Cat Tearing Up Carpet With Teeth

A sisal scratching post may be a good choice here.

Cat tearing up carpet with teeth.

If possible move a piece of furniture or a scratching post to your cat s favorite carpet spot. Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet. Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces. For scratching that takes place in front of an entryway cover the area with a thin mat.

I cut it to fit snuggly around the door frame so that when the door is closed the mat sticks out on both sides. Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase. The cat will just scratch at the wood beneath. You can also use furniture and carpets to block off access to wires and certain corners of your house where you may keep something that s tempting to your cat s chewing instinct jones says.

This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts. But we don t want him to ingest it so our stairs are lined with duct tape argh. The kind with the little teeth on the underside of it. If that s not possible she suggests using lemon cayenne rosemary or another scent that cats find unappealing to deter them.

He won t let us brush his teeth and we wonder if he is flossing with this stuff.