Furniture shredding

Toxick

Toxick

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Keep in mind that I have very little experience with cats and I'm not a cat-person, so I might be asking a question that seems intuitive to you cat people. But I'm quite serious. I have no idea what to do.

My home is infested with a cat that loves to scratch the ever-loving hell out of my furniture. It's expensive furniture, and I'd prefer not to have it looking like crap. I don't remember if my warranty covers pet-damage. I'd rather not have to use it anyway.

I've bought a dozen scratching posts for this creature, some laced with catnip, some not, but it still insists on digging its claws into my couch, chairs and as of yesterday, my arm. Although to be honest, he can keep tearing my arm up if it gets him away from my furniture.

Short of chopping its little paws off, is there a way I can stop this thing from tearing up thousands of dollars worth of my property?


I'm about ---><---- this close to declawing the little sucker.


Throwing it into the streets or arranging for an 'accident' are not options - Mrs Toxick loves the fell beast. I think he's OK except for the incessant scratching.

Any ideas? Can I force him to use the scratching posts?
 
Chasey_Lane

Chasey_Lane

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You can purchase Soft Paws, but then you'll have to glue them onto your cats nails, which can be a pain. I clip my cats nails (he loves pedicures :lol: ) usually every week, but he still manages to claw at things.
 
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Mousebaby

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I hate to say it, but if there is a cat in my house, and there are 3, they are declawed as soon as they are old enough! I can't afford to replace my furniture and I can't have them using my children or me as a scratching post! They also have posts in various places in the house and they STILL to this day try to sharpen there phantom claws on my furniture! If you want to save your furniture declawing is the route I'd go. :howdy:
 
kwillia

kwillia

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vraiblonde said:
That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Lee Press-On Nails for cats. What will they think of next?

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Keep in mind that was posted by the chick who dresses her cat in a namebrand sweater...:lol:
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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Chasey_Lane said:
They are cute. Be quiet.
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:lol:

I can tell you right now that not one of my cats would sit there and let me put press-on nails on them. I would have to tranquilize them first.
 
Nickel

Nickel

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jp2854

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Toxick said:
How much is a declawing?

I think I'm going to try the softpaws thing first.
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Toxick each vet charges a different price call the vet that you use and ask how much it will cost to get it done with a laser (when they declaw with laser its a lot less painful and healing time is quicker). When I got my 3 cats declawed it was I think close to 200.00 but that was also 8yrs ago. I don't know what the price is now.

you can buy stuff to spray on the furniture to to keep them away from it I think . Go to petco and ask them if they have stuff you can use to deter the cat from using your furniture as his/her scratchpost.
 
Nanny Pam

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jp2854 said:
Toxick each vet charges a different price call the vet that you use and ask how much it will cost to get it done with a laser (when they declaw with laser its a lot less painful and healing time is quicker). When I got my 3 cats declawed it was I think close to 200.00 but that was also 8yrs ago. I don't know what the price is now.

you can buy stuff to spray on the furniture to to keep them away from it I think . Go to petco and ask them if they have stuff you can use to deter the cat from using your furniture as his/her scratchpost.
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I'd listen to her. she is a cat expert.
 
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Mousebaby

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Toxick said:
How much is a declawing?

I think I'm going to try the softpaws thing first.
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I use St. Mary's Vet. Hosp. and I just had one of my girls spayed and declawed at the same time with the laser and it was around 400.00. But that was for both. There number is 301-862-2441 give them a call and ask, they are really good and my cat was back to herself in a week! Good Luck! :huggy:
 
Toxick

Toxick

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jp2854 said:
you can buy stuff to spray on the furniture to to keep them away from it I think . Go to petco and ask them if they have stuff you can use to deter the cat from using your furniture as his/her scratchpost.
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This sounds ideal. If it doesn't stink up the house.



I'd hate to alter the cat's physiology to put a stop to one thing - especially if the cat ends up getting outside, and runs across a mean dog or cat or a wild boar (or something) and it can't defend itself or scramble up a tree.

On the other hand, we're going to dig around in its insides, to stop the cat infestation from spreading ... so I guess altering the cat's physiology is in the cards either way.


But I guess there's a difference between removing the kitten-maker and removing all hope of self-defense.
 
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