You could try shaking Cheyenne pepper around the porch. nm

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    • Thanks for the tip. - nm
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      • I bought a small sized water pistol for that - sm
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worked with my cats.  My MIL had to lock her cat in the laundry room at night (huge room, bigger than some bedrooms! LOL) because she kept biting my FIL's tubing to his oxygen tank in the middle of the night. After my FIL passed away, the cat started biting the tubing on my MIL's air mattress.  At that point she gave up and gave the cat to a friend.

Hope you have better luck with yours!  If you give them plenty of "safe" scratching alternatives, and spread catnip liberally on them, it should at least cut down on their clawing the couch. Be sure the scratching surfaces are sturdy, though - those two-foot cylindrical scratching posts are worthless. Here is one that might work better:

This robin has been living here for 3 years now. She made 3 nests, 1 on each corner of the porch and one in the middle. She hatches babies in the right corner, then nests in the second corner, then goes to the middle if she is going to have more babies.

The first year, she would fly away every time I went out on the porch. Now I can get within 2 feet of her without her flying away. Guess she's getting used to me. I also talk to her every time I go out even, if it's to say "Good morning mama".

Last year I was broken-hearted. I went out and automatically looked to the right where she was nesting with 4 babies. They were gone as was the nest. I found the nest on the ground, a little mangled, but no babies. Something must have gotten up there after them. I put the nest back but mama didn't come back. She did this year and so far 4 babies. Watched them grow but missed them leaving the nest.

Now she's nesting in the left corner. That's the one closest to our outside security light and where I put the dog out on the leash. She doesn't move even if I walk right up to the pole.  This is so cool. I almost have the urge to put food out for her, but don't want to go that far.

That's SUPER delicious. Here it goes:

green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper  1 each

1 medium white onion

1 tsp. cumin to taste

1 tbsp. olive or vegetable oil

1/2 tsp. salt & pepper each or to taste

1/2 tsp. lime juice (optional)

1 bag of fiesta blend of cheese or mexican blend.

6-8 medium tortillas

Cut all bell peppers and onion into strips and saute all items over medium heat in a skillet. Add cumin, salt & pepper. 

 Spoon sauted veggies into tortillas - on one-half of tortilla only. Add cheese on top of veggies. Close tortilla and heat in a clean preheated skillet over medium-hot heat. When lightly browned, turn over. They should look slightly crispy and light brown. Cut into thirds.

She probably could benefit from self-defence classes as well.