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bindy 
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TokyoRose
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 12:53am |
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Welcome to the cat lady crew! LOL!
As for some of your issues, I will say that training your cat will take some patience and time. My kitty does not and never has scratched furniture. She has only recently started scratching a very old chair I brought out of storage, but other than that, she only scratches the carpet on the stairs.
I agree with others, that you should NOT declaw your cat, if only because it's like attempting to amputate a human at the first joint of their fingers. Painful and should she need to defend herself if she escapes, she wouldn't be able to do so. Just keep her nails trimmed.
Have plenty of boxes and cat toys around for her to play with. For now, you may just have to tolerate her curiosity. She'll get bored and eventually stop getting into things she isn't supposed to.
When my kitty was very young, when she tried to get on the table or on the counter, I simply took her down and put her on the floor. Double-sided sticky tape also works...as does aluminum foil. Cats hate that stuff.
My kitty doesn't go for those scratching trees at all. Sigh.
As for the water bowl, it sounds like you are giving her water in a plastic bowl. I usually give my cat water in a large (dog size) ceramic bowl. You can also give it to her in a large (dog size) metal bowl.
I do not and never have used a spray bottle because I didn't want Miya to associate water with a punishment--especially since I have to give her a bath every once in a while.
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 12:59am |
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Foxy can come in here and interpret all that... |
 buy soft paws...Watch a youtube video to know how to apply them to your kitty paws and that will stop the clawing of the walls and your drapes.
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 1:01am |
 Both my babies are declawed. It was either that or my husband was going to throw them in the streets.
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 1:18am |
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I have patience but my husband does not and when they scratched his two week old leather couch.....ooooooooweeee!
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 2:47am |
I feel ya foxy. My cat scratched my daughter across the face when she was little, and it was declaw or the gas chamber. Both of my inside cats are declawed, but if I knew then what I know now, I would have done the nail caps. But my babies are happy and fat, and very pampered.
OP congrats on your kitty! They do outgrow a lot of the kitten behavior. My biggest issue was with my house plants! They would dig and poop in the dirt, so I had to place large flat stones in the pots so they couldn't dig. Trial and error!
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 3:03am |
When I was a kid we declawed our cat. Worst choice ever. She got out and couldn't defend herself and was hurt. A good vet can clip your cats nails. As for the behavior problems bitter orange and http://www.feliway.com/ might be an option
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 5:41am |
**Sk!TtLeS B** wrote:
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She's so cute!!!!!! |
This!
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Posted: Jan 06 2013 at 3:42pm |
Thanks for all the input! I think we will look into getting her those soft paws, yall have talked me into it. What happen when they grow out? @Foxy: Your husband don't play 
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