cat repellent spray

My cat is an obsessive couch scratcher. I’ve tried a scratch repellent spray, I bought him a scratching post and he won’t even use it. Nothing’s worked so far. He just keeps doing it. I would really be open to any ideas you might have, he’s starting to ruin my furniture.
I tried to softpaws too when he was a baby, but now that he’s bigger, it’s almost impossible to hold him down to put them on or to clip his claws. Even with two people. He screams like we’re torturing him.

cat repellent spray

A little background on the cat: She’s about 14 weeks old, I found her when she was about 8 weeks old, abandoned in a box. She’s a solo cat who seems to be pretty happy in my house, and yes, she’s spoiled rotten.

Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m no cat expert. In fact, the kitten I have now is the only cat I’ve ever owned. So, this thing she does is a total mystery to me.

First of all, my cat does that "kneading" thing. I looked it up online, and there’s apparently millions of cats that do this. They take their paws, alternating right and left, and sort of go back and forth sort of massaging an area. I’ve trimmed her nails, so I can handle that. I looked up the "cat psychology" on this, and apparently, this is supposed to mean it’s a happy cat. Sure, I have a happy cat….. but it’s got this especially neurotic thing it does WHILE it’s doing this. It CHEWS, too. So, it sounds like this fast passed ticking clock while it’s pawing and chewing on me. It’s kneads and chews at the same time. WTH?

It doesn’t just chew and knead on anything, oh no, my cat is way to picky for that, she only does it to my bathrobe. It’s gross. I put her down, she jumps back up, I put her down, she jumps back up, I put her down… I think you get it. If I let her do it, I end up with this huge cat drool puddle on my robe. If I don’t let her do it, she (you guessed it.. jumps back up) The more I try to get her to stop, the more insistent she gets about it.

She wont do it unless I’m wearing the bathrobe. If it’s just laying on the bed, she ignores it. If I have on regular clothes, she couldn’t be bothered. I put the bathrobe on my daughter to see if she would do it to her… nope. Just me. I’ve washed the thing in all different kinds of detergent hoping that would stop her. Nope. I even sprayed it with this cat repellent spray I got at the pet store (it’s supposed to be for furniture).

Now, I haven’t seen any other cat chew and do the hand thing at the same time. I’ve looked on youtube, I’ve asked other cat owners that I know. I think she’s the only one. Either way, it’s driving me NUTS! In fact, she’s doing it right now and I’m about ready to get the cat a muzzle.

My big questions are:
1.Is this normal?
2. Will she grow out of it
3. How do I get her to stop?
These are ALL great answers, and I thank you for your help. I’m not sure who to pick for a "best", so I’m going to put it to a vote. Thanks again everyone!

cat repellent spray

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cat repellent spray

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cat repellent spray

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