For those of you in denial who will say that "My cat won't scratch or destroy my furniture, they haven't yet!" The key word is "yet"
We've had Reeses for about 3 weeks. We also have 2 leather couches (sofa/love seat) that we purchased from the original owner. They're of the softer more "worn in/cracked" leather look. I guess she paid $1200 for both which is fairly cheap am I right? Anyway, Reeses in this whole time never scratched at them. I found a pin hole or scratch here or there from her jumping off or walking on either one of them, but nothing major. Only in the past week or so we noticed her scratching at them but never found any damage after she did it. Well today I heard her scratching again, went and looked and
probably 20+ pinholes/poking threads on the side of the sofa. She must have done it while I was out of the house because earlier she scratched in the same general area and I looked for damage and didn't see it.
Now obviously, I'm irritated, but not mad at her. It's her instinct although we've done the best we can to get her to not scratch things she's not supposed to (I've already found a few tiny wallpaper rips...) She has a scratching post, but will not use it. We were recommended one of those corrugated cardboard scratching box things and I think we're going to pick one up. A girl I work with says she's never seen a cat not use it. Hopefully Reeses does and will stop scratching other things. According to her previous owner she never scratched when he had her except for her scratching pad (which I wish he had given us now)
So, I guess my wife and I will have to look for some slip covers. Not that the damage is entirely visible. I clipped the threads the best I could so all that's left now are holes. But more for down the road. I'd rather cover the couch now than have her completely destroy it later.
I just wish my wife would get home so I can get the news over with
We've had Reeses for about 3 weeks. We also have 2 leather couches (sofa/love seat) that we purchased from the original owner. They're of the softer more "worn in/cracked" leather look. I guess she paid $1200 for both which is fairly cheap am I right? Anyway, Reeses in this whole time never scratched at them. I found a pin hole or scratch here or there from her jumping off or walking on either one of them, but nothing major. Only in the past week or so we noticed her scratching at them but never found any damage after she did it. Well today I heard her scratching again, went and looked and
Now obviously, I'm irritated, but not mad at her. It's her instinct although we've done the best we can to get her to not scratch things she's not supposed to (I've already found a few tiny wallpaper rips...) She has a scratching post, but will not use it. We were recommended one of those corrugated cardboard scratching box things and I think we're going to pick one up. A girl I work with says she's never seen a cat not use it. Hopefully Reeses does and will stop scratching other things. According to her previous owner she never scratched when he had her except for her scratching pad (which I wish he had given us now)
So, I guess my wife and I will have to look for some slip covers. Not that the damage is entirely visible. I clipped the threads the best I could so all that's left now are holes. But more for down the road. I'd rather cover the couch now than have her completely destroy it later.
I just wish my wife would get home so I can get the news over with