Cat Tearing Up Carpet With Teeth

Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet.

Cat tearing up carpet with teeth.

I cut it to fit snuggly around the door frame so that when the door is closed the mat sticks out on both sides. But we don t want him to ingest it so our stairs are lined with duct tape argh. Cover up the spot where your cat scratches. The cat will just scratch at the wood beneath.

The kind with the little teeth on the underside of it. This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts. If possible move a piece of furniture or a scratching post to your cat s favorite carpet spot. Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase.

Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces. The other cat pulls at the edges of the berber carpet on the stairs and yanks out the vertical threads which is thin strong fiber like floss. Not sure about the carpet patching but what we did to prevent our little monster from tearing up the carpet while we slept was to purchase one of those clear thin office mats. A sisal scratching post may be a good choice here.

For scratching that takes place in front of an entryway cover the area with a thin mat.