how do you stop your cats from scratching.... - Page 3

WillowTheWhisp · 26-02-2007, 16:31

I never thought of catnipping the scratching post. I must give that a go. Thanks Billcat.

Billcat · 26-02-2007, 18:02

Hope it works for you. Barnaby loves catnip, but even then it took a while for him to start using the scratching post regularly.

WillowTheWhisp · 26-02-2007, 18:24

I'll keep you posted

LancYorkYankee · 26-02-2007, 20:33

Glasgow Guy, I'm glad you received alot of good information on this subject. I have 3 cats and usually enjoy them (they stay outside mostly).

I also must admit, the whole family (we are snowed (

6 inches

) in over here) enjoyed some of the more tasteless but quite imaginative of our more "creative" Accywebbers.

Brian, Cindy, Annie, Joshua, and Ryan

magpie · 07-03-2007, 20:24

Orange skin rubbed into where they are doing the damage may work:
cats don's like the smell of it: I tried it when I had a cat and it did seem to work: or maybe that was me shouting everytime the cat went near the chair...

LancYorkYankee · 08-03-2007, 02:53

Now, how do we keep Rindy from scratching?????

Brian

jedimaster · 08-03-2007, 03:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

Now, how do we keep Rindy from scratching?????

Brian

i refer you to my first post on this subject
as it should supply an ample solution to this one lyy!

(only kidding rindy)

panther · 08-03-2007, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by glasgow guy

as in the heading..this is obviously aimed at cat owners/lovers so I am looking for thier advice....
following on from my thread about getting rid of my old suite and getting a new one I got up this morning to find that 1 of the cats has scratched it already

..its not too bad but its got me wondering what I can do to stop it from happening again...??
now no doubt I will get the stick the cats in a bag, get rid of the cats, take their claws out, get rid of the suite answers but I would like some help on this...is there some kind of protector you can buy for your suite..?
and we do have scratch posts before anyone asks that..

thanks in advance

kick em up the ass!!

...................joking!!!

Eric · 29-03-2007, 17:53

I put cardboard on the floor, and catnip on the scrtatching post ... works for my cat ... now if only I could stop my Rotti from farting!!! Those who suggest things like hammering in a cork are welcome to demonstrate how this is done.

Margaret Pilkington · 29-03-2007, 19:25

Eric, I'm not sure if this is an urban legend or whether it is true....but here goes.
On one of the Vet program 'phone ins' a woman asked if there was anything she could do to cure her dogs very smelly wind.
The Vet asked what kind of food she was feeding her dog....and it turned out to be one of the most expensive of the tinned dog foods.
'Aah' said the vet....'the food is too rich for your pet......try giving him 'Chappie' (one of the cheapest and most disgusting looking tinned dog foods going)'
The woman thanked him and said she would certainly give it a try.

A few weeks later the same woman again rang the program to say that the advice had been wonderful, but she had another question for the vet.
The question was - How could she get her husband to eat it and was it safe for human consumption.

Eric · 29-03-2007, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Eric, I'm not sure if this is an urban legend or whether it is true....but here goes.
On one of the Vet program 'phone ins' a woman asked if there was anything she could do to cure her dogs very smelly wind.
The Vet asked what kind of food she was feeding her dog....and it turned out to be one of the most expensive of the tinned dog foods.
'Aah' said the vet....'the food is too rich for your pet......try giving him 'Chappie' (one of the cheapest and most disgusting looking tinned dog foods going)'
The woman thanked him and said she would certainly give it a try.

A few weeks later the same woman again rang the program to say that the advice had been wonderful, but she had another question for the vet.
The question was - How could she get her husband to eat it and was it safe for human consumption.

Jake eats only dry food, and flatulence is common to the breed. I just warn people that the dog's dangerous end is the one without teeth. Love him dearly but he is a real room-clearer.

I know a similar joke, but it is too disgusting for this forum.

By the way, are you related to the Pilkingtons who used to live on Grange St. (I think). Tom was his name. He knew my grandad well, had an allotment behind our house on Rishton Road, by Ringstonhalgh farm. He kept ferrets and usually a wire-haired fox terrier. I knew his son Alan.

From the Great White North

Eric

Margaret Pilkington · 29-03-2007, 21:04

I'm not sure Eric......I have only been a Pilkington for some 40 years. I'm sure we must be related somewhere along the way....even if it was only by their cat running through our yard

....I'll have to ask hubby.

MargaretR · 31-03-2007, 15:01

I have found that leather furniture is least likely to be attacked. A few pinprick marks where an attempt has been made to claw, but the attempt has been abandoned when other surfaces are easier to dig into.
Scratching posts haven't worked. I wipe down all my leather and wood with Golden Oil Wood Polish & Conditioner. My cat just claws at carpets which doesnt damage them unless you have loop pile.