My tabby is about 3 years old. About a month ago we bought and moved into our new home. We have two different types of carpet on the main level. But she has only taken to scratching on the carpet in the living room and hall which has less of a shag to it. She never expressed her love for carpet scratching in our old rental unit where the carpet was rougher, she actually used the sides of our spare bed to scrath and stretch on which wasn't a big deal.
I'm against the declaw issue, so I've been trying alternatives. My husband made her a cat post to scratch and perch on. We put shaggier carpet on the perch, and less shaggy (yet different from the one in our living room)on the middle, scratch part. I've put catnip on it, I've put her toys on it, and I've scratched it for her to try to get her into it.
She perches on it in the mornings when she watches the birds, but she won't even sniff the post or anything else to it to even try it out. She's taken to scratching the carpet right on the outskirts of the bottom area. I've put down aluminum foil in the rough spots she likes, but she moves them. And I'm not too sure if the cayanne pepper is detering her away either.
I would like to find out how else I can train her to use the post. She's very timid, and nervous so when I hold her and put her on it, she just runs away. (we got her as a stray when i worked outside a drug treatment facility, so she's always been very skittish and weary of some people and things).
What else can I do for her?? And where can I get those soft paws?? What is the current price they are going for to be put on and how effectively do they work for cats??
Please help! I'm open to any and all info. to get my sweet, sweet kitty to stop sharpening her claws on my poor carpet.
Thanks.
I'm against the declaw issue, so I've been trying alternatives. My husband made her a cat post to scratch and perch on. We put shaggier carpet on the perch, and less shaggy (yet different from the one in our living room)on the middle, scratch part. I've put catnip on it, I've put her toys on it, and I've scratched it for her to try to get her into it.
She perches on it in the mornings when she watches the birds, but she won't even sniff the post or anything else to it to even try it out. She's taken to scratching the carpet right on the outskirts of the bottom area. I've put down aluminum foil in the rough spots she likes, but she moves them. And I'm not too sure if the cayanne pepper is detering her away either.
I would like to find out how else I can train her to use the post. She's very timid, and nervous so when I hold her and put her on it, she just runs away. (we got her as a stray when i worked outside a drug treatment facility, so she's always been very skittish and weary of some people and things).
What else can I do for her?? And where can I get those soft paws?? What is the current price they are going for to be put on and how effectively do they work for cats??
Please help! I'm open to any and all info. to get my sweet, sweet kitty to stop sharpening her claws on my poor carpet.
Thanks.