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How do I get my cat to stop going for the curtains?

[philstar22]

She has been doing it a lot this past couple weeks. And I'm honestly starting to get scared that my parents might get rid of her or make her stay outside because my mom really loves those curtains. We've put towels and things over the furniture, and usually we can distract her with toys to keep her from scratching that. But she keeps going for the curtains.

Re: How do I get my cat to stop going for the curtains?

[syncing_feeling]

Eek, that sounds stressful. Does she have a scratching post/cat tree or anything like that? Although I bought one for one of mine when I was younger and he was completely uninterested/still insisted on scratching everything else!

I asked for advice when our current cat started scratching up our sofa arms and was told that most cats can't stand citrusy/lemony smells. You can buy special deterrent sprays (I think they're call Citronella or something similar) but I always found that anything lemony like air freshener or household cleaning spray made him scrunch up his nose and walk off, and he leaves the sofas alone now. I was told that any sort of plasticy/crinkly/noisy surface like tinfoil is offputting too, so laying some on the floor might help put her off?

Re: How do I get my cat to stop going for the curtains?

[philstar22]

She has a cat tree and two other scratching posts. The curtains are the mostly sheer ones over our porch door. And she likes to stare at her reflection there a lot. So I'm wondering if there is some sort of connection.


She loves noise, so I don't think that would work. Noisy things are her favorite. The house alarm went off today and she wasn't scared at all. I do have some basil citrus body spray, though. Maybe I'll spray that on them.

Re: How do I get my cat to stop going for the curtains?

[tabaqui]

Sounds like these sheer curtains are making motions over the glass and she's just going for it to play. If you can't loop the curtains up/back while she's there, then you need to just teach her 'no'.

Get a water bottle, maybe with a dash of lemon juice in it, and when she goes for the curtains - spritz her and say 'no!' - not screaming, just very emphatic.

Most of our cats will back off on just the 'no', but a couple needed spritzing to reinforce it, and now they'll back off when you reach for the water bottle. Even a couple drops of water off my fingers will make the most obnoxious one back off and reconsider.

Good luck!