I adopted a cat (was about 5 months old at the time) last fall. About two months ago he has gone on a very destructive path. He has fully destroyed the following...
Couch, Coffee Table, Office Chair, Office Desk, Box Springs, Mattress, Goose Down Comforter, Tons of DVDs - he'll jump on the DVD rack tipping it over and then start to tear up my DVDs, among those that were lost were a collector's edition of Alfred Hitchcock, Several Pillows, Several Duvet Covers and now he is starting to scratch up my walls and the trim on every single door frame (I rent, this is a serious issue).
He has the following to scratch on that he does use, he just scratches other things as well...
Cat house thing with several scratch services, 4 of those cardboard scratches, several toys and then 2 scratch posts.
He lives with one other cat, I bought this cat and felt guilty for buying so I had to adopt him a brother. The cat that I bought doesn't do any of this destructive behavior (or if he does he doesn't when I'm around). The little destroyer does it right in front of me and just looks at me. Also, the cat I bought does know the word "no", if he's doing something I don't like I'll just say "no" and he stops whatever he is doing.
Also, I don't know if this helps address the destroyer's behavior issue, but when he's laying next to me and I start to pet him and give him some lovins (I love and hate him at the same time!) he'll start to flex his claws, but he'll flex them way too strong and will actually puncture my skin. The other cat seems to know when to stop when it comes to his claws with me, I have never been scratched by him at all.
Please any help would be great, he starts to scratch the walls around 4am and meowing like crazy...sounds like nails on a chalk board and I am on the verge of getting him declawed (really don't want to do this) or getting rid of him (don't want to do this either). What I have tried is the spray bottle, plastic claw things I bought from Drs. Foster and Smith and that scent stuff you buy by the bottle all to no avail.
I need sleep and I want to actually own stuff that doesn't get destroyed
. My lab was never this destructive when she was a puppy and they have a reputation for chewing through dry wall.
Couch, Coffee Table, Office Chair, Office Desk, Box Springs, Mattress, Goose Down Comforter, Tons of DVDs - he'll jump on the DVD rack tipping it over and then start to tear up my DVDs, among those that were lost were a collector's edition of Alfred Hitchcock, Several Pillows, Several Duvet Covers and now he is starting to scratch up my walls and the trim on every single door frame (I rent, this is a serious issue).
He has the following to scratch on that he does use, he just scratches other things as well...
Cat house thing with several scratch services, 4 of those cardboard scratches, several toys and then 2 scratch posts.
He lives with one other cat, I bought this cat and felt guilty for buying so I had to adopt him a brother. The cat that I bought doesn't do any of this destructive behavior (or if he does he doesn't when I'm around). The little destroyer does it right in front of me and just looks at me. Also, the cat I bought does know the word "no", if he's doing something I don't like I'll just say "no" and he stops whatever he is doing.
Also, I don't know if this helps address the destroyer's behavior issue, but when he's laying next to me and I start to pet him and give him some lovins (I love and hate him at the same time!) he'll start to flex his claws, but he'll flex them way too strong and will actually puncture my skin. The other cat seems to know when to stop when it comes to his claws with me, I have never been scratched by him at all.
Please any help would be great, he starts to scratch the walls around 4am and meowing like crazy...sounds like nails on a chalk board and I am on the verge of getting him declawed (really don't want to do this) or getting rid of him (don't want to do this either). What I have tried is the spray bottle, plastic claw things I bought from Drs. Foster and Smith and that scent stuff you buy by the bottle all to no avail.
I need sleep and I want to actually own stuff that doesn't get destroyed