I understand what you say about just moving her, but she doesn't get that. I pick her up and put her down on the couch or in her bed or I break out the laser pointer and run her around for a while, but she goes right back to doing it. It's literally a "scratch... play... ok, scratch time again... not working, ok, jump on the counter thing... not working, ok knock over the trash can and drag all of the trash out... ok not working, go back to scratching... ok, now freak out your owner by chewing on a bottle cap that would be ridiculously expensive to have surgically removed and would probably be extremely painful to swallow" sort of thing. I do play with her all the time... I have a toy mouse I like to toss around with her and I run her around with her favorite toy, the laser pointer for 10-15 minutes several times a day (usually up and down the stairs). It usually just gets her more worked up. She has boundless energy and like I said, I'm pretty sure it's an attention thing.