The key to creating a great scratching environment for your cat and decreasing her desire to scratch your belongings including carpet is variety.
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This is when she is probably scratching the carpet.
How can i get my cat to stop scratching my carpet.
Hi all we purchased a new fifth wheel that doesnt have carpeting in the living room.
It is so much easier to keep clean.
Those are just a few of the methods that i used to finally stop my boy from scratching the carpet.
While this often damages the item being scratched it provides a benefit to the cat.
They are not doing it on purpose to annoy you it is just a natural instinct they have built inside them for reasons which we will cover shortly.
Why cats scratch carpet upholstery and other surfaces.
Scratching is an important part of a cat s health and wellbeing.
With training a cat can be convinced to stop scratching carpet on stairs and expensive leather furniture.
Make sure he has a comfy bed which he can dig up to make even more comfortable.
Sometimes they can also express their anxiety and frustration by scratching your carpet or furniture while at other times it can be nothing but an attempt to get your attention.
It is rarely born of a desire to destroy.
Im sure there must be others without carpet that dont have this trouble.
It can be very annoying to see your cat tearing your expensive carpet to bits but what you have to realize is scratching is a natural behavior for cats.
You need tall sturdy scratching posts but you also need short horizontal or angled scratchers.
Always remember that scratching is an instinctive behavior for cats.
Cats scratch by digging their front claws into a horizontal or vertical surface then pulling their feet down or back.