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When I first got Max he was a good boy, and he used his cst scratcher and didn't bother anything else. We have had him since September and he is 6 months old now. We also have Ollie who is 3 moths old, we got him just a month and a half after max. They are both scrstching everything they should not be scratching. It's mostly max, it started with the carpet, I would wave my hand and tell him to stop, the he actually did damage to the carpet in my daughters room, and made a big hole in the door way. They really like those fabric cubes that go on shelves, they have damaged a few (we have them in every bedroom.) the scratch at the couch, the wall, one of them put a hole in my youngest daughters table and chair set (that we just got for Christmas.) Max likes to sit on the tv stand and watch tv, now he scratches at the screen. They scratch at our box springs on our beds too. I don't know what to do. I shoo them away, I pick them up and move them out of the bedrooms when they are in them. They have scratchers, they have toys, they play with each other. I got Ollie so Max would have someone to play with (since we work and I knew after a while the kids wouldn't want to play as much as when we first got him) and they get along very well, but I'm wondering if this is what is causing all the scratching.
When Max first destroyed the carpet i covered that area with tape, but I can't go covering my whole house with tape. When I am home I can stop them, but I work and I'm worried they will destroy something when I'm not home. I already want to get more scratchers,I just have to wait till my husband gets paid ( he just got a new job so we are broke at the moment.) should I try to trim thier nails? I used to have guinea pigs and I trimmed their nails. I ha d a at before but never though to trim her nails, though we really didn't have a problem with her scratching.
When Max first destroyed the carpet i covered that area with tape, but I can't go covering my whole house with tape. When I am home I can stop them, but I work and I'm worried they will destroy something when I'm not home. I already want to get more scratchers,I just have to wait till my husband gets paid ( he just got a new job so we are broke at the moment.) should I try to trim thier nails? I used to have guinea pigs and I trimmed their nails. I ha d a at before but never though to trim her nails, though we really didn't have a problem with her scratching.