How to keep a kitten off of the Christmas tree???
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ha ha, you don't, mine love it!0
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we had a motion activated ornament that would go off horribly loud! The cat was terrified0
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It really won't get any better as the kitten gets older. Cats love Christmas trees. It's like a little piece of outdoors with toys on it.
I bought plastic ornaments for my tree and I give my kitty one of the round ones to play with (minus the hook). She seems to be pretty satisfied as long as she has one of her own. But she still HAS to climb it. She's a cat... it's what she does.0 -
we use a spray bottle to deter our kitty, and he heads for the hills the second he hears us say "grab the bottle" lol0
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I made a cardboard (3D - ie, spokes) and stapled it to the wall, mine didn't play with it that year.
I hung mine from the ceiling (upside down) that worked too, but was a pain getting up & down.
Finally gave up - she eats the "fake" needles - walks 2 feet vomits them up, then goes back to try again. Or she loves the light wires - saw sparks as she was chewing and it didn't stop her. I think my damn cat got a hold of my Kanomi code as a kitten - infinite lives!
This made me smile!0 -
haha love it!0 -
we had a motion activated ornament that would go off horribly loud! The cat was terrified
this is a good idea!0 -
before you chase it off get a picture of it up the tree because that's just adorably cute0
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They make keep-away spray for cats and dogs that smells awful to them. It's not supposed to smell like anything to humans (though it does to some people.) You can try spraying your tree with it. Just ask about it at the pet store. They should have it.0
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before you chase it off get a picture of it up the tree because that's just adorably cute
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LOL, she's not coming out of that tree haha.omG this made me laugh....i have soooooo many pics of my cute little kitten nestled in my Christmas tree. Last year my tree was white and she looked so freaking adorable peeking out of her little spot located second floor from the very top lol Obviously i have no tips for you, cause i tried them all and finally just accepted that she's not gonna stay out of it till she's older. Took me one Christmas season to realize that. So many times i came out of my bedroom in the morning and the tree was lying on the floor. Funny now, not so funny then!! So, good luck with finding something that works.
That's adorable, though. Care to share pics?
never really bothered to learn how to put pics on here, but i added one as my display pic right now. Not the cutest one i've taken, but still cute haha
Awwwwww!!!!!!!
Soooooo cute <3333 Thanks for sharing hahaha0 -
I saw this and thought, "did I post something and not know it???" I am dealing with this right now! I put up my pretty tree (as seen in my pic) last weekend. I have two cats, my older one has never touched it, but I just "rescued" a kitty this fall and its her first Christmas. The first few days she sniffed around and attempted to bat at an ornament, which I caught her and sprayed her with the water bottle. I ended up spraying her any time she got close to the tree after that and it seemed to work. That is until last night. She managed to get about 1/4 of it messed up and shattered an ornament batting it so hard against the dining room table legs. I came home and was ticked, but was able to reposition everything. Then I woke up around 3 am to finding over half of the tree destroyed--trimming unraveled, ornaments all over the floor. Needless to say we aren't on speaking terms at the moment.
I just did some research this morning and found 2 things I'm going to try. 1) either place oranges around the tree or spray with a citrus scent as cats are not keen on the scent, and 2) place pine cones at the base of the tree as cats do not like stepping on them (which for a little added help spray those with the citrus scent). I'm buying the stuff tonight--I'm hoping for success for my sake and hers!
I will try this also.. my son finally understands Christmas and the whole "santa thing" and I want to make this really special for him seeing last year Christmas did not happen for us. I want to do the whole Christmas in wonderland thing with snow (cotton balls) and I was considering putting wire up to keep the cat out, but I can see it's not going to work. ugh0 -
before you chase it off get a picture of it up the tree because that's just adorably cute
This, too
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careful w/ the lights, too.... 0 -
Unplugged when the beasts are about. Yup. careful w/ the lights, too....
Cat = small toddler to me.0 -
Best trick I have found so far :
In an empty bottle mix
1liter of water
10 drops lemon essential oils
20 drops eucalyptus oil
Spray the tree with the mix
This looks promising.
yeah that is a good idea. I never tried to essential oils to keep my cats away from something, but i have mixed lemon, eucalyptus & lavender in lotion and they stay away after i use it. also i have a peppermint foot spray that they do not like.
The thing that works so well with this mix is that it is natural, so you won't harm your beloved furry ball and it smells good :flowerforyou:0 -
Rotating Xmas stand works for us. Kitty doesn't like the tree moving so she doesn't climb inside it except while I'm assembling.
She still makes a play for the lower ornaments and I actually encourage this as those are *hers*. No catnip stuff but little stuffed items she can "kill" that cost me a dollar or less (any "hairless" stuffy can have a string tied to it) or kitty balls she chases around the floor.
