How to stop my young cat from scratching the rug and eating things?

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I am at my breaking point I wish there was a class to take misbehaving young cats . I in the beginning was the nice cat parent but now I’m changing my tone of voice and she still won’t listen to me she now scratches our rug and eats stuff off it like string and when I say no she still does it so I had to spray her with water that didn’t work long so next step was to scruff her that worked for minute but she disobeyed me anyway I don’t know how people truly discipline there cats . Any suggestions. Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | spayed | 1 year and 1 month old

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

Hi there! It’s not recommend to try and “discipline” cats in this way (scruffiness, yelling, squirt bottles, etc) because it generally isn’t effective and can make your cats stressed and afraid of you. Instead, focus on providing her with other things to scratch and claw that are more effective than your rug. This is a normal behavior for cats, so she needs appropriate options to meet her needs. Try a tall, sturdy cat tree or scratching post, or a horizontal scratching tray if she prefers this. You may also need to take up the rug temporarily until she is reliably scratching more appropriate things.

How to stop my young cat from scratching the rug and eating things?

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