kelly s

prevent this? is there any full proof ideas to stop this. My leather lounge set my husband and I back $10,000 so i don't even want to risk even 1 scratch is there a breed of cat that doesn't scratch any thing i miss my old cat that was taken in a breakup with my x that cat destroyed my last lounge i still miss him though HELP

Unicornrider

You don't need a cat, you need a goldfish.
Cats have claws, and for many good reasons too.
Declawing is not a humane option and just leads to other unwanted behaviours like biting and soiling the house.
Cats come with claws, and there is no 100% way to stop it since they do it for various reasons.

Cat would be the wrong pet for you, looking at how you prize that couch.

Get a dog or fish. No claws.

Katherine H

What you should do is get a cat and have it declawed. Some people think this is mean, but as long as the cat is kept inside the house or a screened porch where it can't be attacked, by say a dog, it is fine. Also if you go to the local animal shelter they sometimes have cats that have been declawed by a former owner who couldn't keep it.

MissK

It's a risk you have to take. It's only a lounge.

But what I do to keep furniture from being destroyed is to make sure cats have appropriate quality scratching posts.

They need both vertical and horizontal scratching area. All my previous and current cats loved the posts that has both carpeted area AND roped area(with straws).

Providing satisfying scratching posts will keep them satisfied.

Also, I would put some kind of plastic coatings on the lounge, in the area where cats may be tempted to scratch.
Cats HATE scratching on smooth plastic like surface. I put a clear sticky tape on my couch where they've scratched before I got them the post. You can buy a "special" sticky plastic sheets from pet shops but sticky tape did the job for me!

Andrew

Sometimes cats just have a need to scratch, but there are these cardboard board things you set on the floor, and that should take care of it.

here's one:
http://www.petco.com/product/104528/PETCO-Cat-Double-Wide-Cardboard-Scratcher.aspx

violet

Hmmm...it seems like your leather lounge is extremely important to you. If you don't want even one scratch on this leather lounge, don't get a cat. Even the best trained kitty with 10 proper scratching posts can accidentally scratch the furniture.

And do not even consider declawing.

Yuki_Takishima

not all cats scratch everything.
Its stupid everyone thinks that.
My two cats dont scratch anything up.

duyen-t

that's silly a cat will scratch NO MATTER WHAT!! just don't get a cat. It's like people who get cats, then the cat ends up at a shelter because the owner got mad that it scratches furniture. It's up to you though ...think hard about it okay....good luck!!

Heather

You can get the front de-clawed because cats usually scratch their front nails on things