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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? |
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Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap
"yepp" wrote in message oups.com... 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? |
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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 |
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"yepp" wrote Is there some material I can use to prop up against the wall or attach to it to save the paint? Dairy panel: http://www.parklandplastics.com/nrp.shtml |
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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! ShirleyB, Rexie and Loki’s Mom Pictures of His Majesty, Rex: http://tinyurl.com/bvtjv Pictures of Loki: http://tinyurl.com/9exao Pictures of Mama & Kits: http://tinyurl.com/e5edz Homepage: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com Webmaster: http://www.vinotecawinebar.com "Making A way out of no way is sometimes the only way" Dr. Johnetta B. Cole 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? |
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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 "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) wrote: Plexiglas easy to clean and move light weight cheap "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... 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! |
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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! |
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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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