How to Keep My Cat From Harming My Leather Furniture
- 1). Keep your cat's claws trimmed. Use specially design cat claw trimmers or use regular bail clippers. Hold the cat in your lap and use your thumb and forefinger of your free hand to spread your cat's claws. Trim only the white part of the claw, avoiding the pink part.
- 2). Set up a scratching post or two in the vicinity of the leather furniture. When the cat tries to claw the furniture, pick it up and take it over to the scratching post. Sprinkle the scratching post with catnip to attract it to the scratching post. Set up scratching pads, which are smaller and flatter than scratching posts, in other rooms as well.
- 3). Keep a spray bottle loaded with water handy and squirt the cat before it begins scratching the furniture. Never spray the cat directly in the face. Aim for the torso or back end.
- 4). Use a commercial cat deterrent spray on the leather furniture or make your own. Use a small amount of distilled water, such as a 1/2 cup, mixed with a few drops of fresh lemon or lime juice and a few drops of orange juice (cats do not like citrus scents) and add to a spray bottle. Apply a light mist to the furniture at first and apply a heavier coating if the scratching still occurs.
- 5). Place double-sided tape in areas where the cat is scratching. The cat will get its paw stuck on the tape and eventually stop scratching in that area.
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