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    Anonymous
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    Hi my Percy is 7 months old and is scratching everything. He has 2 posts which he’s also using but appears to be scratching the furniture for attention. I don’t know how to stop him and my fiance keeps saying he hates him and wants him to go 🙁 he also scratches the corner of the carpet and has scratched off wallpaper. Yesterday he had a pee on the carpet too. He will be getting neutered tomorrow will this help with it? What can I do?

    #827651
    CheetahBoysmommy
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    Not all cats like scratching posts and not all want to scratch upright. Experiment with other things. You can buy scratching boxes that sit flat on the ground, and some that have a small slant. Some cats prefer sisal, some like carpeted posts, some like cardboard. Once you figure out what he likes, put them in several different areas. A cat who is nervous about his territory might pee to mark it. Neutering could help. Does he have places he can go to feel safe? Cats like to be up high, so if you have a shelf he can jump to or one of those hammock things that attach to the window, that could make him feel safe.

    #827661
    Kittyzee
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    Hi Alison!
    Cheetah Boys Mommy has great recommendations. I think the neutering will help a lot, as they mark with claws, pee, and when they rub things with the sides of their faces, it leaves scent too. That your boyfriend says he hates him…well, sounds like the boyfriend needs to go. Sorry, but that just doesn’t make sense to me.
    Sisal scratchers, cardboard scratchers, and upright ones put at the spot where he is scratching furniture. I placed one beside a chair arm that one of my cats was starting to scratch and they used the scratcher instead. This behavior can be diverted with lots of patience and diligence. Make sure his litter box is clean also and away from the food area. And not a highly scented litter he doesn’t like. Good luck, keep us posted on your boy’s progress!

    #827665
    katzenjammer
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    Great advice above from CBM and KZ. Also, When you bring Percy to vet’s perhaps you can get more advice as they will be seeing him in purrson. Also, well I agree with KZ in that if boyfriend hates Percy and wants him to go, well that doesn’t bode for good situation and well, at the risk of being blunt, if it’s choice between boyfriend and cat, cat stays. Although to be fair, perhaps boyfriend is just highly upset at Percy’s behaviour, and if you can get that somewhat sorted out, perhaps boyfriend will be more amenable.

    #827673
    Anonymous
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    Hi Alison,

    Great advice and I wonder if the boyfriend “hating” Mr. Percy could be the cause of his marking his territory. Mr. Percy knows your boyfriend doesn’t like him. I agree with KJ on boyfriend or cat. It’s not fair to your boyfriend and Mr. Percy to keep them in a relationship neither enjoys. Of course, I would choose Mr. Percy! Good Luck

    PG

    #827675
    Liz
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    Non-scratching spray to apply to areas and furniture you don’t want scratched. I have also found success with double sided tape (in my case, I applied to trims around doors..the cats almost immediately stopped scratching on door trims). Provide a variety of toys and places to play and sleep. From my own personal experience, the hardest time I ever had with my kittens was when I just had one kitten (Oliver). I currently have three cats and the youngest is like 7-8 months. She’s been pretty easy because she has two other cats to play and chase with, and over the years I’ve accumulated cat furniture and picked up on tips and tricks for behavioral “training”. If you live in an house with more than one floor, try to provide places to scratch and sleep on all floors.
    Neutering your cat can help your kitten and with Oliver it made a difference. I think he calmed down a bit 😆
    I don’t want to really give any advice on the boyfriend LOL but let me tell you, my husband also didn’t like Oliver when we got him. Getting Oliver was my idea (not my husband’s) and my husband had NO experience with cats (he was raised with dogs, no cats in his childhood). Oliver was the first time he had been around a cat and the kitten behavior was new territory for my husband. Now, out of the three cats Oliver is my husband’s soul cat and they are two peas in a pod <3 Oliver will be 8 years old in August. Encourage your boyfriend to educate himself by looking up information about kittens and if your boyfriend is able, try to get him to attend the vet visits with you so he can ask the veterinarian questions about your kitten 🙂
    Best of luck!!

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