I have a damn cat from hell who won’t touch the pad either. She prefers to the door jambs. On nearly every doorjamb in the house. One by the kitchen has claw marks 1/4” deep. Do you want her? I’m about at the de-claw stage now, or introducing her to winter outdoors and Mr. Coyote.
Of course, she is a sweet kitty we are keeping for my daughter and family when she returns from her overseas assignment. Kitty is very clean, kind and affectionate with just one bad habit we are trying to break.
Indoor kitties are miserable with that arrangement. They
like to sharpen their claws on tree trunks. - DON’T DECLAW!
She will be left totally defenseless if she does get out!!
Sister-in-law did that and was forced to keep the cat inside
forever after that. (Afterwards, SIL absolutely HATED the
cat and wanted to kill it. Not a very nice person!)
Brutus, our cat, has NORMAL claws and comes and goes out her
own cat door at any time of the day or night. She’s tough as
nails. We have coyotes; and I pity any coyote who fancies
himself able to tangle with her. - Also, get a fly swatter
and swat her butt IF she does something destructive or
naughty. Not hard or violent! It’s kinder than either
declawing or “putting down” as some guy on FR threatened.
- He was fussing about his cat not eating anything but
treats! WELL, I told him HE controls the treats; so limit
them and the cat will eat her regular food when she gets
hungry.
“...prefers the door jambs.”
LOL. I had a cat that clawed the door jamb.
Hubby repaired it for me.
He cut out the clawed portion of the old one and affixed it to an upright 2X4 and nailed it to a stand—voila! Kitty had her very own scratching post, which she’d already broken in. And I had a brand new door jamb.
Where do you think kitty scratched after that?
The newly repaired door jamb, of course. She wanted nothing to do with the old one.