - the side of the tub, the wall, the floor outside the box.....
Apparently, this is purely instinctive behaviour (like "claw
sharpening" - which even my de-clawed cat does). She obviously is
not thinking about the PURPOSE of what she's doing!

We have one bathroom with a tub right next to the toilet. Whenever I
use that toilet, Oscar rushes in, jumps in the tub, and scratches on
the side of the tub.

I haven't noticed any damage.

AFAIK she doesn't do this when DH uses the same bathroom, and she
doesn't do anything similar in our other bathrooms.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:20:15 -0700, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

On 2006-03-20, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) penned:

So far, Melly hasn't done any visible damage, but she scrathes all
over - the side of the tub, the wall, the floor outside the box.....
Apparently, this is purely instinctive behaviour (like "claw
sharpening" - which even my de-clawed cat does). She obviously is
not thinking about the PURPOSE of what she's doing!

We have one bathroom with a tub right next to the toilet. Whenever I
use that toilet, Oscar rushes in, jumps in the tub, and scratches on
the side of the tub.

I haven't noticed any damage.

AFAIK she doesn't do this when DH uses the same bathroom, and she
doesn't do anything similar in our other bathrooms.


My hall bathroom is arranged the same way. I put a ball with a bell in
that tub (as well as a pot of water). TuTu likes to drink that water and
chase the ball from one end of the tub to the other ---then she jumps out
of the tub and races through the house. MLB