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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

978.0. "Rug Rat!" by STRATA::VISNOSKI () Tue Feb 27 1996 13:14

    	Does anyone have any suggestions about how to keep
    my 5yr.old cat,Stevie,from clawing the corners of my wall-to-wall
    carpet every time he wants my attention?....I even built him one
    of those rug covered things he can play on(which he loves!)but
    there's somethin' about those corners!....When he does it I'm
    always yelling at him...but he has me trained,he usually gets 
    what he wants by doing it.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
978.1	Teach Him About Highly Localized Rain Showers	PCBUOA::FEHSKENS	len - reformed architect	`Tue Feb 27 1996 14:28`	4
	Sounds like a case requiring waterpistol guided behaviour modification... len (who's used it semisuccessfully on Rocky and Floyd, the Dynamic Duo).
978.2		USCTR1::MERRITT_S	Kitty City	`Tue Feb 27 1996 14:39`	5
	You could also attempt to put aluminum foil at the corner of the rug and hopefully break the habit that way. Cats are suppose to hate aluminum foil.....(some do..some don't) Sandy
978.3		PADC::KOLLING	Karen	`Tue Feb 27 1996 14:40`	4
	My one cat who does that prefers horizontal scratching surfaces, so I got him those carpet covered cylinders that are horizontal, and now he pretty much leaves the rug alone.
978.4	Sisal	BIGQ::HOWLAND		`Tue Feb 27 1996 16:28`	11
	I got about 20 feet of medium grade sisal rope (very coarse rope) and wrapped it around a junky piece of wood I had. I put a hole at either end so I could knot the sisal and put it where the cat used to scratch the rug. She loves the sisal, it has the right amount of resistance to her clawing and she's given up on the rug; it just doesn't do it for her any more! You can get sisal at any hardware store and making it yourself saves you about $20.00 (store bought models). I've found cats don't go for fancy as much as they go for functional. She doesn't seem to care that the rope is wrapped around an old 1 x 6 piece of wood instead of fancy PVC. Fancy is for owners... Jim
978.5		JULIET::CORDES_JA	Eight Tigers on My Couch	`Tue Feb 27 1996 20:07`	12
	A friend of mine makes a little plastic gadget that fits under doors and extends to the corners by doors for this very purpose. Works great for any cat who attempts to dig there way out under a doorway. I imagine this friend could also come up with something for plain corners if a description was given of what was needed. His name is Bob Roseberry and he owns Katrees (sorry can't put the accent in over the 1st "e"). He sells cat-related products, trees, etc. 408-663-5575 Jan
978.6		BPSOF::EGYED	Per aspera ad astra	`Wed Feb 28 1996 04:16`	1

978.7		JULIET::CORDES_JA	Eight Tigers on My Couch	`Wed Feb 28 1996 15:03`	3
	That's right. Jan