Well, just the upstairs carpet right in the corners in front of the bathroom door, my bedroom door, and the second to top step of the staircase.
She's just over a year old now, and overall, she's a sweet, good cat. But lately, she's taken to scratching again where she isn't supposed to - on the carpet. Downstairs, she's been using the doormats as scratching pads since the day she got here - no problems for me there. I had originally gotten here a hanging scratching post upstairs, but she wouldn't touch it unless there was some catnip sprinkled on/rubbed in. She has a 55" cat tree that she loves, and has finally started scratching on. During the time that she refused to scratch there, I bought her an iScratch, which she also started scratching on almost immediately.
I thought the iScratch had finally solved her scratching on the carpet problem, but she's recently started again, and in those same spots. I'm a little worried that my dad is going to be really mad at her, since I think we were probably planning to sell this place after I graduated, and torn-up patches of carpet are not good for resale. I've tried covering those patches up with the sticky covers from the pet store, and I know she has plenty of legitimate places to scratch, so I'm at a loss to find a way to discourage her from scratching at the carpet (I'm tempted to try to rub some chili powder into those areas, but I'm not certain that would keep her away). Those patches are already pretty torn up - I'm just trying to figure out a way to keep it from getting even worse.
Help! Does anyone have suggestions?
She's just over a year old now, and overall, she's a sweet, good cat. But lately, she's taken to scratching again where she isn't supposed to - on the carpet. Downstairs, she's been using the doormats as scratching pads since the day she got here - no problems for me there. I had originally gotten here a hanging scratching post upstairs, but she wouldn't touch it unless there was some catnip sprinkled on/rubbed in. She has a 55" cat tree that she loves, and has finally started scratching on. During the time that she refused to scratch there, I bought her an iScratch, which she also started scratching on almost immediately.
I thought the iScratch had finally solved her scratching on the carpet problem, but she's recently started again, and in those same spots. I'm a little worried that my dad is going to be really mad at her, since I think we were probably planning to sell this place after I graduated, and torn-up patches of carpet are not good for resale. I've tried covering those patches up with the sticky covers from the pet store, and I know she has plenty of legitimate places to scratch, so I'm at a loss to find a way to discourage her from scratching at the carpet (I'm tempted to try to rub some chili powder into those areas, but I'm not certain that would keep her away). Those patches are already pretty torn up - I'm just trying to figure out a way to keep it from getting even worse.
Help! Does anyone have suggestions?