Scratching hopeless in adult cats

MaryL wrote:

What does your door look like? It sounds like you would have a lot of
scratches and dents from the cans.

it's an exterior solid wood security door, so luckily the door is fine

it had been days since I slept, I had tried talking nice, then beggings
"please let daddy sleep.. please Jupiter..."...

"baby come up here and get in the bed with daddy"...
oh noooo she said

I tuck Jupiter in like a football, she finds her way out and up the
curtains on the wall, yeah

"Winnifred" wrote in message
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on the positive side the tin foil suggestion is working
100% so far in protecting my plants from being dug up. either the foil
is working or the cats are sick and tired of me whacking them on the
nose with a rolled up piece of newspaper when I come home..

If the cats are digging up your plants while you are at work and you come
home later and whack them with a newspaper how are they supposed to know
what you are whacking them for?

Cats like to dig in the earth and scratch, it's part of their intrinsic
behaviour. If you decide to have a cat, it's your responsibilty to provide
an outlet for them to do this and not to punish them when you fail to do
so.
Cats leave their scent from their paws when they scratch on furniture and
that's one reason why they are attracted back to scratch in the same place.
They don't do it deliberately to annoy you or have an agenda to destroy
your furniture. -
Alison

Winnifred wrote:
hate to be the bearer of bad news. just visited a specialist today. was
told in cats that have the habit of scratching furniture it is pretty
much impossible to change. the only way to have a cat who wont scratch
your funiture is to train as a kitten to scratch on post. once they are
adult and grown its too late to change. feramoans won't work. the only
other alternative is to put 'soft paws'(plastic covers you glue to each
individual cat claw) or de-clawing. with lasor it costs $400 a cat and
they remove the claw from the first knuckle which to me seems more like
mutalation. on the positive side the tin foil suggestion is working
100% so far in protecting my plants from being dug up. either the foil
is working or the cats are sick and tired of me whacking them on the
nose with a rolled up piece of newspaper when I come home.

TRY THE cardboard scratchers that are available at Petsmart - my
furniture manglers are doing well with this devine invention - it is
like a flat cardboard piece and you sprinkle the cat nip in it - takes
a little diligence at first...

"JJ" wrote in message
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Winnifred wrote:
hate to be the bearer of bad news. just visited a specialist today. was
told in cats that have the habit of scratching furniture it is pretty
much impossible to change. the only way to have a cat who wont scratch
your funiture is to train as a kitten to scratch on post. once they are
adult and grown its too late to change. feramoans won't work. the only
other alternative is to put 'soft paws'(plastic covers you glue to each
individual cat claw) or de-clawing. with lasor it costs $400 a cat and
they remove the claw from the first knuckle which to me seems more like
mutalation. on the positive side the tin foil suggestion is working
100% so far in protecting my plants from being dug up. either the foil
is working or the cats are sick and tired of me whacking them on the
nose with a rolled up piece of newspaper when I come home.

TRY THE cardboard scratchers that are available at Petsmart - my
furniture manglers are doing well with this devine invention - it is
like a flat cardboard piece and you sprinkle the cat nip in it - takes
a little diligence at first...


Also the Alpine Scratcher, which is on a slant. Mine love that one.
They do not scratch the furniture anymore.

Winnie, your "specialist" is full of it.

angel wrote:

Jupiter kept scratching the door... it just so happened I had canned
foods on the mantle next to the bed (just temp storage) I heaved a can
of greenbeans at the door BOOM it sounded like a 22 going off... this
broke her for about an hour... then again, POW... that lasted for the
rest of the night...

in about 3 nights, she was broke forever.. and really to this day.. she
has no idea that i was the one throwing the cans... and I get to sleep.
I still have the cans as I cannot open them, the cans are mangled (it's
just awful)

I keep some small stuffed animals (beanie babies and similar) on my
heardboard. If there is a cat fight, or Chase finds some plastic to
chew on; I just grab one and throw it at the sound. It stops. Nobody
gets hurt. Nothing gets damaged. And I just toss it back on the bed the
next day. I used to throw my kleenex box, but then I would have to find
it when I needed it,

Once, a long time ago, Chase was at the end of the room, and I nailed
him with the stuffed animal. He just looked at me with this shocked
expression. I think he was surprised I could aim that well.

wrote in message
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angel wrote:

Jupiter kept scratching the door... it just so happened I had canned
foods on the mantle next to the bed (just temp storage) I heaved a can
of greenbeans at the door BOOM it sounded like a 22 going off... this
broke her for about an hour... then again, POW... that lasted for the
rest of the night...

in about 3 nights, she was broke forever.. and really to this day.. she
has no idea that i was the one throwing the cans... and I get to sleep.
I still have the cans as I cannot open them, the cans are mangled (it's
just awful)

I keep some small stuffed animals (beanie babies and similar) on my
heardboard. If there is a cat fight, or Chase finds some plastic to
chew on; I just grab one and throw it at the sound. It stops. Nobody
gets hurt. Nothing gets damaged. And I just toss it back on the bed the
next day. I used to throw my kleenex box, but then I would have to find
it when I needed it,

Once, a long time ago, Chase was at the end of the room, and I nailed
him with the stuffed animal. He just looked at me with this shocked
expression. I think he was surprised I could aim that well.


