The evil spawn of satan, otherwise known as Indi our cat, has scratched a corner of our livingroom wallpaper to buggery, so hubby on his way home today bought a fresh roll to cover it up.
What have we just caught the little sod doing? Yep, you've guessed it- scratching the roll of fresh wallpaper that's still sat on the kitchen table!
I know Daughter has just got a 3 year old rag doll. what a pain in the bum she is....I love her(the cat) but she ain't going to like anyone else very soon. So far she has got entangled in the blinds, hissed and scratched the Daughter but she loves me and the old man...which the Daughter can't come to terms with. I was talking to her(the Daughter) the other day and she said "hang on mum, I'm lying on the bed and the pillow has started to move" She'd been talking to me for 10 minutes and the cat was under the pillow...
Mine has the unnerving habit of stealth staring, low to the ground, ears back back end wobbling, poised to pounce- then just when we're on the point of gibbering with fear for our limbs, she'll sit up and wash her paws and look at us as if to say "whatttt??"
We had the same problem with Molly, no sooner had I stuck a replacement strip of wallpaper up when she was back scratching at it! Thankfully she seems to have grown out of that - it's just the boy cats who continue to strip the wallpaper, even when we aren't planning to redecorate
Other than put mittens on the paws,you can't do much about it. Cats have scent glands between the toes and want to proclaim the wall as part of their territory.
I once had 2 kittens who liked nothing better than chasing each other up the walls in our bedroom...the wall paper was shredded.
Now-I fill my big plant mister bottle several times a week in an attempt to put the fear of god in caspar - he just laughs at me when I get it out. I've even soaked him-and he still laughs...;-0