Cat Tearing Up Carpet With Teeth

Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces.

Cat tearing up carpet with teeth. Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet. I cut it to fit snuggly around the door frame so that when the door is closed the mat sticks out on both sides. But we don t want him to ingest it so our stairs are lined with duct tape argh. This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts.

The cat will just scratch at the wood beneath. He won t let us brush his teeth and we wonder if he is flossing with this stuff. The kind with the little teeth on the underside of it. A sisal scratching post may be a good choice here.

If that s not possible she suggests using lemon cayenne rosemary or another scent that cats find unappealing to deter them. The other cat pulls at the edges of the berber carpet on the stairs and yanks out the vertical threads which is thin strong fiber like floss. Cover up the spot where your cat scratches. Not sure about the carpet patching but what we did to prevent our little monster from tearing up the carpet while we slept was to purchase one of those clear thin office mats.

If possible move a piece of furniture or a scratching post to your cat s favorite carpet spot.