Cat scratching

[pompei595]

Our Siamese cat is pretty good at not attacking the furniture etc, but he consistently scratches at the stair carpet.

I have bought a spray on cat repellent for the carpet, but this has been useless. He also has a scratch post at the top of the stairs.

Any suggestions please for methods of stopping him!

[lankeela]

I refer the honourable gentleman (or lady!) to the answer I gave some questions earlier:

http://www.petproducts.ie/nailcaps.htm

[Katy May]

Apparently, double sided sticky tape put on the area can stop them. Never done it as seems a bit cr*p to have sticky carpet/sofa. You could try putting catnip on the scratching post or spraying the cat with water when it starts to scratch? The last one will take a while to work, but eventually will - although your cat may just choose somewhere else!