Since the age of two, and I am now 70, I have had lots of cats, but never one who scrapes wallpaper off one particular place on the hall wall.
No amount of gentle rebukes do any good.
She has a scratching post she loves, plenty of toys, plenty of attention from her two humans and a brother she loves and who loves her.
The perfect (read purrfect) lovable and loving cat.
It is an outer wall that has caught her attention and she has scratched about six inches by four of the wallpaper off just above the skirting board.
Neither outside, nor in the cellar beneath the hall is there any sign of rats, mice, beetles or anything else she might be hearing, smelling or wanting to catch.
All good ideas as to why she is up to this caper (she is six months and has done this since we got her three months ago) and how we stop it will be gratefully received.
Before you ask - there is no signs of her first season approaching yet, or of her brother maturing into a potent tom cat either.
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?