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Its a new carpet, and he keeps clawing a step of the stairs. Ā He's old, I'm very pissed off. Ā Mrs K likes him thought, so genteel yet effective solutions required please...
House brick and a pillow case?
EDIT: Sorry missed the point about gentile solutions.
My 2 cats are getting old and sick. They eat their body weight daily and barely make it to the garden to unload, which they do, a lot.
I am falling out of love with cats.
Imagined illness, take him to vet, don't bring him home. Vet said kidney failure and not fair to keep him...
Little spray bottle with water, spritz him if he even looks at the stairs the wrong way.
Eventually you can just make a hissing noise and he will crap himself.
Sorry missed the point about gentile solutions.
Doesn't sound particularly Kosher, either.
Put some offcut of carpet down in the same place for him to scratch at. It's normally a territorial/anxiety thing, TBH. Maybe Feliway?
Either that or piss on the offending step to warn him off.
i have some carpet off-cuts from when the new carpet was fitted, and have laid one over the carpet to protect the stair the cat wants to destroy. Seems to be working.
Yep, as suggested you will struggle to stop it unless you do something like spraying with water every time you catch the little sod doing it. But, that might lead to anxiety & you'll find it happens more in other places.
Other things to do - proper scratching mat/scratching post/carpet off-cut in the area getting scratched, or try some feliway.
We have a cat that scratches at the carpet & my Wife currently wants to re-decorate the hall, stairs & landing. I am loath to fork out on new carpet, only for the turd of a cat to shred it in weeks. I am not sure I can put-off the decorating until the cat dies though.
Either that or piss on the offending step to warn him off.
You were looking for genital solutions right?
You'd need two bricks, not one, for that.
get an alternative, my cat used to do the same until I got a tall scratching post
any local chinese takeaways accepting donations?
If he's old then he's unlikely to be trainable.Ā Covering up the offending spot seems to me to be the best option, as others have said.
Move house and buy a bungalow.
Or chuck the cat down a well.
Just thought of a third way.
Cut the legs off the cat.
Or little neoprene cat booties. That will stop the problem, and have the added bonus of severely pissing the cat off.
Lay floorboards.
Ā genteel yet effective solutions required please
Give him a aspirin that will do the trick.
Put a cucumber on the step.
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" eventually you can make a hissing noise and he will crap himself "
I think the OP is looking for a solution to the problem ..and not to replace it with another ..😁
... , so genteel yet effective solutions required pleaseā¦
Get a cut log from somewhere to let the cat use it asĀ scratching post ...
Put the cat in a box, drive to Stranraer. Leave the box in Stranraer. Drive home.
No more cat problem.
Put the cat in a box, drive to Stranraer. Leave the box in Stranraer. Drive home.
There's solutions and then there's outright cruelty. There's a whole world out there that isn't Stranraer.
Or little neoprene cat booties. That will stop the problem, and have the added bonus of severely pissing the cat off.
This.
9 volt battery and a wee bit of tuna may resolve this issue
i think you can both act like adults with this. Just sit it down and explain why you're upset by it's behaviour and agree a compromise. I find that most problems in life can be resolved with a bit of calm communication, understanding and compromise. If that doesn't work refer to the brick and pillowcase option.
Ours sort of does this - 19 years old but still very sprightly but a bit needy. Across the flat most quiet corners little grooves where she has 'tickled' the carpet. No damage to speak of - disappears when you vacuum.
If he's old and does not get out much he's probably not getting much action to keep them trim. Take him to the vet and have his claws cut proper short. Our very cuts them way shorter than I have the confidence too. I'm too woried about catching the quick to do more than take the tips off. Our cat's claws are now so short and blunt she could not damage anything.
Get the cat a scratch pad that is more attractive than the carpet. It's in their nature to scratch at things, you will never stop it.
If that doesn't work, decide whether you prefer to keep the carpet or the cat and get rid of one of them.