Have a kitten scratching furniture, Bought a scratch pole, it still scratching. any ideas.?

Answer 1

Have you tried rubbing catnip on the scratch pole?? Sometimes that will help attract the kitten to it.

Also, when mine were kittens I bought an empty squirt bottle which I filled with water. When the kittens were naughty I would simply say "no" and squirt them a few times with the water. They hated the water and soon would stop when I said "no" without me having to squirt them.

Answer 2

Sticky Paws is good, it's a double sided adhesive that doesn't damage furniture. It worked with our two. I don't advise sticking it on painted doors though it pulled the paint of when I tried to remove it. You also have to replace it quite frequently as lint, dust, and hair sticks to it.

It's also worth buying a couple of cheap scratching posts and putting them around the place. Keep claws trimmed as short as is safe. I think I'm right in saying that cats have some kind of scent gland in their paws that leaves a smell where they scratch. So if you can encourage them to start scratching the posts they most likely will do so again.

Put the scent of lemon or orange peel or concentrate on the furniture this work great too, cats hate this smell.

As a last resort you could try the water pistol routine. Although I found this made them more determined to do it again.

I think you can get some kind of aerosol deterrent that makes a hissing sound if they go near it, or something like that. Maybe it's worth looking into.

Good luck

Answer 3

Everytime you see it scratch the furniture, pick it up and put it at the scratch post. It might take a while but eventually the kitten will learn to use the post rather than the furniture. I did this with my two kittens and now they never scratch my sofas.

Answer 4

Cats scratching furniture is another way of them marking their territory. So you getting him the scratching post just gives him something else to scratch...doesn't mean he'll give up on the furniture. There are a number of ways to get him from scraching the furniture.

1. Spray citrus (it will help your house smell good, plus for whatever reason, they don't like the smell)
2. Get him declawed
3. Get him softpaws (much nicer than declawing, they put pads over the claws, but it does need to be redone about every other month)
4. You could tape the furniture, but he'll look for more furniture to claw. So you would have to pretty well tape every corner on every piece of your furtniture.

Answer 5

You have to introduce your kitten to the scratch pole. Take their paws and rub them against the pole like in a scratching pole. Do this a few times a day and the kitty will get the hang of it.

Answer 6

I had the same problem. I moved the scratching post to a different location, and our cats suddenly started using it.

Another possible solution is to try buying some catnip in a spray (from a big pet shop) and spraying some of that on the scratching post. Not all cats are attracted to it, apparently it's genetic, but you won't know until you try it. Of our two cats, one goes mad for it and the other isn't that bothered.

Answer 7

rub catnip into the scratching post
introduce kitty to the scratch post.
every time kitty goes to the wrong place, pick kitty up and take kitty to the scratching post. he will get the idea.
squirt kitty with wqater when kitty scratches in the wrong place.
smack the wrong place kitty scratches with a flyswatter to keep kitty off the furniture
turn up volume of stereo ful volume when you see kitty go near the furniture with intent to scratch.
remind kitty that is not the place to do that when you find kitty scratching--kitty will test--the scratching is their way of marking that territory, so kitty will not totally stop--but kitty won't do the severe damage kitty was doing before the training session.

be consistent--kitty will come around.

Answer 8

buy something called stop spray. This is suspose to stop the kitten from scratching, weeing, pooing or anything else from doing it where you dont want. if not just get a spray bottle and spray her when she does not use the scratch pole. you will need to read where you can put the stop spray as i think you cant use it on leather.

Answer 9

You have to teach it where it is ok to scratch and where it's not. I read that rubbing their paws on the scratching post helps. Catnip on it definitely can help. You could buy a pet repellent to put around your furniture. Also the "no" and squirt bottle technique is effective, I've heard.

Answer 10

There are pet behaviour training sprays which are available on the market now a days which deters scrating and chewing and is available for both cats and dogs. If you try this in combination with cat nip on their scratch posts it will help. Please note you will need to apply the spray a few times until the animal does not keep scratching in that location.