Cat question

[leaky]

Originally Posted by lozatronic

ooohhhh water sprays are great for training cats... as are vacumn cleaners.. mine used to hate the vacumn cleaner that much it would do that cartoon run on the spot thing trying to get away when I switched it on.. :rotfl:

thats cruel id never do that cos i dont have a cat. but my youngest is shit scared of our hoover, which comes in handy when its time to get him under control cant blame him really its 1 of those big ugly kibys with the search light on the front over 20 years old and still got enough pulling power to give any circumcised chap a new cover im on about my 40th skin trim now


so buzz either get an old kirby, or just buy a goldfish and put its bowl at the otherside of room from your sofa and your moggie will soon find something to take its mind of the sctraching

[amymars]

Apparently the scratching and the pawing business they do is related to some technique they have as kittens for getting milk out of the mother...and when they do it as adults they are subconsciously comforting themselves. One of my cats used to paw and claw at everything. My mum put a noisy clock which made a loud ticking sound in the room where the cat usually slept, and it soon reduced the amount of clawing it did! (Something to do with the sound being reminiscent of the heartbeat of the mother cat?) Why not try that for a while? Some cats do generally tear things apart, but yours may just feel a bit threatened or anxious?

[nics]

my cats wrecked my leather sofa......i couldnt stop it and when i did eventualy......the fooker decided to claw my wallpaper!!!

i got a coconut mat from ikea and hes used that ever since to scratch instead.....

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by leaky

so buzz either get an old kirby, or just buy a goldfish and put its bowl at the otherside of room from your sofa and your moggie will soon find something to take its mind of the sctraching

LOL my old man used to work for Kirby in around 1980 ish hehe

Originally Posted by amymars

Apparently the scratching and the pawing business they do is related to some technique they have as kittens for getting milk out of the mother...and when they do it as adults they are subconsciously comforting themselves. One of my cats used to paw and claw at everything. My mum put a noisy clock which made a loud ticking sound in the room where the cat usually slept, and it soon reduced the amount of clawing it did! (Something to do with the sound being reminiscent of the heartbeat of the mother cat?) Why not try that for a while? Some cats do generally tear things apart, but yours may just feel a bit threatened or anxious?

Aah nice one for the advice folks, not sure what to do really but i'm gonna tally up all this info and also speak to some pet shops who will prob know a bit also.

I really thank u for your mad cat advice, I also might try and breast feed her myself

I still want your fishy thongs girls

[Rewind_2007]

Originally Posted by Buzz

We got a kitten a while back and its grown quite a lot.

Got a problem here as the fucker is constantly clawing the leather sofa, its not so much of an issue as the sofa has had it anyway, but what is a problem is we just bought a new one from DFS which arrives in a few weeks and im very worried.

She hasn't yet had her injections and isnt allowed outside yet so im thinking the clawing may stop once she is going outside.

Does anyone know much about this or how to stop it?

Thanks

Buzz

dont know much about cats as i only have a dog but there similar (kinda) i would get it some toys to entertain it stop it getting bored failing that i would get a water pistol and every time it goes near the new sofa squirt it that should keep it away without hurting it or killing it!

[Duke]

Originally Posted by li'l Sonz

Our cat (when she was alive, bless her! ) started scratching the new leather sofa we got and she was a fully grown thing.... So, I'd say try everything you can to try and nip this habit in the bud....

A scratching post is a good idea but you need to make sure that when you catch the cat scratching the sofa that you shew it away and scare it (just making a noise that it doesn't like or spray it with water) into knowing it's not allowed to scratch the sofa!!

x

kicking them works ,

[Duke]

Originally Posted by leaky

thats cruel id never do that cos i dont have a cat. but my youngest is shit scared of our hoover, which comes in handy when its time to get him under control cant blame him really its 1 of those big ugly kibys with the search light on the front over 20 years old and still got enough pulling power to give any circumcised chap a new cover im on about my 40th skin trim now


so buzz either get an old kirby, or just buy a goldfish and put its bowl at the otherside of room from your sofa and your moggie will soon find something to take its mind of the sctraching

buzz dont use a kirby m8 it will suck its flesh out its skin,
mind it wud make a nice hat then lol

[stetheboro]

Remember that nursery rhyme " The was an old woman who swallowed a fly? "

Buy a mouse, a dog, a tiger, a elephant etc and just let the bigger one in when the smaller animal does wrong. It worked for me, I had a right job getting that fucking Blue Whale in the front room, when the elephant knocked over my Plasma I can tell ye.

Survival of the fittest.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by stetheboro

Remember that nursery rhyme " The was an old woman who swallowed a fly? "

Buy a mouse, a dog, a tiger, a elephant etc and just let the bigger one in when the smaller animal does wrong. It worked for me, I had a right job getting that fucking Blue Whale in the front room, when the elephant knocked over my Plasma I can tell ye.

Survival of the fittest.

lmfao brilliant

[Mr Radish]

Originally Posted by ilovepiano

Shoot it and get a dog.

Very wise. . . then they just take up your sofa!
Well would you ask him to move??

[alexbennett]

you will find that once a cat likes sumwhere to sharpen its paws it will use it again and again as they are creatures of habit.and the only time they will change is when they find sumthing better.
best thing to do is lock it out the lounge and start to wein it to go out as soon as poss, and put an old tree stump in the garden(i kid you not). they love em. (you should see the one in my garden it s wrecked.) scratch posts fall over when the cat trys to stretch and sharpen. and will find sum where else namely your nice new settee.

[li'l Sonz]

Originally Posted by stetheboro

Remember that nursery rhyme " The was an old woman who swallowed a fly? "

Buy a mouse, a dog, a tiger, a elephant etc and just let the bigger one in when the smaller animal does wrong. It worked for me, I had a right job getting that fucking Blue Whale in the front room, when the elephant knocked over my Plasma I can tell ye.

Survival of the fittest.

hahahaha

Originally Posted by alexbennett

you will find that once a cat likes sumwhere to sharpen its paws it will use it again and again as they are creatures of habit.and the only time they will change is when they find sumthing better.
best thing to do is lock it out the lounge and start to wein it to go out as soon as poss, and put an old tree stump in the garden(i kid you not). they love em. (you should see the one in my garden it s wrecked.) scratch posts fall over when the cat trys to stretch and sharpen. and will find sum where else namely your nice new settee.

This was like our cat, it was extremely hard to get her to stop scratching the bloody sofa. And she loved the apple tree in the front garden too. Although she bloody wrecked it and my stepdad went mad! oooops!!

Originally Posted by Mr Radish

Very wise. . . then they just take up your sofa!
Well would you ask him to move??

I don't really like big dogs but I love Akita's, they're gorge!!!

x

[Tony Ross]

Originally Posted by Buzz

We got a kitten a while back and its grown quite a lot.

Got a problem here as the fucker is constantly clawing the leather sofa, its not so much of an issue as the sofa has had it anyway, but what is a problem is we just bought a new one from DFS which arrives in a few weeks and im very worried.

She hasn't yet had her injections and isnt allowed outside yet so im thinking the clawing may stop once she is going outside.

Does anyone know much about this or how to stop it?

Thanks

Buzz

cut the fookers legs off
or
put some citrus i.e lemon or lime juice around the afore mentioned area and that will stop the purring liity pussy in a jiffy
or
dont get a new couch
or
get a metal couch
or
dont let it in the lounge
or
put your couch outside till the cats had its injections and when it has bring the couch inside and bring the cat to the cat protection home and leave it there

hope ive been of some assistance

[blue jammer]

Ask Mick/grover/plutes about catnip