Hello, I have 2 cats, and the one is white/orange and the other is grey. The white one sheds ALOT! and currently we have this blue color sofa and it shows alot on there. We are selling that in 3 weeks and buying a tan sofa and chair. Does anyone out there know what kind to buy having cats w/ nails? I'm not sure if anyone has found that "perfect" sofa that doesnt realy rip when they scratch at it. I'm not going 2 declaw my cats either, so if you have any advice on what kind of material to buy please help. I know leather is out of the question- they tour all our leather stuff up allready. I was thinking a tan mircofiber? IDK PLZ HELP!! thanks =
2007-03-18 11:26:22 · 8 answers · asked by whatup 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
You should buy your two cats some furniture of there own. One that has some rope wrapped around posts, are my cats favorites! That is where they hone their nails also(very healthy for them).
You should be able to have any kind of furniture for yourself!
Show your cats who is the boss!
2007-03-18 12:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Catlover 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have a light green fabric for our sofas, and the white doesn't really show up at all. I would say Tan would be a suitable colour too.
We have an expensive sofa (for us anyway) and our cats don't scratch it at all. If they tried to we would tell them off and we gave them an alternative. They now use one of the four scratching posts/climbing gyms we've got around the house instead because they know they are their's to scratch on. Give them a variety of fabrics on their scratching post. Some cats like carpet to scratch, others prefer sisal rope, or sisal webbing. Some prefer vertical posts, other like horizontal posts. We've got all of these options covered and no problems at all with scratching.
We haven't bothered with declawing because they really seem to enjoy scratching and I wouldn't want to take that away from them. I believe it may be illegal in Australia also.
2007-03-18 17:41:22 · answer #2 · answered by lalala_mimimi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 04:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by cynthy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As for a specific type of fabric I don't know, but I've always been succesful in training cats. Declawing is illegal here in Europe and yet we have lots of cats, lots of nice furniture. Take a look at the article in the source, it is too long to copy & paste here but it'll tell you a lot about why cats scratch and how to teach them to scratch the scratching post only. Good to hear you won't declaw your cats!
2007-03-20 13:42:43 · answer #4 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally with cats - I would advise second hand furniture !
That way it's no big deal when it gets shredded.
We currently have leather which is standing up very well to 14 cats ! ( I am really surprised by it as they wrecked the fabric stuff we had before)
BTW - glad you won't declaw
2007-03-18 12:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by Debi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you trim their nails regularly it helps a lot. I bought leather thinking that would work well...nope - they pee on it and scratch it - but at least I can clean it up. On the other hand I do have a heavy woven fabric on a chair that seems indestructible...I paid 60 dollars for the chair...I think that's the key - buy things that are inexpensive and easily replaced.
2007-03-18 11:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by J F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing will work. Even wooden furniture will be destroyed (mine wrecked my bed set.) Either train them to use a scratching post (catnip on the post helps with this), or get used to the damage.
2007-03-18 11:32:32 · answer #7 · answered by Me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you have a problem with your cats scratching furniture put velcro where they usually scratch it. they hate the feel of it. ballons will also work but i personally have never done it.
2007-03-18 12:08:22 · answer #8 · answered by MommyCaleb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