I need help my cat is clawing the furniture

Stopping cats from scratching is clipping of their claws. Don't clip the whole claws. Just clip of the sharp tips. It will be then difficult for her to scratch again. Hope you gain success in doing that.

I know I already responded to your other discussion, I hadn't seen this one. I had said that you should tell her no and bring her to a scratching post. You can't just stop them, you need an alternative. I got my scratching post at Walmart for 9$. Make sure you praise her when she uses the scratching post as well. Start rubbing your cats paws once in a while so she gets used to the idea of you doing this. Wait a few days after you start this before cutting. Make sure she is calm and maybe sleeping. Gently squeeze the middle of her paw so her claws come out and then clip right after the curve of the claw. You will see the quick, or the vein, that goes through the claw, make sure not to cut too far and get this. If your cat gets nervous when you clip her nails, wrap her in a towel or a blanket and then bring out one paw at a time. This works well with my kitten. Also, you can buy rubber tips for her claws. I have read reviews on Petsmart and Petcos websites, they are mixed. My boss brings her cats to a groomer who clips their claws for $5. If you don't want to do it yourself try calling around your area to see what is offered.

You can clip the nails yourself, have the vet show you how or buy a set of nail clippers, press her pad and the nail will protrude. Have a look at them first and you will see a blood line in the nail, clip just under the blood line. It is quite simple.

I got a piece of an old tree branch and fixed it to a heavy board and stood it in the hallway. My cat, Moomin, uses it for a scratchpost, and has never clawed the furniture. Perhaps if you fix up a scratchpost for your cat she will leave the furniture alone.

Clip the claws and buy soft claws nail tips and glue them on with the special glue. Cheapest place to buy them is likely ebay.

A lot of the ideas that you are being given are good ideas. The squirt bottle I found was the best deturrant. However this will not help when you are not home. Clipping her nails is a good idea. Please make sure if you are going to do it yourself that you buy the actual cat clippers for the nails. The nail clippers that we as humans use can be damaging to the cats nails. Here is a simple solution that I got from my groomer if I happen to cilp them too far and accidently get the vein. They use a type of glue, but she told me that clear nail polish is basically the same thing. Just wip the blood off with kleenex and dab the nail polish on the part that is bleeding and blow on it to dry it. Check it ocationally to make sure that it is healing. This also will protect it from the litter box. When scolding cats can learn 1 silable words, such as down, no, sit, out, get, etc work very well. They are very smart and tend to try to ignore us even though they know exactly what you mean. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions I would be happy to assist with your new pet. I have had many cats over the years.