Cat Tearing Up Carpet With Teeth

But we don t want him to ingest it so our stairs are lined with duct tape argh.

Cat tearing up carpet with teeth.

Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet. Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase. For scratching that takes place in front of an entryway cover the area with a thin mat. You can also use furniture and carpets to block off access to wires and certain corners of your house where you may keep something that s tempting to your cat s chewing instinct jones says.

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. 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. The cat will just scratch at the wood beneath.

If that s not possible she suggests using lemon cayenne rosemary or another scent that cats find unappealing to deter them. If possible move a piece of furniture or a scratching post to your cat s favorite carpet spot. Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces. This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts.

I cut it to fit snuggly around the door frame so that when the door is closed the mat sticks out on both sides.