fabrics that are most cat claw resistant
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Comments (6)As a person owned by 4 cats 7 cats if I count the neighbors cats (outside) I can attest to the truth of the Cat Rules. The only one that the cats have not done is drinking water from the faucets. But I do have a tabletop fountain that they love to play in and splash water all over the couch from. Tube mouse and hampering reading is a favorite of 2 of the cats.. one in particular does not stop with just capturing the tube mouse when he gets to the tube mouse he then turns his attention to shredding every tiny piece of TP all over the bathroom floor. Never a dull moment around here. I have some hampering going on right now..the TP attacker is walking back and forth in front of the monitor. Oh yah, it's time to feed them. SEE they have me well trained. :-) If I am a bit slow with the feeding he will go and recruit the "head butter" to climb in my lap and start with the head butting under my chin... OK OK... time for food, rubbing my chin,Pat...See Moreplease help!! whats the best furniture fabric/material with cats?
Comments (19)With cats, its all about opportunity and attraction. A tight weave - eg smooth chintz upholstery fabric that would be hard to get a claw into - is best choice. Sheets - microfiber or high thread count. Another part of the equation is you have to provide them with a suitable place where they CAN scratch. You cant just say "dont do this," you have to provide them with an alternative. Rough textures attract them - so you need to have the only rough textured things in your house be things you WANT them to claw. I have two big ugly weathered gray sawhorses in my house and the cats have them torn to shreds. I was using them as sawhorses when doing some work and the cats took right to them, so rather then mess with success I just kept them in the house. They are tall enough so they (the cats) can stretch out full length and they dont wobble - which is important for a scratching surface. Also train kitties to accept nail trims, starting at a young age. They are not "sharpening" claws so much as they are wearing off the excess claw (they grow like fingernails) so if you keep the nails trimmed there wont be such a need to do as much clawing.... though they still like to do it for esthetic reasons (its like graffitti for other cats to see and admire LOL). They can be trained over a period of time by first starting out with touching the paws, then workng up to a foot massage ... at some point they will realize that they LIKE it.... from there you can sneak in the clippers and start trimming....See MoreHow to cat-proof a box spring?
Comments (7)Buy a roll of replacement window screening. Cut to fit and staple to the bottom of the box spring using a staple gun. You can purchase either fiberglass or aluminum screening depending upon how aggressive your cat is when sharpening her claws. We had a lab that liked to crawl under our antique bed which sat quite high off the floor. She had great fun shredding the liner on the bottom of the box spring. This was our solution....See MoreBest Pottery Barn fabric for cat claws?
Comments (4)An interesting question I wish I could help with. I loved my kitties totally but I do not miss my ruined furniture now that the cats are gone. Can you get a large piece of each fabric and put it taut on something and place it where the cats like to scratch and see what happens? You may already have this, but the only thing that deterred my cats from scathing was putting large carpeted cat trees at the corners of furniture that were fav scratch spots. Sure looked goofy, but it really gave them a better alternative and saved what was left of my good fabric. When the last kitty died of old age, I had a kitty garage sale and gave them all away. Good luck on this effort!...See MoreBri Bosh
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