Cats. How Can I Keep My Cat From Clawing The Furniture And Chewing Cords?
Cats. I Just Adopted Her Today And We Aren't Going To Have Her Declawed, And We Might Try Soft Paws But Not Until She's Fully Grown If We Can Help It.
Cats : How Can I Keep My Cat From Clawing The Furniture And Chewing Cords
I just adopted her today and we aren't going to have her declawed, and we might try soft paws but not until she's fully grown if we can help it. Me and my mom are going to try to trim her claws tonight, but that might not work. She's 8 weeks old and likes to climb. She actually hasn't climbed on the couch yet cause she tends to stay in my room and the bathroom but she's killing my bedspread and pillows lol. And she has a fascination with the cords hanging around...just pop her on the head and teach her no? What do you suggest? CF, I've got nothing against declawing. She isn't going to be declawed because I feel she is too old (they said she was 8 weeks old, but I feel that she is older) and it costs too much, as she was 70 dollars to adopt. The only cord she keeps having interest in is my laptop cord, because she is on the bed with me and is all around on things. I remember hearing about the water bottle trick, I have one on my dresser. I'll remember that. We've had scratching posts before for our cats, but they never seem to want to use them. If I can find a cheap one though I'll get one. ~~~ Lorreign v.2 ~~~
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First, remove things from her reach--the cords can be tied up high enough that she can't get at them, you can put sticky-side-up tape on surfaces that she shouldn't scratch, etc. Second, give her appropriate toys to play with--a stick with a string attached to the end, a dingle ball, a wadded up piece of paper, whatever she likes to play with. Also a scratching post is a *must*! Cats need to scratch, so they need an appropriate place to do it. Third, get a squirt bottle filled with water, and squirt her when she misbehaves. You can say "psst!" at the same time as squirting her, so eventually you will not have to squirt her at all, just saying "psst!" will be enough to get her to stop being naughty. Have fun! Kittens are so much fun, and she'll be grown up before you know it.
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Answer 1When a kitten does something a mother cat don't like she swats at them with her paw. You could try throwing something at her. I had a cat once that jumped on the kitchen table so I would throw wads of paper or whatever I had at him and he learned not to do that. Maybe you just have to get her interested in something else.
Answer 2squirt it witha water bottle. definately get a scratching post or two. show her that it is ok to scratch that. give her a treat when she does. don't bother with catnip on the post yet though. I've had cats and kittens and they don't find the catnip interesting until they are older for some reason.
Answer 3First, remove things from her reach--the cords can be tied up high enough that she can't get at them, you can put sticky-side-up tape on surfaces that she shouldn't scratch, etc. Second, give her appropriate toys to play with--a stick with a string attached to the end, a dingle ball, a wadded up piece of paper, whatever she likes to play with. Also a scratching post is a *must*! Cats need to scratch, so they need an appropriate place to do it. Third, get a squirt bottle filled with water, and squirt her when she misbehaves. You can say "psst!" at the same time as squirting her, so eventually you will not have to squirt her at all, just saying "psst!" will be enough to get her to stop being naughty. Have fun! Kittens are so much fun, and she'll be grown up before you know it.
Answer 4Water mixed with vinager spritzed onto her favorite furniture. Or go to the petstore and buy spray that gets cats to not scratch furniture. Get a scratching post and put it in her favorite room. Soft paws works okay, but they fall off too fast expecially with young cats, not really worth the money. Also, buy a spray bottle and fill with water, everytime you see her chewing on cords, spritz her and firmly say "NO"! Hope you have fun!
Answer 5if clawing is an issue why on earth would you get a kitten?? kittens are very claw agressive by nature.... provide her with lots of kitten toys (no cat nip toys yet, but honeysuckle toys are good) provide her with proper cat furniture and move it around every so often - even lay it on its side for a few weeks.. cats like things that are 'new' or 'moved'... get rid of long cords - cut them in half - they can kill her... soft paws are the way to go - put them on the front paws only - you can get them for kittens but seriously anyone who is concerned about clawing should never get a kitten - you could have adopted an adult who already was declawed.. or one who doesnt claw.. or a kitten of a breed known to be less claw agressive.. thank you for not declawing...
Answer 6She might mellow out as she gets older. But in the meantime get her a scratch post...teach her it's good to scratch there by rewarding her for that and popping her a bit on the head every time she scratches elsewhere.
Answer 7Get her a scratching post to keep her away from the furniture. when she chews cords, spray her with a water bottle. I would make that my top priority. I had a kitten that chewed cords. She got electrocuted and lost half of her tongue. Because of this, she couldn't eat much and didn't make it. Don't let this happen to yours.
Answer 8When you trim claws, just remove the point. A piece the size of the head of a pin. Give her something satisfying, something she can really sink her claws into. I once made a scratching post, 2 pieces of (2' x 2') carpet covered plywood separated by a 4' cylinder covered with carpet-burlap side out. To a cat: all things belong to cats. Give her a scratching post she'll like better than your furniture. Any effort to train is lost on those selfish, thoughtless, inconsiderate little cuddly sweet bundles of arrogance.
Answer 9YOUNG is good. RIGHT AWAY is good too. Try a water gun. Anything you don't want the cat to do (scratch furniture, door frames), or anywhere you don't want the cat to be (kitchen counter tops), just give a little squirt. Works great with mine!
Answer 10We have an 10 week old kitten. Same sort of problems. We have these nice decorative curtains in our bedroom - my wife gets horrified when the kitten climbs em (funny thing is that she brought the cat home!) Our biggest problem is that our 8 year old cat is NOT amused by the 'energy' the little one brings. I try to pet them both at the same time, so they can purr together rather than hiss and swat.
Answer 11If she's scratching the corners of your furniture put clear box tape on the corners there paws will just slide on the tape and wont harm your furniture and in return they will stop because it's not doing anything for them! Maybe raise your voice and tell her no and start walking towards her and more than likely she will stop and run, if she dont run then move her away from them eventually she will stop when you just say no!
Answer 12try a spray bottle of vinegar. cats despise vinegar and it won't hurt her at all. she will learn to associate the dreaded vinegar with chewing and using furniture as a claw sharpener. it worked great on all of the cats that i have ever had. also you could get her one of those cardboard scratching posts with catnip in it, my cats love them.
Answer 13You could put some thing on its feet to cover the claws and you could buy some thing to get things of his mind.
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