Cat Pawrents Provide Comical Commentary on Their Feisty Felines and Their Love for Scratching Furrniture

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Feb 20, 2024 9:00 PM EST

Hello, purrfect people!

One piece of information all hoomans need to have before adopting a cat is that they would probably have to give up on a nice-looking house as a result. Not only will your floor be filled with cat toys or just random trash that your cat decided was toys, but your new feline friend will probably destroy all the furniture in your house. You can't get too attached to anything, or if you are attached to something, keep it well hidden…

This Reddit thread proves our point even further. In a desperate attempt to stop their cats from scratching their couch, this person turned to Reddit in hopes of advice about what could be done. Some Redditors were really helpful and shared valuable tips, and some just expressed their condolences on the poor furniture.

Scroll down to read the funny commentary. Once you are done, click here for a heartwarming video of a mama cat and her three babies.

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  • 01
    Does anyone else's couch look like this?
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    I honestly got these cheap couches because I knew this would happen lol. Time to get new ones But what do you guys do to prevent your cats from gouging out the stitches out of your couches lol.
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    suziespends. 4 days ago
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    Nope, I don't know anything about cats tearing up furniture
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    paoea 3 days ago I had to throw away 4 of my dining chairs and my office chair. They were all made from "cheap" synthetic leather. My dining chairs are now just 100% wood, and the office chair is made from more expensive real leather and alcantara. No problems so far
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    Kitchen-Face3009 4 days ago The art and the artist
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    Poison Melody 3 days ago We have little cardboard scratchers all over the house as well as a big cat tree. They have destroyed the side of our bed and the carpet next to the scratchers
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    Retman_9999 - 2 days ago Multiple posts and cardboard scratches everywhere!!! At least 5 places here for that. They do get the point after a while.
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    buffcoloredcat 3 days ago
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    We buy most of our furniture from thrift stores. I'll probably replace this couch soon with another thrift store couch
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    dragonrider1965. 3 days ago Get velvet, they can't shred velvet.
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    SquirrelNinjas 3 days ago Second the velvet. I've had all different material couches and the velvet remains in good condition. They don't scratch it for some reason.
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    Due-Protection6014 3 days ago My old couch use to look like that, could not get Harrison to use a scratching post unless catnip is on it. But lucky between putting catnip on the post and having a welcome mat he likes to use my new couch is safe . Cat tax
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    KitCat428 3 days ago He's hiding because I saw him claw the couch
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    Believinall29 3 days ago You can buy specific cat scratch mats that can be placed on your couch. Or use sisal rope, which is what scratching posts are made of. I buy a role to fix the posts.when they've been torn through.shreds. Jackson Galaxy has great tips on his YouTube channel.
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    Ray661 3 days ago Once the couch is "ok" to tear into, you have to train them that it's not once a viable replacement exists. Double sided tape worked for my cat.
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    Open_Note_633. 3 days ago
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    marnie_loves_cats 3 days ago Nope. I correct that as soon as I see it. And if that doesn't help the anti scratch tape comes out. As much as I love my cats, my furniture is not their scratch post. They got those and they can aluse them as much as they like.
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    hsavvy 3 days ago Same. And our couch was like $5k but we just put throw blankets over the arms to hide the destruction from visitors Imao
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    marnie_loves_cats. 3 days ago Cats are like children, they always prefer the things they cannot have or aren't allowed to touch. Fortunately my girls don't like the tape at all and keep clear of it.
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    Absurd Bird 3 days ago My cats tore off and chewed the double-sided anti-scratch tape, but I finally discovered that heavy- duty packing tape is slippery enough to deter them. It's pretty much invisible on the woven fabric of my couch, so I've just left it on the corners where they'd always scratch the most.
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    FinnballWizard - 3 days ago Just a window watching bench but yep, destroyed
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    Ilovecheesecake68 3 days ago I have a cat and trained her not to scratch the furniture by having a spray bottle nearby when she was a kittten and I replaced the thin "twine" on her cat tree with very thick rope. But now yours are adults, it's going to be hard. I wouldn't keep replacing furniture as it
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    will keep happening and this might be your solution: embroidery patches or swatches of overlapping denim in different shades. Lots of ideas online for different tastes. Plus you could put a scratching "plank" stand against the area with rope around it
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    lunarbutterfly 4 days ago Keep their nails trimmed and place an appropriate scratching surface in each room. Mine loves cardboard scratchers. Even with that he tries to scratch my couch on rare occasions and I get after him every time I see. My furniture is in very good condition
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    R3volusion 3 days ago Try picking her up and putting her at the scratching post every time she makes an attempt to scratch the couch.
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