Code2High
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So you've tried the Feliway? Its not a repellent, actually. It should make her happy. I use it for traveling with my lot and the female growls 80 percent less. Which is a lot, trust me  
Wish I could help you the Soft Paws, never used them. Have talked to peeps who have and think they're the bomb. I'd say its worth a try...
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havedreamwilltravel
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Code2High wrote:So you've tried the Feliway? Its not a repellent, actually. It should make her happy. I use it for traveling with my lot and the female growls 80 percent less. Which is a lot, trust me
Wish I could help you the Soft Paws, never used them. Have talked to peeps who have and think they're the bomb. I'd say its worth a try...
I think it's helping but the problem is still having to lock her in a room each time we leave - I only have one room that works for this. Her litterbox is in that room so that room has become "unpleasant" and she doesn't go in there any other time now. I'd love to be able to leave her out to hang out around the house but i'll come back to a shredded couch - i've got enough foil and tape on all my furniture and she still doesn't stop. Have scratchers and all that and she runs from them...like I said, tried just about everything and it's all only made her more flighty and nervous. When we're home all day she calms down a lot because she's out and not locked up. Kind of that cycle system where one thing leads to another, leading back to something else and so on. Thought by breaking one of those things in the cycle (letting her roam when we're gone) would help the situation overall.
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I sprayed my cats with water and they just enjoyed it.
We've got scratchers and tried everything 'repellent' you can think of, but nothing beats a good old fashioned couch (and baby's board books, carpet, kitchen table legs, etc.) scratching session, apparently. We are very good with keeping the nails trim too and that actually seems to make them more excited to scratch everything but their posts. I have done the tin foil (boy, what fun that turned out to be; noise is fun), tape (again, fun), and sprays with anti-smells in them. They do not stop.
They will even scratch my NEW leather boots.
Only thing? I love them more than my things, but I would like to have some nice things.
The soft paws looked like a good solution to try - and even then, I am a skeptic. I figure they'll just find a way to have fun with them.
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rockhillmanor
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dturm wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:They only will scratch when their nails get those hooks on them. Cut the hooks off.....no scratching.
Actually not true. Much of the scratching behavior is placing pheromone around the territory. These chemicals are produced in the glands of the feet. Most cats that are declawed will still demonstrate the scratching behavior.
Most of my clients find that the soft paws last for about a month, then need to be reappliedDoug, DVM
I guess I should count my blessings that I own a cat that doesn't scratch.
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My orange male tabby was declawed when he was nuetered and he still scratchs our ottoman 2 or 3 times a day!! I think he relieves stress from having another male cat in the house. He can't hurt anything so we don't even yell at him. I just think they all have different scratching needs....
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Dustytuu
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Feliway is the answer. You can get it at any pet store, Pet smart or Pet co. It is NOT a repellant! They like it but will not scratch it. Won't harm your furniture. We have a male cat and a few years ago he would spray things if we had company. Feliway put a stop to that. It is a behavior modification spray.
Works very well.
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