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Originally Posted by Sultana
Well, let's see. You can keep a prickly cover (like the office plastic mats for the chairs to roll over on carpet, you know? The undersides of those have nubs to keep them in one place on the carpet) on the couch when you're gone.
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ah ya! i think that was the 1st problem. when my parents left for vacation, i told em to put something on the couch to prevent any scratch marks. well the stupid cat got UNDER the blanket and thought he was being attacked or something so he started playing with the blanket and that's when he 1st hit the couch.
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I also use double-sided sticky tape on the corners of my couches, but I don't know how well that'd go over on leather. I get mine at PetSmart, and they're guaranteed to not leave a mark on the couches. But I haven't investigated leather options.
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can you explain to me how the tape helps?
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In your OP, you were concerned about "attitude change". The only thing that can engender that type of change is getting them fixed. For some it's an amazing "calmer-downer", for others, not so much (although it tends to be more effective on males). But at 5 months, he's still a baby, and will still act like a baby. I think the 6 month mark is when you can get them fixed.
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we got our cat from the SPCA and they do not give away animals that are not fixed so he was fixed at 4months old. and he was CRAZY right away.
i was really concerned about declawing and attitude. one of my friend got one of his cat declawed and all he did was sleep and eat. so he became HUGE! while his other cat was not declawed and stayed thin. same house and everything.
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Oh, is he an only cat? Perhaps a buddy (older, I'm thinking) would give him something else to focus on.
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i dont think we could handle more than 1 animal in the house right now but he was interested in seeing the neighbours cat.
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Lastly, I'm assuming you have a scratching post, yes? Even if you do, I've had *great* success in keeping several different kinds around the house--one is fisal (rough rope) wrapped, one is carpet-covered with a hidey hole, and the last is a grand carpet-wrapped ladder/platform thing. When I had only the fisal post, they didn't pay much attention to it. But when I got the carpet-covered ones, they went nuts over it and pretty much leave the furniture alone.
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Yes I have one. but like i previously said, he uses the scratch post all the time. the problem is that the claws come out whenever so if he's just sleeping on the couch, then a bad dream could cause marks all over it. like last week, he was just laying there looking outside(big window in a small town so it's full of birds everywhere) and whenever he saw a bird, he took out his claws. now i know there has to be a way and he does listen when we're around. the problem is when we leave.
I heard about the liquid that cats hate or something similar to that. can anyone give me their opinions on such product?