On Dec 3, 11:33 pm, "22brix" wrote:
wrote in ooglegroups.com...

Well we just got our Christmas tree today and Clyde has already
explored all around it. We know for a fact that when we put ornaments
on the tree that he will be going crazy and playing with them all the
time. I was just wondering if there is anyway to stop him from doing
this? Is there anything we can do or maybe teach him to stay away? (I
doubt we can teach him)

One year when we had two or three kittens we bought a bunch of toy mice and
attached them firmly to the tree with mouse traps, no less, and then let
them have at it! No breakables and it was a great success! As they've
gotten older (and the rest of my troup as well) they don't seem all that
interested. Most of my decorations are not breakable and I don't leave the
breakables too close to the bottom.

Bonnie

Yes, I'd say just put the breakables up where the kitten can't reach
them. Our cats were only interested in Christmas trees and ornaments
when they were kittens. Once grown up they adopted the usual "been
there done that" attitude and after sniffing the tree once or twice
when it is freshly put up, they ignore it. If it's a live tree just
make sure you cover the tree stand so that he can't get to the water--I
read that drinking water with tree sap in it is not good for kitties.
We just use a tree skirt and fasten it over the stand, lifting up a
flap to refill it.

Also, make sure the tree is mounted sturdily. When I was a kid, one
Christmas we came home one afternoon to find the tree on its side and
our two 3 month old kittens clinging to the top of the tree mewing. You
wouldn't think a couple of kittens could topple a tree but somehow they
did.
-yngver