Dunno if this is the right place for this. The best tip I ever got when got a new sofa... Felix the menace decided it was a new scratch post. Was told to stick criss-crossed strips of sellotape around the areas where he was scratching. This worked so well, he went to scratch it and hated the feel of sellotape on his paws so stopped immediately. Also cos it was clear the sellotape was not toooooo unsightly lol. After a few weeks we took the sellotape off and by this time he had given up attempting to scratch that sofa and never did again.

This was a fabric sofa, so not sure if sellotape would damage say a leather sofa so better check first on a bit at the back lol.

Two sofas shredded and this one still remains intact lol. But I would gladly have that sofa ripped to shreds if i could have my baby boy back for even one day xxxxxxxxx (his death was not sellotape related !!)

well I just discovered the search feature and realised how many thousands of posts there are here... lol. im pretty sure most of you have heard of the sticky tape solution to help prevent scratching. Im such a noob \)))

I have 4 cats.... and I have never heard of that...... but, then again..... mine all live outside 24/7 ! ! Maybe thats why..... x

Hey so what .You thought of a tip you wanted to share with like minded folk ,Thats what we are about here.Keep the tips coming there is always someone who will benefit .Welcome to the madhouse BTW

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Can you believe that my Ari loves to lick selotape? I suppose that that having metres of selotape to lick will restrain her from scratching as well

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Maybe Ari is getting spaced out on the glue.

I have a British Short Hair 8 month old kitten who I got 2 weeks ago and he has taken to scratching my settee (fabric) even though he has a scratching post and board. I've never seen him use them, though they are showing some use, so maybe he does at night, but I have caught him doing the settee. Problem is, the pulled threads which are the giveaway are all over the place and I can't cover the whole settee with sellotape!

Thanks for the tip! I'd not seen this one yet! and as i was sellotaping up the corners the little mog went ahead of me scartching the ones i hadn't done yet! cheeky!

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Small signs of improvement (or maybe big signs?) since I last wrote. Don't know if it's the Feliway magic or just him settling, but it doesn't matter which really.

Yesterday evening he was under the TV stand as usual (it's a very solid pine one and almost impossible for me to move) - maybe I should have let him stay on top of the kitchen cupboards as I hate him being where there's all these cables and wires. Anyway, I have heard him snore before, and I heard that, but then it changed and sounded more like laboured breathing. I became quite anxious and gingerly went over and managed to squeeze into a small gap where I could (with discomfort) reach out to stroke his backside, which was all that was visible. The funny breathing stopped and then a couple of minutes later a head popped out as if to stay "what do you think you're doing waking me up?". I was thrilled, and we continued to play peek-a-boo with his head popping in and out quite a bit - it was very funny. Then I reached under the TV stand when his head was in and started stroking his head gently, and let me tell you, this cat has a championship level purr!! To get that from him was like winning the lottery!

I couldn't stay in that awkward position for any longer, and figured that anyway that was enough for now, but later he came out to go under the table (he usually does that in the evening - I think it gets too hot when the TV is on!) and when I looked I got another surprise. Before I got him I had bought him a lovely wicker carrier which I wanted to leave in my front room as a bed when not in use for transport as I have a lot of cane furniture etc. When I went to collect him though I used a different borrowed carrier as I didn't want him to make bad associations with the wicker one. Not that it mattered as he has always totally ignored it! A few nights ago I put it under the table with a towel in it that had been used by his brother, plus some catnip for good measure, but he continued to ignore it until last night and there he was - in the basket!!! He got out later, but hey.......

And this morning he was in an inquisitive mood and finally climbed on the ottoman which is level with my window sill and he enjoyed looking out of the window for some 10 minutes before something spooked him and back he went to the TV! I was watching from the table at the other end of the room, but trying not to let him see I was watching. I almost stopped breathing, it was such a moving moment.

Drewa, I am so pleased your cat is becoming more settled. Enjoy.