Argh.
I have a kitten -- I've had her since late Febuary, and she is about 6 months old.
She's tearing my carpet to shreds. Not the whole thing, but in one particular spot in front of the closet.
I rent a small studio apartment. It's an old carpet, it was certainly here for the previous tenant. I've been here a year already, and I'll be here for one more year before I move.
But I need advice on how to get her to STOP clawing the carpet! It's been pulled almost all the way up in a sort of "v" shape ... it's nasty looking. I was thinking I could beat her with a baseball bat, but that would be slightly counter-productive (plus, I don't know how to get blood out of carpet).
I have two other cats, and the only time I had a problem with them and the carpet was when my idiot roomie spilled a bag of catnip on it. That was fun, lemme tell ya (and he wonders why we didn't get our security deposit back ...)
Any advice how to get her to stop clawing the carpet would be greatly appreciated.
BTW: I was kidding about bludgeoning her (her name is Callie -- she's a Calico. You think THAT'S unoriginal? One of my cats is named Guy, and he's a ... guy.) ... don't be offended.
BTW 2: In defense of Guy's name, I adopted him when he was 2 years old from the Humane Society. He was already named Guy. I call him "Geyser" for short.
I have a kitten -- I've had her since late Febuary, and she is about 6 months old.
She's tearing my carpet to shreds. Not the whole thing, but in one particular spot in front of the closet.
I rent a small studio apartment. It's an old carpet, it was certainly here for the previous tenant. I've been here a year already, and I'll be here for one more year before I move.
But I need advice on how to get her to STOP clawing the carpet! It's been pulled almost all the way up in a sort of "v" shape ... it's nasty looking. I was thinking I could beat her with a baseball bat, but that would be slightly counter-productive (plus, I don't know how to get blood out of carpet).
I have two other cats, and the only time I had a problem with them and the carpet was when my idiot roomie spilled a bag of catnip on it. That was fun, lemme tell ya (and he wonders why we didn't get our security deposit back ...)
Any advice how to get her to stop clawing the carpet would be greatly appreciated.
BTW: I was kidding about bludgeoning her (her name is Callie -- she's a Calico. You think THAT'S unoriginal? One of my cats is named Guy, and he's a ... guy.) ... don't be offended.
BTW 2: In defense of Guy's name, I adopted him when he was 2 years old from the Humane Society. He was already named Guy. I call him "Geyser" for short.
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