Cat scratching furniture

[scilla]

Hi, all,

Any tips for dealing with my new rescue Birman (about four weeks). She is settling down fine, but is scratching the backs of the chairsw. We have a scratching post, but she doesn't use it. Also, we have a mat for scratching on, but no luck. The previous owner said she is used to a scratching post.

Any tips??

[Mags]

There are a few ideas for preventing scratching of furniture in this earlier thread, hope some of the suggestions will help you :)

http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=13942&highlight=scratching+furniture

[Mags]

Here are a few more links you may find interesting........

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-stop-your-cat-scratching-your-furniture

http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/scratching.html

[yola]

Not sure if they're covered in the links but the 2 I've used that seemed to have worked are (a) put scratching post/s against area of furniture that is being scratched and/or (b) put double-sided tape on top of the fabric that's being scratched. My one cat that did it hated having sticky on his paws and stopped pronto. Good luck.