In December we picked out a lovely 1.5 year old "kitty" for our house Christmas present. My daughter wanted one and we needed one to hopefully help with the scorpion issue we have here in the desert.When adopting we were told we are unable to have our cat de-clawed and after reading the pamphlet that went along with adoption papers, that's something I definitely understand. I won't circ a son, I won't declaw a cat.
Anyway... we have a problem.
This lovely kitty is two years old and thinks she's a kitten. Her claws are sharp, her teeth bite more than a nibble and she has one eye that she likely cannot see out of. So, she often doesn't know when we're coming along and her attitude means she doesn't like to move out of the way, but I also don't know what part of it is due to her eye sight.
So besides scratching at the kids and nipping if we want to pet her for longer than 4 seconds, she's attacking our furniture.
Exhibit A:
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| Her attempt to exit the home. |
Exhibit B:
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| The "foot board" of our bed. Less than two years old. The sound also wakes us at night. |
Exhibit C:
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| The arm of our not even three year old couch. |
Suspect A:
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| Lazy cat can do a lot of damage now that she's taken off her "crate" weight! |
A friend has given us some "soft paws" and another friend recommended a squirt bottle. What are your "animal-friendly" solutions?
