Cat Clawing Furniture

by Lisa Corbett
(Australia)

QUESTION

How can I stop our cat from clawing our leather lounge suit? Lisa


Hi, Lisa,

Keep the nails trimmed.

Provide lots of scratching posts as alternatives to your sofa.

Cat Nip on the scratching posts can make them more attractive to your cat.

Consider putting corner protectors on your furniture. They make them in various shapes and sizes and materials to protect the parts of your furniture the cat is most likely to scratch.

Keep your furniture covered with pretty quilts or throws of some sort and if you want to remove them when you are having guests, then you can do so, but leave them on when it's just the cats there.

If you can close off the room with the leather furniture when you're not home, that is a big help.

I hope that gives you some ideas. Thank you for writing,
Dr. Neely