I also leave a cardboard scratch pad nearby because after she's "killed" an ornament (pulled it from tree) for some reason she has a need to take her claws to something (kind of like "I am the queen of the world - hahaha!") and I don't particularly car for her tearing up anything but the cardboard. She also get a kitty snacking if she sticks to her ornaments. I'm good with bribery since our tree was $300. It's also 12 years old.
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This is why you get a dog, your cat runs your house. Who's meowin now.
THIS. I have a dog. my dog likes to look at the tree. my dog does not attempt to climb the tree. my dog does not try to eat the tree. my dog doesn't attack the ornaments. in fact, he sleeps most of the day... unless there's a squirrel. then he barks. or unless it's time to eat. or poop. well, you get the idea...
My cat poops in a central, easy to clean location, my cat doesn't drool on my furniture, my cat doesn't eat my shoes, my cat doesn't jump on my company, my cat doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts", my cat doesn't track in mud, my cat doesn't need a baby sitter if I go on vacation, my cat doesn't whine if I leave the house for more than 2 seconds, my cat doesn't rush through the house knocking over precious objects like a lot of dogs do year round, never mind once a year holiday decorations, my cat doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either, you get my point.
*edit* I'll consider my life run by an animal when I'm out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk, sleepy and miserable, picking up its poop in a little plastic baggy
. That's what I call whipped.
your response is hysterical. really.
my dog poops in a central, easy to clean location (puppy pad trained). my dog doesn't drool on my funiture...or ever for that matter. my dog doesn't eat my shoes. my dog doesn't jump on company, although he's alot more friendly than my (dead) cat ever was. my dog doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts" (however my neighbors dogs do at 3:00 AM) -- in fact, most of the neighbors who have met my tiny dog have asked to babysit him or have playdates with him. my dog doesn't track in mud... nor does he track cat litter residue all over my carpet. my dog doesn't need a babysitter when i go on vacation (he goes with me... or he stays home with my mom since we live together). my dog doesn't whine when I leave the house to go to work (according to my mother) -- but he sure is SUPER excited to see me when I get home, unlike my (dead) cat who was the most stuck-up thing ever. my dog doesn't rush through the house knocking over ANY objects (precious or otherwise). my dog doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either (my dad is a mailman, and my dog happens to love him - in AND out of uniform). i get your point. do you get mine?
you SHOULD consider your life run by an animal when you're out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk sleepy and miserable -- actually, you should just consider yourself mentally insane at that point. you know what I would call whipped...?! raking through a cat's sandbox to clean it's turds... and eventually dumping said sandbox out and starting all over again.
You know what else my dog doesn't do...? leave little turd-bombs in my neighbors backyard while he's roaming the earth in search of an adventure... in fact, he doesn't bury his turds in the kid's sandbox next door either. He also doesn't wander through my neighbors yards or bushes unwelcomed. In addition, he doesn't kill other animals and leave their remains all over the place... like the cat that left a bed of feathers on my front lawn yesterday.
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This is why you get a dog, your cat runs your house. Who's meowin now.
THIS. I have a dog. my dog likes to look at the tree. my dog does not attempt to climb the tree. my dog does not try to eat the tree. my dog doesn't attack the ornaments. in fact, he sleeps most of the day... unless there's a squirrel. then he barks. or unless it's time to eat. or poop. well, you get the idea...
My cat poops in a central, easy to clean location, my cat doesn't drool on my furniture, my cat doesn't eat my shoes, my cat doesn't jump on my company, my cat doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts", my cat doesn't track in mud, my cat doesn't need a baby sitter if I go on vacation, my cat doesn't whine if I leave the house for more than 2 seconds, my cat doesn't rush through the house knocking over precious objects like a lot of dogs do year round, never mind once a year holiday decorations, my cat doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either, you get my point.
*edit* I'll consider my life run by an animal when I'm out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk, sleepy and miserable, picking up its poop in a little plastic baggy. That's what I call whipped.
your response is hysterical. really.
my dog poops in a central, easy to clean location (puppy pad trained). my dog doesn't drool on my funiture...or ever for that matter. my dog doesn't eat my shoes. my dog doesn't jump on company, although he's alot more friendly than my (dead) cat ever was. my dog doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts" (however my neighbors dogs do at 3:00 AM) -- in fact, most of the neighbors who have met my tiny dog have asked to babysit him or have playdates with him. my dog doesn't track in mud... nor does he track cat litter residue all over my carpet. my dog doesn't need a babysitter when i go on vacation (he goes with me... or he stays home with my mom since we live together). my dog doesn't whine when I leave the house to go to work (according to my mother) -- but he sure is SUPER excited to see me when I get home, unlike my (dead) cat who was the most stuck-up thing ever. my dog doesn't rush through the house knocking over ANY objects (precious or otherwise). my dog doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either (my dad is a mailman, and my dog happens to love him - in AND out of uniform). i get your point. do you get mine?
you SHOULD consider your life run by an animal when you're out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk sleepy and miserable -- actually, you should just consider yourself mentally insane at that point. you know what I would call whipped...?! raking through a cat's sandbox to clean it's turds... and eventually dumping said sandbox out and starting all over again.
