scratching wallpaper

andrew021 · 23-03-2006, 02:28 PM

Why do cats sratch at the wallpaper.

My cat has only started to do it after i recently decorated the bedrooms, before she didnt give it any notice.

She seems to do it at the weekends, when I want a lie in and she is desperate to get me up.

She knows she is being bad as she looks at me when doing it, wanting me to shout at her.

CJK · 23-03-2006, 02:30 PM

all my lot do it on the corner of the banister wall bit. Sharpening thier clwas i think

yola · 23-03-2006, 02:34 PM

It's also a smell thing coz they want to put their scent on a new area (they have scent glands in their feet). Put a scratching post up infront of the affected area - and hopefully the scratching will transfer to the post instead

Sweet · 23-03-2006, 03:05 PM

Violet has scratched the corner of the wall by my dining room.

Mags · 23-03-2006, 03:18 PM

Cassie always scratches the wallpaper in the same place on the landing....

Donna · 23-03-2006, 04:56 PM

My two scratch beneath the two windowsills in my bedroom. I just keep painting over the bit with missing wallpaper!

CJK · 23-03-2006, 04:56 PM

ahhh i didnt know about the smell things on their feet!!!
good job my hallway needed decorating anyway, shame they cant strip it all

Fran · 23-03-2006, 05:14 PM

This is the very reason why I won't have wallpaper in the house

CJK · 23-03-2006, 05:19 PM

i HATE wallpaper anyway. Bloodys tuff is a pain in the rear end to strip. much rahter paint everywhere, so much easier

andrew021 · 23-03-2006, 05:31 PM

I have a scratching post in the hall downstairs.

Jet prefers to use the bannister as a scratching post even though the scratching post is right beside it.

She knows she is doing wrong as she looks as me when she does it and gets ready to run when she thinks I am going over to chase her.

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