I need to know the best way to keep my cat from sharpening her nails on my furniture. Keeping her outside has always worked best for me, but recently I have begun to let her stay in. She knows she is doing something I don't like because she stops and runs when I react to the pawing.
By tharris62 from Texarkana, TX
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Hi,
Your cat is doing something that comes natural to her, unfortunately there is wood under your upholstery and they normally will sharpen claws on trees outside.
There are things you can buy, spray, tape etc to put on where you do not want her to scratch. You should also either make or buy a scratching post. Buy a bottle of the catnip spray and spray it and she will want to go over to it and will start to claw that. You also need to keep her nails cut as short as possible, your vet may do this for free if you do not want to do it yourself.
We have one cat out of 13 that still insists on using the couch, he likes the fabric on it I think. I keep a spray bottle with water in it and all I have to do is pick it up and he runs away, I will then spray the tower and put him on it, he is using that much more now and scratching and clawing couch less, the other twelve use the tower now. They like the texture of sisal or scratchy type rope and carpet mixture.
You can also buy a cardboard thing for them that is inexpensive and they will use that also, again either rub catnip on it or spray with catnip spray, I find catnip spray much cleaner to use and they all love it. I save the green stuff for the toys. You can save money and make your own scratching post with the rope and carpet on it.
She may be marking her territory since she was just brought into the house. There is a product called "soft paws" which are plastic nail covered that you put over their claws.
Cats still need to scratch, so I'm trying to understand the nail covering, "soft paws ". Also, the nails keep growing.
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