Cats and Leather

[Babyboonie]

Well..I must be one very lucky cat owner. Both my boys haven't layed a single claw into my lovely leather sofa!! One of them will only sit on the sofa if his bed is on it....if it's not, he will sit patiently and wait for you to put it on there for him.

The other just lays on it any which way he pleases and doesn't get his claws out at all! Even when he was a kitten he never touched the sofa?

[CultureJunky]

I think you can also get some kind of spray that the cat won't like that you can put on your leather sofa, have you thought of cleaning it with proper leather cleaner? They may not like the smell, also sticky paws seems to work quite well. Or if there is a particular place where they scratch put a blanket or scratch post/sisal wrap on it?

[slleipnir]

No, they do not scratch it. Their back claws dig into when they walk/jump on it. It's not something they MEAN to do. They really can't help it at all, which is why I was hoping I could keep them off it. It's right in front of a window so they like to look outside. Yes, it's the only place for it! Also, I love my cats more than the sofa...my dad, however who paid $2400 for may think otherwise.

[buttercup132]

We recently noticed the same thing. And ours don't scratch either it's just from jumping up. So we just put soft paws on their back feet too.

[jennielynn1970]

Actually, as long as mine haven't peed on it, I'm a pretty happy camper, lol. They did that with the regular material sofas, as well as scratched on them. At least I can sit or sleep on these and not smell cat pee!

[mrspunkysmom]

Can you clip their nails regularly? I have to have Spunky's clipped on a regular basis because he doesn't realize how dangerous his claws can be.

Anne