Please help me break this habit...

[sandragonfly]

if you really want this punk to stop, you could try get a stratching post as tall as the wall somewhere. yes, just the rope pole alone. walmart, target shouldn't cost you that much!

I can bet you, your king will definitely like it better than the wall! as his claws goes in the rope.

otherwise, I'm outta of here.

[Samantha Puppy]

Well, guess what everyone? King Punk Kirin LOOOOOOOOOOVES vinegar water! @#$!%%$@ LOL Frickin' nerd.

Gina, I actually tried putting up scratchy things on the walls before. He scratched next to them. I honestly don't think the purpose of his scratching the walls is to scratch them. He just streeeeeeeeeeeetches out as far as he can and it must make the nails come out automatically. He's not even making marks on the wall so it's not like I have claw marks all over the place. He isn't digging in hard enough to do anything except give me chills with the sound that comes of it.

[Lacey]

He LOVES it!? What an absolute, utter (adorable) punk!

Well, since the usual prevention methods don't work, maybe capping his nails with Softclaws would at least dull the noise. And if that doesn't work, then I'm stumped!

[Samantha Puppy]

He loves it - I mixed the vinegar with the water and used it the next time I heard "THE NOISE" and he stopped immediately, came right up to the spray bottle and started pawing at it and LICKING the little drips of water!!!

P-U-N-K!!!!

The good thing is he's not damaging the walls. My only complaint is the sound. I'll have to look into SoftClaws though, see if it'd be worth the money just to get rid of a sound. If he was damaging anything, we'd do it in a heartbeat.

[rosethecopycat]

Malfi announces himself by scratching on the walls. It gets everyone's attention. The other cats go flyin'. It even scares me sometimes.
We have 'sandstone' finished walls. They are very rough. Not the chalkboard sound.

Can you limit his access to the lower walls or change the finish on them? Malfi only seems attracted to the sandstone walls. He leaves the regular walls alone.

[Lobodeb]

OMG! Poor Jaime. This guy is really something. I know you said he doesn't do it in one particular spot, but perhaps you can try putting double stick tape on a place that he *tends* to go to? I know this works on "normal" cats, but I'm not sure that's what we're dealing with here.

Hang in there Jaime, we'll figure something out.

[Samantha Puppy]

I've tried figuring out a method to his madness, but the truth is... he just does it wherever he feels like. On painted surfaces, wallpapered surfaces, corners of windows... In the hallway, in the kitchen, in the living room, in the bedroom, in the stairwell... I tracked him Tuesday and Wednesday while I was home sick and not ONCE did he ever repeat the same place!!! I'll keep on tracking him when I'm home, but I just think he's insane.

He really is something. I know it must get old, suggesting something and me either nixing it right away or trying it and then nixing it, but this cat... he really is something else. I wish you all could meet him because you'd just shake your head. He is a mess. A very sweet guy, but a total mess.

[Cataholic]

I had to laugh at your first post. It is hard to imagine PUNK being to PUNKY!!!

I can only think he will outgrow it? I hope so, for you and Nug's sake.

[Craftlady]

Originally posted by Samantha Puppy
I'll give it a shot... but if my house starts smelling like I'm constantly making Easter eggs, I'm going to hunt those of you who suggested it down!

ROFL
Hey easter smells are good

[sandragonfly]

yeah I had you, but I thought the stratching post would be best for him. for how cats loves "popping" their claws, maybe he'd stay on that stratching post and making less noisy! softclaws sounds like an option,..I wonder do they fall off easily? never did a research on them though..

my knight, clayton wanted me to pass this on to your king punk, "welcome to my vingear club!" now my kiteenager, gus seems liking it too!

happy solution-hunting!