How do I get him to stop ripping my sheets/clothes?

[Zeitgeist]

How do I get my cat to stop ripping my bedsheets (he always jumps up and
pokes holes in them with his claws) and he randomly attacks hanging
shirts and rips them. It's starting to become a financial burden when he
rips my nice clothes all the time.

[Anna via CatKB.com]

>How do I get my cat to stop ripping my bedsheets (he always jumps up and
>pokes holes in them with his claws) and he randomly attacks hanging

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Hi Zeitgeist,

what I have done at home was to hang some pieces of cloth that my kitty
was allowed to rip and destroy and offered that for her to play with
while giving her a hard time everytime she tried to play with the real
clothes and bedsheets. It is working.
Also don't forget to cut his nails once a week, it makes a HUGE
difference!
Good luck!

[Sherri]

Buy some softpaws,or ask if your vet has them.We apply them for $35.00
at the vet practice I work at. They come in different colors too.

[mlab...@yahoo.co.uk]

Get him lots of scratching posts, toys etc. and don't let him in your
bedroom! Or how about putting your clothes away in a cupboard/wardobe
and shut the door, works for me!

[Zeitgeist]

I feel bad about not letting him in my bedroom. I live in a small
apartment and when I close the door and leave him out of my bedroom at
night he sits at the door and cries. He's a baby.
Next year, I'm going to have a roommate (I'm a college student) that has
a cat, so maybe, for a year, he'll have someone to play with.

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[mlab...@yahoo.co.uk]

I'm lucky I live in a house, and can lock my cat downstairs at night,
he still makes a fuss but I have to do it as I work shifts and he
doesn't understand that I can't always play with him at 7am! He's in
the doghouse today, my patrner caught him attempting to shred the new
sofa cover - he knows he's not allowed to, I trained him, so he waits
til I've gone out and then does it! But what can you do, he's not
allowed in my bedroom so he's allowed downstairs, I guess we can't have
cats AND care too much about our belongings. Here in the UK, I've
never heard of anyone declawing their cat (in fact it's illegal), or
putting those plastic things on them, I forget the name, or even
cutting their claws. We just give them plenty of things they are
allowed to scratch and hope! Also they're allowed out more here so
it's less of a problem but my cat is nearly 17 so he doesn't really go
out much - I just have to accept that my furniture will get scratched -
next time I'll get a goldfish, only joking.

[Anna via CatKB.com]

>Next year, I'm going to have a roommate (I'm a college student) that has
>a cat, so maybe, for a year, he'll have someone to play with.

I was going to suggest another cat as from your previous posts he sounds like
he's a high energy kitty and needs a buddy to play with.

[Ajanta]

Zeitgeist <zeit...@topdrunks.com> wrote:

: How do I get my cat to stop ripping my bedsheets (he always jumps up and

: pokes holes in them with his claws) and he randomly attacks hanging
: shirts and rips them. It's starting to become a financial burden when he
: rips my nice clothes all the time.

I only have a cat visit me for a few hours, but the following works for
me: I don't have nice clothes lying around all over withi, I keep them
in closets or dressers. I keep a blanket or throw handy to put on my
lap when the cat may come there. I keep my bedroom door closed, but you
could try an inexpesive bed-cover.