Do cats usually like those cat tunnels they sell? Or should i just save my money?
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at
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Cat furniture, cat trees and cat condos are great additions to a cat lover's home, as they provide hours of good fun for the feline companions and keep your own furniture intact.
Cat scratching is a perfectly normal behavior for a cat, and if your cat is scratching a chair or your favorite couch, then you just need to somehow re-direct his or her scratching to other, more appropriate objects.
The consensus from the various Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is that de-clawing is cruel and unnecessary. I can only agree with this conclusion. However, if you feel that you must either declaw your cat or give her up, we would rather see your cat stay in her home and be your lifelong companion. I only ask that you do not make this decision lightly and just be absolutely sure that you will not change your mind later about keeping your indoor cat once you have it declawed.
You can use nail caps for the cat's front paws as an alternative to getting the cat de-clawed. This is a much more humane choice and it does work to protect the furniture. Just make sure you do not use nail caps on a cat that goes outside, as it will have no defense.
Most pet shops offer different selections of cat scratch posts from which to choose. Some have carpet or rug material on wooden posts and bases. Others are made of rope which is wrapped around the post or pole.
Then there are cat towers and cat trees which are great for the cat to climb and play besides being there for scratching purposes.
Other people like to design their own and make them themselves. This is another option for you as well. Besides going to your local pet store, you can look online for these different cat trees, towers and scratch posts.
One thing that can work well if your cat is still scratching the furniture is to spray some citrus oil on the chair or the couch that they are attacking. This is a good deterrent that usually works quite effectively.
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Some cats seem to be afraid of the tunnel if it makes noise…..too loud for their ears.
I made my own tunnel. I went to Home Depot ( construction section ) and got a heavy cardboard "concrete piling" form…..6 ft x 8"…. They come in different lengths, though, and are VERY STRONG. Then, I went to a carpet store & bought enough carpet remnant to completely cover the form….and glued it on with GORILLA GLUE.
By covering the form with carpet, the cats have a tunnel to run through and a scratching "object", too! My cats LOVE their tunnel……and chase each other through it several times a day. They even play hide & seek…..one will run into the tunnel and the other will run around to the other end & pounce when the first one comes out! FUNNY……
Oh, to keep it from rolling, I made two "supports" for it…..one for each end……they look like this…. _I_I_ … and the form sits inside the "U………
Anyway, this is an alternative to one of the "crackly" tunnels. Just FYI……..
Good luck with whatever you decide to do…….Your cats will have a ball…….
yes they do i have 2 and my kittens love them.
it depends if your cat likes to climb or scratch on things, watch your cat for a couple of days then determine wether the cat likes to do those two things.
Have you tried open paper bags? If your cat likes them then the tunnel may be fun.
That’s one of the few toys our cats really liked – the tunnel. They are not much into most toys and they hate cat beds, but the tunnel was fun – I got several pictures of them laying in there and playing.
I don’t have one for my cats but one of my friends has one.
Both of her cats play in it all the time and have hilarious games of hide and seek with each other.
And one of them sleeps in it when he wants to get away from the world.
I would say go ahead and risk the money. Good chance it won’t be wasted on a kitty tunnel.
I sometimes buy my cats fancy toys…much like kids, they usually prefer the box.
yes they do