How To Protect Rugs From Cats

Also area rugs help prevent dogs from sliding across the floors.

How to protect rugs from cats.

If you have any other great tips for pet proof rugs feel free to share. And we just got used to our rugless life. While this often damages the item being scratched it provides a benefit to the cat. Don t forget the area rug pads.

Even if they already have a pad an extra will help to keep the rug from sliding around and keep any accidents from making its way to the wood or tile below. Scratching is an important part of a cat s health and wellbeing. They are also great for noise reduction. Over the years my husband and i completely adapted our home based on romeo s pee problems.

Try putting double sided sticky tape around the edges of the rug where your cat is urinating since cats don t like that sensation either. All area rugs should have a carpet cushion. They come in handy for areas where you may have a lot of chairs or traffic. In our old house we had all hardwood floors and area rugs.

Protecting your carpet from cat pee can be so hard. Area rugs are a good way to keep your carpet clean especially if you have pets that like to come and go and may track in mud and dirt. Why cats scratch carpet upholstery and other surfaces. To prevent your cat from urinating on carpets flip area rugs upside down to change their texture which your cat may not like.

Always use a rug pad beneath your rugs to protect the floor. Just don t forget to clean them regularly as you would carpet. One by one romeo ruined them until we stopped putting any rugs on the floors at all.