Cat Tearing Up Carpet With Teeth

Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet.

Cat tearing up carpet with teeth.

The cat will just scratch at the wood beneath. 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. The kind with the little teeth on the underside of it.

If possible move a piece of furniture or a scratching post to your cat s favorite carpet spot. I cut it to fit snuggly around the door frame so that when the door is closed the mat sticks out on both sides. A sisal scratching post may be a good choice here. 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. 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. You can also use furniture and carpets to block off access to wires and certain corners of your house where you may keep something that s tempting to your cat s chewing instinct jones says. Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase.

If that s not possible she suggests using lemon cayenne rosemary or another scent that cats find unappealing to deter them.