At my rope's end

[katladyd]

My babies are all pretty good about not destroying things, except for Ming. Ming is my resident scratching machine. ANY surface in my house has felt the wrath of his claws and he just cannot resist chewing on anything plastic. Since he is a fairly lazy cat, not to mention LARGE, I just put most of my thing up where he will be too lazy to climb. I can't leave plastic laying around anywhere for his sake and my couch is denim, that holds up to long, sharp, Siamese claws pretty well. I know your frustration. I would leave paper bags and milk bottle tops out during the day. They can amuse themselves for hours with those.

[Chatanuga]

Well, I got another cat tree after work tonight. The one in the upstairs hallway is waist high. This one is about six feet high and fits nicely in the one corner of my living room where I'd been thinking about getting a cat tree for them. They've been checking it out ever since I brought it in. Once they get it figured out, I'm sure they'll be enjoying it.

[mrspunkysmom]

I have a cat tree in every room. trust me, it works. and it is worth the investment.

[Medusa]

One thing I noticed in your pic: their beds are right near the book case. Try moving their beds away from it and see what happens.

[cool4catz2]

Maybe put the cat tree in front of the window and move the kitchen table if possible.
Cats like to be up high and the bookcases are so appealing to them. The shelves look like comfy nooks to hide away in and have a siesta. Not much you can do there. Good luck and Merry Christmas.

[Chatanuga]

I'm going to try moving the beds away from the bookcases. Can't move the kitchen table since it's the only place it will fit (I live in a townhouse). They are allowed on the kitchen table since I have a table cover clipped onto it, so they have that to get up on to watch out the window or watch me cook and do dishes. Granted, I only have the blinds open when I'm home due to security reasons. Once the holidays are over, and my Christmas tree is down, I'm going to start letting them into my home office while I'm in there. Their upstairs cat tree can easily be moved in there and put over by the window for them to look out, which I'm sure they'll enjoy.

[Karen]

Sounds like a plan, keep them busy!