All I need to do is call out to my cats to come to me or do something to
district them, such as pull a cloth across the floor or roll a toy in front
of them. That distracts them from what they are doing, and there is no need
to throw anything at them. In all my years of having cats, I have *never
once* thrown anything at my cats or sprayed them with water. They are
beautiful, happy, *well behaved* lovebugs.

MaryL

wrote:

I keep some small stuffed animals (beanie babies and similar) on my
heardboard. If there is a cat fight, or Chase finds some plastic to
chew on; I just grab one and throw it at the sound. It stops. Nobody
gets hurt. Nothing gets damaged. And I just toss it back on the bed the
next day. I used to throw my kleenex box, but then I would have to find
it when I needed it,

Once, a long time ago, Chase was at the end of the room, and I nailed
him with the stuffed animal. He just looked at me with this shocked
expression. I think he was surprised I could aim that well.

That's fine for a democracy, but I'm running a dictatorship

I don't wanna have to repeat myself see..am I making myself clear
friesian?

I have long since put the canned goods out of the bedroom

muuu hahahahaha

haaaaaaaaaaaaa hjahahaha

cybercat wrote:
"angel" wrote in message
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in about 3 nights, she was broke forever.. and really to this day.. she
has no idea that i was the one throwing the cans... and I get to sleep.
I still have the cans as I cannot open them, the cans are mangled (it's
just awful)


*shrug* I don't know how awful it is

If they knew that they would rubbing your head for you until
you fall asleep and tippy-toeing around the house!

oh yeah! that would be down right fetching!
I luuuuv getting my head rubbed

reminds me of Bug Bunny massaging E.Fudds head with all 4 feet at the
barbershop
just before he fills Fudds mouth with shaving cream

I yell NO! as loudly as I can

I bet
-
They think your a reptilian when you make that noise

does it sound like a Terradactyl?

you like to scream? I wouldn't mind

it's a good tension breaker

"angel" wrote in message
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wrote:

I keep some small stuffed animals (beanie babies and similar) on my
heardboard. If there is a cat fight, or Chase finds some plastic to
chew on; I just grab one and throw it at the sound. It stops. Nobody
gets hurt. Nothing gets damaged. And I just toss it back on the bed the
next day. I used to throw my kleenex box, but then I would have to find
it when I needed it,

Once, a long time ago, Chase was at the end of the room, and I nailed
him with the stuffed animal. He just looked at me with this shocked
expression. I think he was surprised I could aim that well.

That's fine for a democracy, but I'm running a dictatorship

I don't wanna have to repeat myself see..am I making myself clear
friesian?

I have long since put the canned goods out of the bedroom

muuu hahahahaha

haaaaaaaaaaaaa hjahahaha


lol

cybercat wrote:
"JJ" wrote in message
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Winnifred wrote:
hate to be the bearer of bad news. just visited a specialist today. was
told in cats that have the habit of scratching furniture it is pretty
much impossible to change. the only way to have a cat who wont scratch
your funiture is to train as a kitten to scratch on post. once they are
adult and grown its too late to change. feramoans won't work. the only
other alternative is to put 'soft paws'(plastic covers you glue to each
individual cat claw) or de-clawing. with lasor it costs $400 a cat and
they remove the claw from the first knuckle which to me seems more like
mutalation. on the positive side the tin foil suggestion is working
100% so far in protecting my plants from being dug up. either the foil
is working or the cats are sick and tired of me whacking them on the
nose with a rolled up piece of newspaper when I come home.

TRY THE cardboard scratchers that are available at Petsmart - my
furniture manglers are doing well with this devine invention - it is
like a flat cardboard piece and you sprinkle the cat nip in it - takes
a little diligence at first...


Also the Alpine Scratcher, which is on a slant. Mine love that one.
They do not scratch the furniture anymore.

Winnie, your "specialist" is full of it.

I'm glad to hear it. I hope it works out. I bought a really fancy cat
scratch tower. the foil is working 100% in preventing them from digging
in my plants. TX for all the tips.