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| 759.1 | Talk to her gently... | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Mon May 16 1994 05:16 | 8 |
| I clip the claws regularly. As I tried to 'readvice' her from the
chairs, I used a bit of water to make her wet if she clawed the
furniture. And I soaked the would-become scratching post with catnip.
It worked (until now). Catnip is long ago gone (4 years) but Smokey is
used to the post now and only occasionally she goes on the chairs. Then
I hiss, she hisses back and goes over to the post...
Nat
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| 759.2 | Cotton rug | NRSTA2::BACHELDER | | Mon May 16 1994 05:47 | 7 |
| I too keep Ebony's claws clipped, but that did not deter her. I ended
up putting this small cotton rug on the floor (for her use only). It
works great! Whenever she wants to scratch she goes to the rug and
has at it.
- Lauri
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| 759.3 | Shilo is learning slowly not to use the furniture | PSYCHE::AIKEY | | Mon May 16 1994 06:14 | 13 |
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Shilo loves the end of the couch!! He will go over to it and then turn
around and look at me as if to say,"What are you going to do about it".
Well that is when I pick up the spay bottle. He gets up immediately
and walks away. You name it and he has it to scratch on. We even
brought in a large piece of wood for him.. He just prefers the end of
the couch.....
Good Luck!!
*joyce
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| 759.4 | | AKOCOA::LPIERCE | That's my Story | Mon May 16 1994 06:19 | 12 |
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I ditto the spray bottle! But, I also went out and I bought a
scratch post that hangs on your doors, I bought a few of them and I
have them hung on 3 of my doors. I also have standing one, I basically
put one every place I could think of, to give them alot of other
choices of where to scratch.
I also (and don't laugh) everynight for weeks, I would bring my cats
(all 4 of them) up to the post and I would take there feet and manualy
scratch there feet againts the post....they got the idea!
Louisa
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| 759.5 | mine like the horizontal scratchers | STOWOA::FALLON | Moonsta Cattery | Mon May 16 1994 09:24 | 9 |
| Arty of Arubacats makes a really neat scratching post. It actually
lies horizontally on a carpeted base. The post itself is covered with
sisal and has carpeted caps on the end. I have two of them around the
house and mini ones in the two cages. Most of my cats prefer these
actually to the big six footer I got for them. Sometimes simple is
better. I also put there feet on them and use a spray bottle. My
kitties have not really touched my furniture ever! (ceptin' this
little ebony monkey that thinks she's queen of the couch ;')
Karen
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| 759.6 | | ASABET::TRUMPOLT | Liz Trumpolt - 223-7195, MSO2-2/F3 | Tue May 17 1994 13:08 | 9 |
| Yes the spray bottle works well as does a squirt gun. Blackie used to
use my wicker hamper in the down stairs bathroom until my husband made
him a tee pee type scratch pole (it has the natural rope one it so not
to cause Blackie any harm) and we rubbed cosmic catnip on the rope and
now he leaves my hamper alone and uses the scratch pole. He also likes
my 4.5 yr old son's legs and a small hook rug we have infront of our
tv.
Liz
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| 759.7 | Scratching behavior | USCTR1::ESULLIVAN | | Fri May 20 1994 05:43 | 13 |
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I had a lot of luck with my first Siamese. I trained her to use a
scratching post as a kitten. I did not train my current Siamese, so
she uses an old sofa. I don't plan to keep this sofa. My good couch
is off-limits (door closed to the room), but if the door is open, she
is in there like a shot to scratch on that sofa.
I am not sure if clipping the nails helps or not in discouraging the
need to scratch wherever they please (if not trained). Part of the
scratching routine is to mark their territory and not just to condition
their nails.
Eleanor
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