I can't get him to stop!

**SANDY FROST** · 05-10-2011, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by JMCsGirl

Riley wants in! We try to keep the cats out of our bedroom especially when we are not home and at night. Riley scratches at the carpet when it is closed and has torn a good hole in our carpet down to the sub-flooring. I have tried a cat repellent spray, putting things in the way, covering it with a rug. I think we are going to try soft paws because hubby is getting really frustrated and is threatening declawing since it is something his family has done to all their cats. I try to trim his nails but it hasn't helped a whole lot. He still gets a pretty good grip on the carpet. I was putting him in the garage but we had a borrowed car in there for a couple weeks and didn't want him crawling on it and scratching it up. I really don't want to declaw him. And it isn't scratching to sharpen his claws it is he wants in! I was thinking maybe a baby gate but he would probably claw underneath the gate. I am thinking about taking him to the humane society since that was the original plan in the first place when I picked him up off the road and really will do that before I declaw him.

I would never declaw my cat. My cat has stripped off pieces off wood of a door. THAT CAN BE REPLACED BUT A CATS CLAW CAN'T BE REPLACED!!!
Sandy Frost

**Medusa** · 05-10-2011, 10:23 AM

How are things going? Better, I hope.

**Taz_Zoee** · 05-10-2011, 12:28 PM

This reminds me of the episode of My Cat from Hell that was just on this past weekend. Jackson (the "cat whisperer") put a can of air that shoots a small blast of air when it detects movement in front of it. It doesn't hurt the cat, just startles them and eventually they should stay away from the area.
Now, don't ask me where you can get this motion sensored canned air. I have NO clue!

But it sounds like you may have already come upon a solution.

**JMCsGirl** · 05-27-2011, 08:39 PM

Things are still touch and go in this area. The bedroom has got better since I have decided to leave the door cracked a bit, however he pushed out our office screen one day and got outside but I was able to catch him that day. When I brought him inside I closed the office door. He did the same thing in front of the office to try to get in and that hole is three times the size of the one by the bedroom. We have a bit of a cash shortage so the things I would like to try have not been doable. DH is trying to be patient with the whole thing but his patience is wearing thin especially after Riley did the office too.