Yet another thing I meant to post before but never got to it.
I'm not sure if its to late or what, but I have a bit of a problem with my cat and scratching. I have bought him two scratching posts, one that hangs on the door knob (covered in rope),and one that is a free standing one (with carpet covering).
Well Mai Sai won't have anything to do with them. When I moved down I picked up a throw away love seat for my room (got to love craigs list) which I just cover up with some nice sheets. Well he loves to scratch this, and I dont have a problem with it, it is a throw away anyways. But the problem is he has started trying to scratch the upstairs one, which is NOT a throw away, and worse, not mine. This loveseat is owned by my room mate, and she hates it when the cats scratch it. When her cat does, she will yell and even slap the cat. (yes I have tried to talk to her, but there is only so many times I can explain why this is bad when she gets the results she wants, her cat has stopped) and I'm afraid she will start doing the same thing to Mai Sai.
As for what I have tried. I have tried putting catnip on both, both dried and spray, but Mai Sai doesn't care much for it (silly cat). I tried moving him to post a few times and he just runs away, but to be honest I didnt do it to much, since the post is downstairs and the loveseat is upstairs. and I've tried putting his claws on it.
My next plan is to put it next to the loveseat (took me forever to talk the room mate into that, she hates clutter). But I dont hold out that much hope for it. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would rather not spend alot of money on this, but I will if I need to, I can't handle Mai Sai being slapped for this....Should I start getting after him for scratching the downstairs throw away?
I'm not sure if its to late or what, but I have a bit of a problem with my cat and scratching. I have bought him two scratching posts, one that hangs on the door knob (covered in rope),and one that is a free standing one (with carpet covering).
Well Mai Sai won't have anything to do with them. When I moved down I picked up a throw away love seat for my room (got to love craigs list) which I just cover up with some nice sheets. Well he loves to scratch this, and I dont have a problem with it, it is a throw away anyways. But the problem is he has started trying to scratch the upstairs one, which is NOT a throw away, and worse, not mine. This loveseat is owned by my room mate, and she hates it when the cats scratch it. When her cat does, she will yell and even slap the cat. (yes I have tried to talk to her, but there is only so many times I can explain why this is bad when she gets the results she wants, her cat has stopped) and I'm afraid she will start doing the same thing to Mai Sai.
As for what I have tried. I have tried putting catnip on both, both dried and spray, but Mai Sai doesn't care much for it (silly cat). I tried moving him to post a few times and he just runs away, but to be honest I didnt do it to much, since the post is downstairs and the loveseat is upstairs. and I've tried putting his claws on it.
My next plan is to put it next to the loveseat (took me forever to talk the room mate into that, she hates clutter). But I dont hold out that much hope for it. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would rather not spend alot of money on this, but I will if I need to, I can't handle Mai Sai being slapped for this....Should I start getting after him for scratching the downstairs throw away?