ᐅ Interior plaster with pugging for cat-proofing

During the adjustment phase (when they were not allowed outside yet), ours also scratched a lot. Now that they spend most of their time outdoors anyway, they don’t scratch indoors at all anymore. Just let them outside and that’s it—it’s better for them anyway :-)

Alex85 schrieb:
Moving out of the apartment, into your own home, and finally letting the cats outside.

If it’s a pedigree cat, you’ll probably do that only a few times before you end up with two of them.

Unfortunately, going outside is not an option. There is a main road right next to the property. You can access the large terrace, which has a cat-proof railing around it.
But back to the original question regarding the interior plaster. Does anyone have experience with it? What is it like when it scratches?

Normal plaster should be fine. The room where I kept the foster cats was only plastered and has no scratch marks.

Otherwise, the painter and plasterer should know if there is anything special.

Normal plaster can easily be scratched off by cats if they want to. This usually happens at doorways and/or outside corners.

Basically, you have no chance except to redirect their interest to other things (and avoid designing such corners).

toxicmolotow schrieb:
You probably only do that a few times with a pedigree cat before you end up with two of them.

Do you mean that they get pregnant? Most breeders insist on neutering at a young age. That’s something I would recommend to any cat owner. A cat in heat or an intact male cat can be a nightmare.

There’s not much you can do if your cats decide to really go at it.
But I know very few cats that actually enjoy doing that.
Alternatively, cover a large board with wallpaper of their choice, frame it clearly, and let them have fun with the wallpaper. Or bring a small tree indoors. A long trunk with bark intact, mounted on a sufficiently large base, and let the cats go at it. It makes a big mess at first, but I’ve managed to keep some cats away from the wallpaper this way.

The nice thing about wallpaper and sometimes soft plaster is that the scratch marks show up beautifully. That really pleases any cat.

Unfortunately, a water spray hardly helps because cats quickly learn who’s pressing the trigger. You have to get the timing right so the cat doesn’t notice the spray bottle but only the water itself. Then there’s the time factor. In the presence of the owner, the cat behaves obediently, but as soon as the owner leaves the house during normal working hours, the problem starts again.