It doesn't matter what we do, Munchie won't stop scratching the carpet in the two places she has decided are her scratching post.
We don't use water - we do make noise when she does it. She immediately stops, but the next time, she's right back in the same place.
We've tried spraying those two areas of the carpet with various types of air fresheners. It has not helped at all.
Same with biting at the shades.
However, every once in an odd while, she actually uses the scratching post. We immediately reward her with a treat - and she is TOTALLY treat motivated. But she just doesn't make the connection.
...could this have anything to do with her being potentially kind of retarded? It is more than likely that she did not have proper (or much) nutrition during critical growth phase.
We don't have a lot of experience with cats, but unlike the other two, she exhibits no curiousity at all. She likes to eat, play and sleep, and in that order. Anything moving - she'll dive for it. Toys that lie there don't exist. She expanded her territory in the house from her original crate and the bedroom area only by following the other cats ound the house, but she has explored nothing on her own.
?????
Any suggestions?
We don't use water - we do make noise when she does it. She immediately stops, but the next time, she's right back in the same place.
We've tried spraying those two areas of the carpet with various types of air fresheners. It has not helped at all.
Same with biting at the shades.
However, every once in an odd while, she actually uses the scratching post. We immediately reward her with a treat - and she is TOTALLY treat motivated. But she just doesn't make the connection.
...could this have anything to do with her being potentially kind of retarded? It is more than likely that she did not have proper (or much) nutrition during critical growth phase.
We don't have a lot of experience with cats, but unlike the other two, she exhibits no curiousity at all. She likes to eat, play and sleep, and in that order. Anything moving - she'll dive for it. Toys that lie there don't exist. She expanded her territory in the house from her original crate and the bedroom area only by following the other cats ound the house, but she has explored nothing on her own.
?????
Any suggestions?