My silly girl (11 months) has started scratching at our ottoman--really she's playing, doing somersaults around the legs and then just putting her claws in the corners--it's not like when she scratches at her post--all stretched out.
It got a bit worse when we were away for 2 weeks--the sitter wasn't as good at chasing her off as we are.
so--I got some "cat repellent" spray at Target and sprayed the ottoman--only then do I realize it has lemon oil in it. Sasha *loves* citrus! It was like I sprayed the thing with catnip!! She loves when I clean the counters with orange cleaner (which I bought because "cats don't like citrus"). She sits on the counter stool just sniffing and sniffing! Once when I was cooking and my back was turned, she jumped up on the counter and was drinking my freshly squeezed lemon juice out of the measuring cup!!
So next I tried the clear double sided sticky tape on the ottoman corners. She came running right over to see what was up, Ms. Nosy. She put one paw on it and then decided it would be much better if she licked it!!! She licked up and down the whole piece of tape---until she decided that it would be better to try and pull it off to eat it!! arrggh! I removed all the tape and discarded it...
so what can I try now? If I am sitting there, I hsst her and she usually stops, but I can't always be sitting there!
any help/products appreciated! (oh, and when I tried foil on the countertops, she just walked right across it...)
marieba
It got a bit worse when we were away for 2 weeks--the sitter wasn't as good at chasing her off as we are.
so--I got some "cat repellent" spray at Target and sprayed the ottoman--only then do I realize it has lemon oil in it. Sasha *loves* citrus! It was like I sprayed the thing with catnip!! She loves when I clean the counters with orange cleaner (which I bought because "cats don't like citrus"). She sits on the counter stool just sniffing and sniffing! Once when I was cooking and my back was turned, she jumped up on the counter and was drinking my freshly squeezed lemon juice out of the measuring cup!!
So next I tried the clear double sided sticky tape on the ottoman corners. She came running right over to see what was up, Ms. Nosy. She put one paw on it and then decided it would be much better if she licked it!!! She licked up and down the whole piece of tape---until she decided that it would be better to try and pull it off to eat it!! arrggh! I removed all the tape and discarded it...
so what can I try now? If I am sitting there, I hsst her and she usually stops, but I can't always be sitting there!
any help/products appreciated! (oh, and when I tried foil on the countertops, she just walked right across it...)
marieba