What material on a sofa works best with a cat that scratches?

Answer 1

Some will even scratch leather and then what a nightmare!!

There are cat repellant sprays that work well, just look at Petco Petsmart. You must reapply often.

Answer 2

Nothing really. I have three declawed cats that can do some serious damage to anything they "claw" at over time.

You do have a couple of other options. First of all, I do not advocate declawing. The cats I have are rescues and the damage was done before I got them. But to answer your question. You can cover the apparent scratching areas with light metal-like aluminum or even use a sturdy material such as hardened vinyl that will curve around the edges of the scratching areas. You can spray with or use repellents on the areas you don't want scratched. Just don't get the repelent on you, or you may repell the cat away from you as well! Use gloves when handling repellents. One easy, inexpensive group of repellents are spices. Cats hate peppermint oil, ginger & cayenne pepper. You can sprinkle on or around with these natural products & that should take care of any scratching problems. Be sure to provide your cat with other methods of stretching out their nails & scratching. This is a natural and instinctive thing that a cat does and you're not going to change this behavior. Be sure to give your cat an "ok" place to scratch like a scratching post or thick cardboard box. Cats seem to gravitate to cardboard.

Good luck. Hope this helps.
~ kat (yes, that's my real name). :-)

Answer 3

Not many as had a velvet material one and my cat kept scratching the arms of it and when she lay on top of it the hairs was everywhere. I didn't buy her a scratching post when she was a kitten as she was my first ever cat and didn't realize they really need one. Second cat always had scratching post does use it . But i now have leather settee and can't let her in same room as her claws would still really scratch the leather even thought she doesn't scratch it just jumping off would mark the leather. Isn't much choice sorry cat's will be cat's and cats and settee's just seem to be a extra large scratching post to them

Answer 4

2 points (well 3 really)

firstly there are products you can buy to cover a cats nails - some are called SOFT PAWS... they are sold with enough for all 4 paws but if you only use them on the front paws they will last twice as long and work BRILLIANTLY!!

secondly - realize a sofas purpose is for sitting.. a sofa isnt less comfy if it has scratches on it.. noboby buys a sofa for resale purposes...

finally.. declawing is terribly cruel, no matter what folks will tell you to justify why they did it... I declawed my first cat and regretted it terribly - I currently own a cat who was declawed before I got her.. she has typical litter box issues and is a nervous biter.. these are only 2 of the common side effects from declawing... 90% of all declawed cats exhibit some sort of side effect, the most common being behavioral..

Answer 5

You can get a package of Sticky Paws double-sided strips to put on the ends of sofas where cats like to scratch and they won't use the sofa. Of course the cat needs a good scratching post - cat trees are the best and cats like to scratch on sisal rope which should be at the bottom. The $10 cardboard scratchers to which you add catnip are also good if your cat is responsive to it.

I also use inexpensive cottom quilts to drape over the ends of sofas. I spread them out at night if cats like to sleep on the sofa. They pick up excess cat hair and dirt and are easily washed.

If you are concerned about "decor" they can be folded up and put away when you have people visiting your house.

Answer 6

i do not thinnk that getting a different material that is more durable will help your cat. you need to teach it not to scratch. one way is with a spray bottle of water, everytime you catch your cat scratching the sofa, spray it with some water.

Answer 7

Leather sofas work a treat

Answer 8

At pet stores they have these little stools with heavy yarn or whatever threaded around it tightly and they're specifically for that purpose. They cost about 25 to 30 bucks tops,but they save your furniture.