if we can't teach him not to claw the nice new leather couch!! We just had the upholstery guy fix it today. My mom doesn't really understand why its cruel, even though I've explained it to her before since all our other cats have been declawed and were fine. and I asked her if she wanted to take the chance of Petey developing litter box problems if it hurt his paws to use the box and she didn't answer. Siam, our other cat, was declawed by a previous owner before we got her and she is a fine, normal cat. But its not that way with all cats, and I am worried that Petey will develop behavioral problems if we get him declawed.
Is there a good way to teach a cat not to claw the furniture? He's almost 7 months old, neutered. We have plenty of toys for him to play with and appropriate things for him to claw. Squirting with water doesn't work because he likes to play in water. It isn't really possible to keep him away from the couch all the time because the dogs have the main floor and Benji (terrier) can't be around cats because he will eat them. In the other rooms we have drapes and Petey has decided that its fun to try to jump up them. The couch is kept in the finished basement which is the best place for Petey to have run around time because its a nice big carpeted area for him to do cat zoomies. Petey is kept shut in a small room during the day with his bed and toys and food and water and litter pan so that he won't destroy things while we are not there to watch him.
Help, or Petey may lose half his front toes!
Is there a good way to teach a cat not to claw the furniture? He's almost 7 months old, neutered. We have plenty of toys for him to play with and appropriate things for him to claw. Squirting with water doesn't work because he likes to play in water. It isn't really possible to keep him away from the couch all the time because the dogs have the main floor and Benji (terrier) can't be around cats because he will eat them. In the other rooms we have drapes and Petey has decided that its fun to try to jump up them. The couch is kept in the finished basement which is the best place for Petey to have run around time because its a nice big carpeted area for him to do cat zoomies. Petey is kept shut in a small room during the day with his bed and toys and food and water and litter pan so that he won't destroy things while we are not there to watch him.
Help, or Petey may lose half his front toes!