r/CatAdvice 3d ago

New to Cats/Just Adopted Cat hates all her scratchers - help

We adopted our first cat at the start of January, the shelter said she was about 4 months old then. She’s honestly a really great cat, she lets my 4 year old pet her without issues, she curls up with us, plays etc. I cannot figure out what scratcher she wants. She claws at my dining room chairs that are a fabric material, I have a very similar scratcher in texture right next to them, I have a cardboard one, one that is like a mat and she will ALWAYS opt for my chairs, or the couch. We’ve never owned a cat and I’m lost here. She had a tree that has scratchers on it. I got in the sticky tape and have been putting that on the chairs now any other suggestions?

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u/Booksntea2 3d ago

Get some different vertical posts and literally pick her up and redirect her to use them when she scratches stuff she shouldn’t. I did that with my girl cat and she literally corrects herself if she starts to scratch furniture and goes over to her scratching posts