How can I keep my cat from climbing/jumping onto everything at night and knocking all kinds of stuff down?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 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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I trained my cats using a mixture of water and white vinegar in a spray bottle. If you witness them doing things like that during the day, I’d start disciplining them then. Cats love to play and run through the house when you only have three hours before you have to get up for work, or you’ve just gotten the baby down again! LOL! That’s a cat for ya! I have to agree w/ other answers though- you may want to give your cats their own space for the night.
keep it in a room with the door closed
Put your cat in a kennel at night.
Lock him in one room with food,water,litter box and a bed.
Its virtually impossible. Nighttime is their time to be bad and get into things. And if you tried to lock them in a room I’m sure you’d hear lots of meowing and clawing at the door.
Give them some approved toys. My cats like those little leather mice. But if you don’t want to spend money on them, I often find my cats playing with other household objects, one of their favorites being tampons.
I hope this helps!
Most cats seem to dislike tinfoil and won’t step foot on it. Unless you want to line all the areas you don’t want your cat around with tin foil every night, I think you pretty much have to grin and bear it or do what I do. Both my cats, like clockwork, go in my room at 10pm and are let out at 6am. (This is also where their water, food, and litter box is) It’s set a schedule for them, and they know this is quiet time and they sleep in our bed with us and are quiet for most of the night! Good luck!
empty aluminum cans – they fall over, make a noise and scare the cats (and probably you)
double sided tape – cats hate it when it sticks to their paws!