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Ok.Thank you for responding first. I need to be more clear. Obviously cats scratch things. Obviously that is their nature as clawed animals. Obviously I'm not 3 years old and I know these things. I've bought her a scratching post to use. I NEED ADVICE ON HOW TO GET HER TO SCRATCH HER POST AND NOT MY FURNITURE. That is not a novel idea. It is not some crazy fantasy that no one achieves. It is not something strange to ask for. People do this every day and there is a solution. It involves a little thing called training. Just like I trained her to not pee on my carpet and to go in a litter box, it is entirely plausible that I can train her to use a scratching post. There are methods to do this and I know people employ them every day. I'm positive that unless you like destroying $2000 pieces of home furniture, you have done this yourself. I have had two other cats that did it perfectly fine. Obviously, there is a way to get Lily to use her post because it is entirely normal and would probably work better than wood and upholstery. I need advice on accomplishing that end.
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That age from 6 months to 18 months in my experience is always a difficult one.. like naughty teenagers! You will just have to be patient, give your kit loads of love and attention when you are around and she'll eventually grow out of it. Is there no way she would be able to accept another kitten? |
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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.
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I don't think so bee... Is it even a good idea to try it? What if it doesn't work out, what will I do with another kitten? I don't need her doing all of these things AND fighting with another cat. Or worse yet, having them both act like she does. And I'd probably get too attached to want to find a new home for it.
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