Does you Cat scratch the wallpaper or walls?
By hezoid
@hezoid (2144)
May 19, 2007 3:35pm CST
My cat has a habit of scratching most things really, usually the carpet and curtains, but she also like to sctach the wallpaper and walls. I can understand why she scratches the fabric stuff becuase obviusly its good for sharpening her claws, but how is wallpaper/walls good for scratching her claws? I really don't get why she does it!
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@Wasgilykitten (161)
• United States
19 May 07
Mine climbs my wood work, Icatch trying to get away from the other cats :)
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@Wasgilykitten (161)
• United States
19 May 07
I guess he's trying to get away from the other class
I speak in english I swear :)
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@Lifez2short (4962)
• United States
19 May 07
Well we dont have any wallpaper in our home. But he does like to scratch the sofa and beds and things.
And in the dining room we have wood paneling he does scratch also not sure why though.
@pendragon (3349)
• United States
21 Jun 07
He has scratched the wall before when he was stuck in a room and tried to get out, but not normally. He has made a mess of the lower kitchen cabinets, standing and scratching and trying to scale them to get to the faucet.
@krislouiebaby (2346)
• Philippines
25 Jun 07
fortunately we have noc at at home, as my son has allergies to cats furr and dust.
but we are planning to have one soon, and we will put him outside our house, we are planning to buy cats house.
@5000ml (1923)
• Belgium
19 Jun 07
My cat ruined part of our wall in the hallway, he managed to rip off big bits of the quite posh looking wallpaper! We rent, so we tried to fix the damage as well as we could, but it was pretty bad. He didn't do it to sharpen his claws, he just did it because he likes being destructive. My inlaws cats also scratch their walls, but they do it so they can sharpen their nails. It seems they like the feeling of walls.
Apart from this he hasn't damaged any of the other walls (apart from really slight damage) and he adores his scratchpoles, so he doesn't really feel the need to attack my furniture.
@kris182_2000 (5453)
• Canada
19 May 07
The kitten does this almost everyday, and gets away with it if no one stops him.
He's torn off chunks of wall to expose the corner studs, and it looks horrible..
@scribe1 (1203)
• United States
20 May 07
My sweet fur baby, Tabitha, always used to jump up on the wall and managed to tear some of the wall paper, curtains and window shades. She liked to scratch my leather dining room chairs as well, even though I covered those chairs with coats and a blanket. Nothing I did or said discouraged her.
My theory about this unwanted behavior? The cat was all by herself much of the time and was probably bored, so she did things like that for amusement and exercise.
