Scratching Carpet

[kitty0930]

i just moved into a nice apartment with new carpet. Does anyone know of products or something that help with my cat scratching up the carpet in the corners of the room?

 

[Columbine]

The best way to stop your cat scratching the carpet is to provide plenty of suitable (often more inviting) alternatives. Cardboard scratchers are wonderful for keeping my guys off the new rugs, but you can get traditional style floor/horizontal scratchers too (check out Art Motion & Sound for some fabulous ones if you have the space). Cat trees and traditional scratching posts are great too.

If you're worried, you can always fit kitty with claw covers for a while. These will vastly reduce, if not totally prevent, any damage from unwanted scratching.

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[Georgia on my Mind]

I second what Columbine said. My cats were scratching a new chair I bought. Since my cats don’t like the horizontal cardboard scratchers I bought two more scratching posts and placed them on either side of the chair. Whenever they scratched the chair I gently placed their paws on the posts and they scratched the posts. Now they never scratch the chair.

 

[duckpond]

I agree with what the others said. i have a few upright cat scratching posts SmartCat The Ultimate Scratching Post, a cat tree that has polls they can scratch Frisco 72-Inch Cat Tree, Cream, a few flat on the floor Scratch Lounge Reversible Replacement Scratch Floor, and their new favorite the PetFusion Ultimate Cat Scratcher Lounge I have these in several different areas, and they have saved my furniture and carpet. i sprinkle cat nip on all of them ocasionally to keep the cats interested.