You know what else my dog doesn't do...? leave little turd-bombs in my neighbors backyard while he's roaming the earth in search of an adventure... in fact, he doesn't bury his turds in the kid's sandbox next door either. He also doesn't wander through my neighbors yards or bushes unwelcomed. In addition, he doesn't kill other animals and leave their remains all over the place... like the cat that left a bed of feathers on my front lawn yesterday.
peace.
I'm sorry... if you really wanted to defend your love of dogs, then why did you enter a cat thread?
Personally, I have both cat and dogs (3). The cat is far less work. I prefer the cat!0 -
My chunkster kitteh is blind as a bat. If he can find the tree, it's a good day indeed.0
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Plastic or unbreakable ornament on the bottom half of the tree. Secure your tree to something. My cats have taken the trees down many times. We now tie one to the staircase (9ft artificial) and one to the wall) with fishing line. You can't see it and its stong enough to keep the tree from falling over. The animals LOVE Christmas. Nature comes inside to them. :-)0
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This is why you get a dog, your cat runs your house. Who's meowin now.
THIS. I have a dog. my dog likes to look at the tree. my dog does not attempt to climb the tree. my dog does not try to eat the tree. my dog doesn't attack the ornaments. in fact, he sleeps most of the day... unless there's a squirrel. then he barks. or unless it's time to eat. or poop. well, you get the idea...
My cat poops in a central, easy to clean location, my cat doesn't drool on my furniture, my cat doesn't eat my shoes, my cat doesn't jump on my company, my cat doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts", my cat doesn't track in mud, my cat doesn't need a baby sitter if I go on vacation, my cat doesn't whine if I leave the house for more than 2 seconds, my cat doesn't rush through the house knocking over precious objects like a lot of dogs do year round, never mind once a year holiday decorations, my cat doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either, you get my point.
*edit* I'll consider my life run by an animal when I'm out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk, sleepy and miserable, picking up its poop in a little plastic baggy. That's what I call whipped.
your response is hysterical. really.
my dog poops in a central, easy to clean location (puppy pad trained). my dog doesn't drool on my funiture...or ever for that matter. my dog doesn't eat my shoes. my dog doesn't jump on company, although he's alot more friendly than my (dead) cat ever was. my dog doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts" (however my neighbors dogs do at 3:00 AM) -- in fact, most of the neighbors who have met my tiny dog have asked to babysit him or have playdates with him. my dog doesn't track in mud... nor does he track cat litter residue all over my carpet. my dog doesn't need a babysitter when i go on vacation (he goes with me... or he stays home with my mom since we live together). my dog doesn't whine when I leave the house to go to work (according to my mother) -- but he sure is SUPER excited to see me when I get home, unlike my (dead) cat who was the most stuck-up thing ever. my dog doesn't rush through the house knocking over ANY objects (precious or otherwise). my dog doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either (my dad is a mailman, and my dog happens to love him - in AND out of uniform). i get your point. do you get mine?
you SHOULD consider your life run by an animal when you're out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk sleepy and miserable -- actually, you should just consider yourself mentally insane at that point. you know what I would call whipped...?! raking through a cat's sandbox to clean it's turds... and eventually dumping said sandbox out and starting all over again.
You know what else my dog doesn't do...? leave little turd-bombs in my neighbors backyard while he's roaming the earth in search of an adventure... in fact, he doesn't bury his turds in the kid's sandbox next door either. He also doesn't wander through my neighbors yards or bushes unwelcomed. In addition, he doesn't kill other animals and leave their remains all over the place... like the cat that left a bed of feathers on my front lawn yesterday.
peace.
Sorry, my cat's are indoor cats. So no depositing in the neighbors yards. I scoop their poop just as I assume you clean your back yard. Unless you keep a poo pit in which case I do feel sorry for your neighbors. You said you have a poo pad though right? That's so much better than my convenient covered little box. I'm sure you enjoy walking into a little turd plate with absolutely no smell shield. That's a lovely little gift ever day. I keep a track mat under my litter box so my cats don't really track anywhere and if they did, my house is tile and swept daily. I'm a bit of a neat freak lol. It's great that you take your dog with you on vacations. I'm sure your hotel "neighbors" love that. Just what other vacationers want, a pet roommate when they left theirs at home like sane people. My cats are actually quite friendly, but they also know when to leave you alone and don't beg for attention. Not all pets are the same of course, I was just making a point about the dogs I'm familiar with. 0 -
How to keep a kitten off of the Christmas tree???
