"aj" wrote in message
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my neighbour has 7 cats (seven) & my birch tree which stands about 12 feet
tall is scarred from top to bottom with them using it as a scratching
post,will this cause permanent damage & is there anything i can do to stop
them damaging it?
thanks.



I had the same problem. Just plant something uncomfortable around the base.
It doesn't take much to persuade them to find another tree elsewhere. Also,
the damage probably looks worse than it is. The scratches by their nature
tend to be vertical which doesn't do as much damage as a horizontal ones
would.

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