How to wean the cat to tear wallpaper?

The "side effect" of the presence of a cat in the house is often spoiled wallpaper, which the merry tailed friend selflessly scrape claws. In order not to get upset and not spend money on endless repairs, you should take action. Then you do not have to choose - either a cat, or a decent view of the house.

The cat has its own reasons for cracking down on the wall decoration, completely unrelated to the desire for revenge for the owner.

• With the help of such a “sabotage” procedure, the pet sharpens its claws, removing the keratinized layers from the paper. Due to this new sharp “sabers” appear on the fingers.
• Stripping wallpaper - physical education for the cat. Thanks to such activities, he is warming up.
• On the wallpaper, the "domestic tiger" hones the skill of releasing and retracting claws, embedded in its nature by nature.
• Damage to the room, he marks the area with secretions from the sweat glands on his paws. This manifests itself, including when there are several cats in the house, and each is seeking to declare his right to be the owner in the common territory. The cats do the same when the wallpaper is new - they need the walls to have a familiar smell.
• Making raids on them, the animal relieves nervous tension in the event of stress. The reason may be the appearance in the house of a new pet or person.
• Sometimes the design of the walls becomes a victim of cat boredom and the habit of engaging in paper scraping on walls from a young age.

There are several ways to make a suggestion to your favorite Barsik or Murka.

• If the pet is caught catching the fact that it is scratching the wallpaper, you should besiege it with a loud short word - “Stop!”, “No!” And so on.
• You can use another sharp sound, for example, rattles or tins with stones (coins). Suitable things will take some time to prepare.
• If the cat tears the wallpaper in the same area, the owners attach a balloon to the “sore spot” so that the pet “pierces vandalism” and pierces it with its claws. Frightened by the characteristic cotton, many cats no longer try to tear their favorite places.
• The war for the order in the house is carried out with the use of a water pistol or a spray gun. If the furry gangster stretched out its claws to the wallpaper, it remains to pull the trigger and sprinkle on the pet. Cats, which by nature are not enthusiastic about a cold shower, are then afraid to be naughty.
• You can beat off purr from wallpaper with the help of the smell of oranges or tangerines. If you sprinkle onion or vinegar on the decorative paper layer, the effect will be the same, but it is already unpleasant for people. To avoid discomfort, you can use turmeric, paprika, cloves or cinnamon. This smell is much nicer, but the cat pushes no worse.
• An effective tool for experienced cat owners is a mixture of lemon (mandarin) and eucalyptus oils. They are added to the spray and splash on the wall. You can use and deodorant with aromas of citrus. To rid the pet of bad habits, the owners use even advanced technical means. In special retail outlets, you can purchase a device that includes a motion sensor and a can of gas. When the four-legged Skoda is approaching the wall, the sensor is triggered and the cat is doused with a fragrant deterrent. Even if the owner is not at home, the "antidral therapy" continues anyway.
• You can put a board against the wall, pasted over with the same wallpaper as on the decorated surface, the neatness of which is so important for home owners. This method was proposed by the famous cat trainer Yuri Kuklachev. The “snag” should stand exactly where the tail-thugs “are in trouble”. After a few days, you can remove the board to another place where it is not visible to people entering the house. And the cat, in theory, should switch its attention to this subject.
• Some owners stick double-sided tape on the walls. The trick is that the cat's paws are smeared with the sticky compound on the scotch, which the neat creature doesn’t like much. Although this approach has a downside. Wallpapers can be torn off by scotch tape or the cat will find a new place for “crap”.
• It should be borne in mind that the behavior of the animal depends largely on how much attention the hosts give it. In order for the pet not to be bored and not attracted to entertainment such as stripping wallpaper, you need to play more with it. A tired kotyar after active fun will restore the spent energy, plunging into a sound sleep, instead of attacking the walls. You also need to remember to praise the pet at any opportunity, talk to him, periodically iron.
• For pussies it is really important to sometimes sit on the lap of the host and get your portion of pleasant tactile sensations. The animal falls into a peaceful state, ceases to be chronically nervous, and the problem with wallpaper sometimes disappears by itself. And if a new animal appeared in the house, especially if it is another cat, you need to competently reduce the “baleen - tailed” so that the “owner” does not feel jealous of the “new one” and does not try to give him all the power to understand: here everything is mine!

If all efforts to rehabilitate a cat do not lead to the desired result, it makes sense to at least minimize the damage that its claws can cause. You can, for example, pick up materials for finishing walls with regard to their resistance to mechanical stress.