Get rid of the cat.
Get rid of the tree.0 -
This is why you get a dog, your cat runs your house. Who's meowin now.
THIS. I have a dog. my dog likes to look at the tree. my dog does not attempt to climb the tree. my dog does not try to eat the tree. my dog doesn't attack the ornaments. in fact, he sleeps most of the day... unless there's a squirrel. then he barks. or unless it's time to eat. or poop. well, you get the idea...
My cat poops in a central, easy to clean location, my cat doesn't drool on my furniture, my cat doesn't eat my shoes, my cat doesn't jump on my company, my cat doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts", my cat doesn't track in mud, my cat doesn't need a baby sitter if I go on vacation, my cat doesn't whine if I leave the house for more than 2 seconds, my cat doesn't rush through the house knocking over precious objects like a lot of dogs do year round, never mind once a year holiday decorations, my cat doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either, you get my point.
*edit* I'll consider my life run by an animal when I'm out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk, sleepy and miserable, picking up its poop in a little plastic baggy. That's what I call whipped.
your response is hysterical. really.
my dog poops in a central, easy to clean location (puppy pad trained). my dog doesn't drool on my funiture...or ever for that matter. my dog doesn't eat my shoes. my dog doesn't jump on company, although he's alot more friendly than my (dead) cat ever was. my dog doesn't annoy my neighbors barking at "ghosts" (however my neighbors dogs do at 3:00 AM) -- in fact, most of the neighbors who have met my tiny dog have asked to babysit him or have playdates with him. my dog doesn't track in mud... nor does he track cat litter residue all over my carpet. my dog doesn't need a babysitter when i go on vacation (he goes with me... or he stays home with my mom since we live together). my dog doesn't whine when I leave the house to go to work (according to my mother) -- but he sure is SUPER excited to see me when I get home, unlike my (dead) cat who was the most stuck-up thing ever. my dog doesn't rush through the house knocking over ANY objects (precious or otherwise). my dog doesn't try to break through windows to eat mailmen either (my dad is a mailman, and my dog happens to love him - in AND out of uniform). i get your point. do you get mine?
you SHOULD consider your life run by an animal when you're out at 2 am in the rain taking it for a walk sleepy and miserable -- actually, you should just consider yourself mentally insane at that point. you know what I would call whipped...?! raking through a cat's sandbox to clean it's turds... and eventually dumping said sandbox out and starting all over again.
You know what else my dog doesn't do...? leave little turd-bombs in my neighbors backyard while he's roaming the earth in search of an adventure... in fact, he doesn't bury his turds in the kid's sandbox next door either. He also doesn't wander through my neighbors yards or bushes unwelcomed. In addition, he doesn't kill other animals and leave their remains all over the place... like the cat that left a bed of feathers on my front lawn yesterday.
peace.
I'm sorry... if you really wanted to defend your love of dogs, then why did you enter a cat thread?
Personally, I have both cat and dogs (3). The cat is far less work. I prefer the cat!
QFT. I love dogs and cats, but my cats are less work. They also don't stink hehe.
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I have 3 cats. 2 who are 7 years old and 1 who is 2.5 years old. The 2 older ones just sit under it and sleep. The kitren however, not so much. He doesnt climb the tree, he tries to eat the tree. 2 years ago i had to take the tree down 1 week BEFORE Christmas because he had eaten so much of it that it made him sick and i had to take him to the vet. Then last year i thought i would put it up, but not decorate it u.til i knew that he would leave it alone. No such luck. So ivprayed the branches with bitter spray but it didnt phase him. Then vinegar. No go. Then i wiped some of the branches down with hot sauce.... didnt keep him away... tree had to come down.... going to try it again this year.... hoping i wont go 3 years without a Christmas tree!0
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How to keep a kitten off of the Christmas tree???
Get rid of the cat.
Get rid of the tree.
awe here's a lil Christmas cheer0 -
Definitely not putting expensive ornaments on, and leaving the bottom empty.
My older cat was easy, she just loves to sit under the tree, always has. Presents are another story. She likes to unwrap them, lol!
This is my cat...also a Maine Coon. He loves to lay under the tree and will bat at any low hanging ornaments. He also loves to push, walk and destroy any presents I try to put under the tree...he thinks it's his domain and nothing should be in his place!0
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