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⌈ Secret Post #4025 ⌋

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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!