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Moving my outdoor cat, to a neighborhood with other cats? How to stop it from scratching my furniture?

Sep 17, 2008 by Skaterdude277 | Posted in Cats

Were moving into a new house; 3 problems.

1. Cat will scratch all of our new leather furniture
2. Hes an outdoor cat, i dont want him to wonder off
3. The neighborhood already has a few cats, i've seen them get into some brawls...

I love my kitty and do not want to have to give it away...
Help would be extremely appreciated.

I don't know if I really have anything to say that you haven't already thought of yourself, but....

Make sure there is always something around that the cat CAN scratch. You can also spray certain things on your couch, but you have to be sure to spray it every day, otherwise the cat might decide to scratch again when the scent is gone. For some cats, this is enough to train them to not scratch the couch. Others are stubborn and just wait for the spray to wear off. Another method is putting double sided tape on the couch. Again, for some this is enough to train the cat to not scratch while others will scratch where there is no tape, or scratch once the tape is removed. My husband and I used tape on the couch and provided a scratching post. This effectively got our cat to scratch the couch only once in a while. It's no huge success, but it helped and some cats are less stubborn. Good luck and I hope you find something that works for you. It sounds as if you need your success rate to be a bit higher than ours. Another thing you can try is squirting the cat with water when they scratch. We only yell at our cat when he scratches, but I imagine water would send a stronger message to the cat.

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