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Cleo

My cat is tearing apart our spray foam insulation in the basement, what do we do?

My cat won't leave the spray insulation foam in the basement, its hard to keep her out of there cause we have to go down there to do laundry and she follows us. What can I do to keep her out of it? It can't be good for her and I have respray down there cause she's torn a lot of it out that she can reach. We are able to catch her before she eats it but I'm afraid one of these times we won't. Is there anything that we can do or spray on it that cats don't like and will stay away from?


Asked by Cleo on Jun 18th 2011 in Scratching
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Quincy

Yes, bittrex- it tastes awful and you can spray it on there... also, if you can tape it off with double sided sticky tape, they sell it at pet stores that will help keep her from tearing it out- also, if you can supply a few scratching posts in that area( rubbed with catnip), that might distract her from tearing at the insulation... by giving her something she should be clawing on to have fun....
here is the tape:
www.drsfostersmith.com


Quincy answered on 6/20/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


Marshall

Make sure she has plenty of scratching posts, toys and things to do. She may be annoyed or just plain bored. My 4 cats tore up our couches and I didn't know what to do. So when I got new slip covers, I got 2 new scratching posts so now I have 6. I also spray them with water when they scratch the couch. They learned quickly and havent scratched the couches since. Provide her with lots of posts to scratch and toys.


Marshall answered on 6/21/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


Izadore (Izzie)

Your cat may have a condition called "pica", which is, very simply, eating non-food items. It affects humans as well. Probably your only solution would be to get drywall up there as soon as you can. You can also visit your local home center and ask for their advice as to what you can install to cover it up. I know that there are some very heavy plastic tarps for sale there that, if taped on the wall, may discourage her. But first, check with your vet and go over her diet to see if she's deficient in something that would be causing her to eat non-food items.


Izadore (Izzie) answered on 6/22/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


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