a carpet that the cats won't claw

[mckenzie]

apparently, our current carpet is one which cats notoriously like to claw. Does anyone know if this is true and there are really carpets that cats are less likely to claw? We have the same carpet throughout downstairs and if we replace it, we need to make sure the cats don't just attack and then ruin the new one!

TIA

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Ooo no idea, but I like the sound of it!

I shall bump for you in the hope of an answer. We are in a new(ish now) build and the carpets are whatever the builders put down. The bloody cat has it clicked to bits!

thanks oreo - let's hope we have a carpet expert on Mumsnet huh?

Cats will claw what ever they feel comfy with.
we only have carpet on the stairs and ours have ruined the 1st step even though there's a scratch post next to it.
cats don't like oranges - if your a good aim...!! :)
but on a serious note the zest smell, yet cant see how you could put cut orange all around a room.

my cats have been a nightmare with the carpet. i only have it in the bedrooms and they have wrecked it by the doors.
Watching with interest

My cats have not been very interested in my carpet, but it's cheap, nasty and in desperate need of renewal, so I will also watch this thread. If it helps, they really like scratching a hessian rug.

they definitely have a taste for sea grass and sisal type things. My last cat but one scratched a massive chunk out of the top stair, but didn't touch anywhere else. Current cat doesn't go for carpet or upholstery. I do find that throwing water at the cat the second it scratches nips the problem in the bud.

Meh, I'm a crap aim! I'd probably put the windows out .

Another one with ruined carpets, hoping someone comes along with a miracle solution.

thanks for the posts, even though they haven't solved the dilemma . But while I have all you cat owners, what can i do about the cats doing their business round the back of the garage? We have gravel there but they just do it on top and scruff a bit over. i've tried some expensive stuff i got from the garden centre that i had to dilute and cover the area with, I've also tried pepper but all to no avail. We can't actually see it as it's behind the side of the garage but we can really really smell it so i've got to try again to stop them.

My carpets (bedrooms) are all clawed by the doors. I think whatever you lay the little buggers darlings will claw. Especially if it's expensive!

Gravel - I dug up flints from my garden and layed them on the soil parts of the flower beds. My cat won't dig the flints because they're sharp and spikey on her delicate pads.

Pea shingle and similar is outdoor kitty litter.

Yeah, you need to get rid of the gravel because they won't stop using it!

You can make another area appealing to them by having freshly dug over earth and a little gravel, somewhere you can get to to pick up the poo!

right, thanks oreo. I've just booked our gardener friend to come and give the back garden plants and bushes a good chop (you can't see the soil at the moment) so that i can make the soil underneath them nice and enticing . Then i shall put on a mask and rubber gloves etc and clear the whole mess out behind the garage, leave it as bare concrete and put more pepper down and hope and pray that the cats go where i want them to go and where i can keep it clean easily. I guess I just need to get in to the habit of having a weekly clear up huh?

Are they your cats specifically or the neighbouthood cats? If thay are yours, sprinkle some soiled litter on the soil so the small attracts them there.

If there is nothing to dig in behind the garage they most likely won't bother, but give it a good slosh down with jeyes fluid to get rid of the smell.

Nothing else for it but a regular clean. You get used to it! Four dogs and 1 cat here to clean up after, I'm like the bloody poo police

i think it's just my two Oreo. The old lady doesn't really have any choice. She can't get out of the back garden unless she jumps over the fence and I've never seen her do that in the two years we've had her. The younger boy goes out the front and manages to make his way round to the back for the cat flap so it's possible he goes elsewhere. I have seen one other cat in our garden but only once or twice. The amount of poo at the back there though - could be everyone's cat . I want to get into action but there's no point clearing up behind the garage until I've given them someone else to go i guess? Come on gardener Joe. Come tomorrow please