Cat alarm clock?

A few months ago a section of my carpet was destroyed. After a while, Orion started scratching at it every night, and trying to pull it up. I started covering it up, and it worked for awhile until he realized he could still get at parts of it. He found a part I couldn't cover and started scratching it every morning around 5:30. When I would sit up or get up to say "please stop!" he'd run to his food bowl. (He's on a diet.) So I know I shouldn't, but I fed him some mornings because it would stop the noise and I could sleep.

I got my carpet replaced, and last night, he found the seam and started scratching. I'm going to cover it with foil tonight, and if that doesn't work I'm going to get some sticky paws stuff at Petsmart. I know I also need to get him a scratching post.

I was thinking about soft paws too, because he gets my couch sometimes too, and I'm getting a new one soon.

Any other suggestions? Ideas? I read the scratching post at the beginning of the forum already.

Thanks!

Stop feeding him when he is doing this, and park your vacuum over the spot- gurantee he will leave the spot alone after that

i will cover the big one....but what if he picks another one?? and any suggestions to make him stop if i don't feed him? i don't fancy waking up at 5:30!!

My real question is why you brought a cat into the house without procuring a proper scratching post BEFORE asking the feline to stay in your quarters.

Along the same lines as the vacuum, maybe you could hook up the vacuum so that you could turn it on remotely. For example, you could have an extension cord that you could unplug and plug in to scare Orion away from that spot when he starts scratching. He'll probably learn pretty quickly that it's not a good idea to scratch there.

Willow found a spot on the stairs in my apartment where she could pull up the corner of the carpet. I put a scratching post right over that spot so that she can't access it directly and if she scratches in that area there, she's behaving like a good kitty. In addition to a scratching post, you could also get one or more of those cardboard scratching boxes. Around here, they cost about $7 for the small one

My kittens have deemed the time between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. as "The Official Kitten Marathon and Noise Making Adventure" start time.

As for the vaccum idea, that should work. If my little girls even see the vaccum, they're gone.

Originally Posted by portdevoix

My real question is why you brought a cat into the house without procuring a proper scratching post BEFORE asking the feline to stay in your quarters.

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My other cat was declawed when I got her, so it never crossed my mind that I would need one. Sorry. I came on here looking for advice, not judgement.

Originally Posted by hissy

Stop feeding him when he is doing this, and park your vacuum over the spot- gurantee he will leave the spot alone after that

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Thank you hissy! I took your advice, and parked the vacuum over the one very prominent spot. He doesn't bother that one anymore, but has taken a liking to the other carpet seams in the area. I stopped feeding him when he does it, and he does do it less now, and will give up (at least for a little while) if I ignore him or call him over to sleep with me.

I tried foil, he just jumps on it! I did buy him a cardboard scratching box, which he LOVES and uses all the time except at 5am. I also tried buying sticky paws, which worked for him, but then my other kitty decided it tasted good and woke me up when she was chewing on it. I took that up, I didn't want her to get sick.

I'm considering softpaws....has anyone used it??

Any other advice??

Well after covering every possible scratch point, and he meows Try a radio to drown out the noise or something you can fall asleep to.

My cats tend to meow early in the morning to be let out of the other bed room(all 8 cats). I have a fan put on high and that drowns the meows out(great for barking dogs too) or a radio put on loud, BUt the fan works best since the alarm will still wake you up. The small fans wont work, gotta have a large fan that can chill you out(I have 3 thick blankets for warmth) I love my fan . Itis now starting to slow down and wont start at times .

Ashley

Aside from the vacumn tips, I would also suggest getting a scratching post with sisal rope. If it's fully carpeted, the cat will think that anything made out of carpet is a suitable scratching post.