Yes we have a berber carpet stairs landing 2 bedrooms and 2 cats.
Cats and berber carpet.
An extremely popular fiber choice polyester can make one of the best carpets for cats.
However if your kitty is a clawmeister the loops may encourage serious scratching some flooring experts report entire sections of carpet uprooted by overly ambitious felines.
Berber is a looped pile could catch in their claws and tear up the carpet creating permanent damage.
Polyester carpet is made to lower the chance of wear and tear and can likely withstand your precious cat s attention.
This type of carpets works well on shedding issues and stains because it is a tightly looped classic.
They are all cut pile.
Many wonder whether if something does snag a loop it will cause a run in the berber and cause the carpet to unravel.
If your cat tends to look for places to scratch and doesn t use a scratching post or board reliably you may want to reconsider a berber.
Haven t had a problem but maybe they re not particularly scratchy cats.
The irresistible feature of carpets makes cats scratch more and more since fibers of carpets are easy for cats to dig their clays so that they can easily remove.
On top of that it also resists stains that are oil based.
Meaning there are not loops to catch your cat or dog s claws.
They are middle aged too so possibly kittens young cats would scratch more.
Berber carpet is a tightly looped classic widely considered virtually pet proof when it comes to shedding issues and stains.
I think possibly they scratched more when they didn t have access to outside.
Yet unfortunately the loops might make your cat scratch more.