Cats scratch to mark territory and keep their claws sharp.
Cat chewing on stairs carpet.
How to fix carpet on stairs destroyed by cats.
Unlike other parts of the house stairs have not been claimed by human occupants.
Buying a companion cat for your pet to keep it busy will help too.
Keeping your cat busy and playful is another way.
This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts.
Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet.
The spruce melissa ling wires and cords.
But we don t want him to ingest it so our stairs are lined with duct tape argh.
Carpeted stairs are a great place for this instinctual activity.
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.
The simplest thing to do is to keep the cat away from the room.
They like nothing better than sharpening their claws on chairs couches furniture and carpets.
Squirt it with water every time it enters the room to chew on the carpet.
Why is my cat destructively chewing and how to stop it.
If you own cats you already know about their habits.
Please don t thump your kitty on the nose cats are not.
Cats usually find cords and wires to chew on especially if left alone during the day.
If the carpet has wool in it a cat will chew on it they are attracted to the wool fabric if she already has a scratching post covered with carpet then go out and get some sassal rope and cover the carpet portion of the post with the rope so kitty won t associate carpet with scratching.