Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
Since you're not used to clawed cats, do you have scratching posts? You should have one for every main area the cat hangs out in (i.e. one in the living room, one in the bedroom). You can encourage the cat to use it by rubbing kitty crack into it or giving it treats whenever it uses the post. Then just be vigilant and squirt that fucker if it claws on anything else.
Yeah I have one. He uses it sometimes. I'm trying to get him to use it more.
Heh. Squirting him does nothing. He looks at you like wtf and goes back to doing whatever he was. Only thing that works is grabbing him by the scruff and shaking him a little. It sounds bad, but its what their mothers do and it is the only thing that works even a little bit.