• Liquid wallpaper. This is a special mixture of cellulose, which is applied to the surface like paint. To tear such a decor is uncomfortable.
• Glass cloth wallpaper. Created on the basis of glass fibers, durable and resistant to claws. They are good because you can paint and wash them many times. If anything, it will not be as difficult to return the original beautiful look to them as if the walls were covered with paper wallpaper.
• Wallpaper for painting. It is better to choose smooth ones, so that it is more difficult for the cat to hook them with a claw.
• Vinyl wallpapers. The likelihood that they will be able to withstand cat attacks for a long time is great. The solution may be even more elegant. Along the perimeter of the whole apartment they lay tiles or trim the lower part of the walls with decorative stone.

Another option is to close the cat's claws on the front paws with special silicone linings. They have the same shape as the claw itself. So that they can not be removed, lining put on a special glue. It should be borne in mind that this protection is enough for a couple of months. Then she falls off with a keratinized claw. It is necessary to take into account that the use of silicone caps creates problems for the cat:

• since she has nothing to cling to this or that surface, she can fall from a height, being injured;
• walking is not very convenient, because the claws do not retract;
• You can damage your pet's fingers, putting on fashionable lining;
• the cat will want to get rid of the protective caps and will also damage the paws;
• lining sometimes cause allergic reactions.

Another not very pleasant way is to trim the claws of a pet. This can be done only with a special tool designed for cat "manicure".If there is no trimming skill, it is advisable to entrust this business to a veterinarian who knows exactly how to avoid damage to a blood vessel in the claw area. Although it is impossible to vouch that this procedure will be crowned with success. Some cats are so opposed to clipping claws that make it almost impossible. But if the pet has stood the test, it should be encouraged by something tasty.

One more piece of advice of dubious quality, which some people give in the event of cats being uncivilized - remove pet claws completely. You need to understand that this procedure involves removing the extreme phalanges of the fingers. This is done under general anesthesia. The consequences of the operation will turn the animal into an invalid:

• coordination of his movements is disturbed;
• the cat loses the ability to cling to the surface while moving;
• his posture changes, spinal problems begin;
• the cat becomes unable to defend itself when attacking or climbing higher, so that the attackers do not get it.

Before you go to such extreme measures, you need to think carefully about what is more important - to protect the home or the health of a furry friend. In any case, the cat will not cease to consider any corner in the house as its personal space. In order not to resort to savage methods of struggle to preserve the quality of repair, it makes sense to concentrate the attention of Fuzzy on sections of the walls where you can safely release the claws.

You can buy kogtetochku or do it yourself. In theory, such a device should be in the house when the kitten is still small. It is easier to teach him to sharpen "sabers" on such a subject. If a cat is an adult, it is not always possible to quickly show him all the advantages of a kogtetralki.

In appearance, these objects are different. A storehouse can be the simplest type of flat box. But even if you wrap a usual log with a rope, this is already a useful thing for a cat. You can make such a device in the form of a column, on which it will be convenient for the tail-drawn hell to hang, holding onto it with sharp claws.

In some houses, where there is a lot of free space, they form whole play complexes for pets. They include rugs, cabins, stove benches, turrets, allowing you to jump from one "headroom" to another or get from place to place by special transitions. Here the animals warm up, getting the opportunity to feel fully predators, relieve nervous tension, and, importantly, are far from the walls with wallpaper.

Put the simplest "wallpaper lightning rod" to the point where there are attacks on the walls. When there are several such places, then the kottedralka will need more than one. If a cat always sleeps in a certain corner, the device should be placed next to it, so that when it wakes up, it will immediately “warm up” on it. Then he will not be tempted to look for some other object for exercise. To start to draw attention to the claw, you can make it smelled of catnip.

Kota, who does not understand the principle of the claw, should be brought to it and clearly shown how to use it - take the hands of a pet's paw, put it on the object and hold it several times so that the cat will release the claws. When an animal correctly uses a thing, it should be praised and given something tasty.

While fighting for the order in the house, it should be borne in mind that the cat is not the beast that can be threatened or something to prohibit. Weaning from the rubbish of wallpaper, you should avoid a number of mistakes.

• You can not physically punish the animal.If you "slap the cat on the pope," you can soon find a puddle in your own slippers or even in bed. Either the pet will take revenge on others in a no less visible way.
• It is impossible to immediately throw away the old one after buying a new scratching post. The cat should feel the familiar smell until it fills it with a new item.
• When suggestion is made to the violent "obeedral", it is necessary to focus on intonations, and not on the volume of the voice. It is useless to shame a pet when he has already stopped dirtying and has moved away from the wall. "Domestic Tiger" will not understand why he was reprimanded.

The easiest way to teach respectful attitude to the home of a little kitten, if you pay enough attention to his education, showing from the very beginning the framework of what is permitted. It is the easiest child to accustom to special subjects for warming up or to "manicure". But even if the cat got into the house for adults, with a set of not the best habits, there are still chances to keep order and teach the pet to live by the rules.

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