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Thread ID: 149220 2020-08-25 06:49:00 Cat scratching Colpol (444) PC World Chat
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1471382 2020-08-25 06:49:00 We have a beautiful Tortoiseshell cat. Wonderful animal with a bad habit which is getting worse.
She is destroying the carpet with her scratching.
We brought her a scratch thingy which she totally ignores. We put sellotape in the areas she was scratching. All she did was move to another area.
Thinking of getting a Animal trainer. Does anyone know of anyone in Auckland.
Ideas welcome.
Lead not an option.
Colpol (444)
1471383 2020-08-25 07:02:00 Lead not an option.

Bugger, stopped me in my tracks!

Ken :)
kenj (9738)
1471384 2020-08-25 07:32:00 Sorry Ken :-};):p Colpol (444)
1471385 2020-08-25 07:59:00 We trained ours by using a water pistol on them when they did it. You have to squirt them while they are doing it, worked on both our cats.

Alternatively just drug them to hell and turn them into zombies

Since lead isn't an option try full metal jackets i.e full copper wrapped.
gary67 (56)
1471386 2020-08-25 08:12:00 Water pistol works they soon get the message. CliveM (6007)
1471387 2020-08-25 09:08:00 We trained ours by using a water pistol on them when they did it. You have to squirt them while they are doing it, worked on both our cats.

Alternatively just drug them to hell and turn them into zombies

Since lead isn't an option try full metal jackets i.e full copper wrapped.

Water pistol sounds like a good place to start.
BTW Gary, her name is Copper.
Colpol (444)
1471388 2020-08-26 02:23:00 She is destroying the carpet with her scratching.
We brought her a scratch thingy which she totally ignores. .

shop.countdown.co.nz

This stuff.
And get a small carpet mat or something and make her her own scratchy thing, they hate the shop ones and love carpet.
piroska (17583)
1471389 2020-08-29 05:13:00 shop.countdown.co.nz

This stuff.
And get a small carpet mat or something and make her her own scratchy thing, they hate the shop ones and love carpet.

Made one when we got her. It was a remnant of the original. Not interested.
Colpol (444)
1471390 2020-08-29 21:16:00 Part of it is scent marking. On her paws and face, they leave scent...........same as when they spray, but less er...toxic.
Rub her face on it a bit, to get her scent on it...it might help, and use the Vitapet stuff on places you want to discourage her scratching.

Or try one of those outdoor mats....with the coir stuff, they like using those.
piroska (17583)
1471391 2020-09-08 09:41:00 Once, I've read cats are doing this frequently when they are emotionally stressed..Especially, when it feels threatened by environmental changes or a new pet.. Could be one of these reason casues this behaviour? SabrinaF (17716)
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