jumping & climbing

I need suggestions to stop a kitten from jumping on and climbing on
shelves, counters and tables - expecially those with fragile items,
cd's, photos, radios & cd-players,etc.

To date, i have tried the following to no avail:

loud noises, water pistol, bitter apple spray, aluminum foil sheets and
aluminum pie pans.

thanks

Ken

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:07:16 -0800, ken wrote:

I need suggestions to stop a kitten from jumping on and climbing on
shelves, counters and tables - expecially those with fragile items,
cd's, photos, radios & cd-players,etc.

To date, i have tried the following to no avail:

loud noises, water pistol, bitter apple spray, aluminum foil sheets and
aluminum pie pans.

thanks

Ken

Good luck for whatever you try. My suggestion: Kitten-proof your house
-- put all breakable stuff and stuff dangerous to the cat away. After
all, it is just "stuff". You then can watch the kitten's antics and enjoy
them. MLB

Have you tried putting big loops of wide sticky tape on the counters? Cats
HATE that stuff on their feet. I trained my cat to stay off my computer
chair that way (although she had revenge by scratching the hell out of the
backrest.)

--
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Jodie



mlbriggs wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:07:16 -0800, ken wrote:

I need suggestions to stop a kitten from jumping on and climbing on
shelves, counters and tables - expecially those with fragile items,
cd's, photos, radios & cd-players,etc.

To date, i have tried the following to no avail:

loud noises, water pistol, bitter apple spray, aluminum foil sheets and
aluminum pie pans.

thanks

Ken

Good luck for whatever you try. My suggestion: Kitten-proof your house
-- put all breakable stuff and stuff dangerous to the cat away. After
all, it is just "stuff". You then can watch the kitten's antics and enjoy
them. MLB

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:25:43 +0000, mlbriggs
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:07:16 -0800, ken wrote:

I need suggestions to stop a kitten from jumping on and climbing on
shelves, counters and tables - expecially those with fragile items,
cd's, photos, radios & cd-players,etc.

To date, i have tried the following to no avail:

loud noises, water pistol, bitter apple spray, aluminum foil sheets and
aluminum pie pans.


Good luck for whatever you try. My suggestion: Kitten-proof your house
-- put all breakable stuff and stuff dangerous to the cat away. After
all, it is just "stuff". You then can watch the kitten's antics and enjoy
them.

every surface in our apartment is to be climbed. the only places
Shaina hasn't gotten to are tall bookshelves and the very top of the
kitchen cabinets. unfortunately, she also decided that the desk
leather chair and the reclining leather chair are good places to climb
on and now they have little holes from her claws which she seems to be
able to grow out in a day after they are cut. the backs of those two
chairs are also her sprinting spots. she doesn't claw them on
purpose, just when she runs around like maniac. /sigh she also gets
onto furniture and proceeds to throw off small objecets when she is
bored and we are not playing with her. becuase we yell her when she
does it, she knows she shouldn't and sometimes, pretends that she
stopps, but then does it anyway, so now we take her out of the room
(depriving her of our wonderful company) when she dropps stuff. she
got a little better about just sitting on furniture and not throwing
stuff off, but not much.

-L

Hi Ken.

You are very lucky to have the joys of a lil kitten around the house. They
are amazing lil creatures and full of joy and fun. However this time does
pass fast, so by next year this time, s/he will probably spend most of time
sleeping and you will only wish it was more playful.

Cats love to climb. The higher the better. They would live on a ceiling if
they could. Hence the need for climbing the curtains and shelves. They also
have to scratch. So scratching posts are a must and 2-3 if you have bigger
house. Otherwise they will scratch the sofa or bed. Or carpet.

Cats are like kids. They like to investigate, sniff, play and have fun. Just
like with kids, you have to supervise them as well, and like the other
poster said, cat-proof the house.You wouldn;t keep glass and other breakable
items in the house with a 2yr old kid around, why do you expect you can with
a tiny kitten? That means moving the above mentioned subjects in safer
enclosure or nearer to the wall, where they can;t be knocked over. Its
really a must, or your items will get broken. At the end of the day, you
have taken on a baby, and its your responsibility to look after his/her
safety first and his best interest. Cats have needs to.

Things you have are certainly important to you, but just like with kids,
you'll soon realise that this lil creature is far more important then any
broken CD/scratched sofa/vets cost. But you must understand that its not
fair of you to ask a kitten or a child to just sit down and do nothing. You
are now a proud parent, and you must look after the cats best interest
first, then yours. Its a fact of parenthood. They are the ones that will
give you much more joys and laughs then any CD, trust me! Let him/her climb,
why not, its in their nature.You have done a wonderful thing by giving
him/her a home. Don;t take it away now, or shrink it. Move fragile items to
places where they can;t get to. At least for a few months, cos soon s/he
will stop being so energetic, will have explored surroundings enough and
have settled down.

Why not just move the CD's in a box/CD unit. Put frames and any glass items
in a closed unit, or shelf they cant reach. I had to and so did many
parents. I'm not sure how big is radio and CD player, but if they are
standard VCR size, they'll be fine for cat to climb on them.In fact cats
love anything that produces heat. If they are smaller however, they gotta
be moved somewhere safe.

And if kitten is biting cables, just spread some hot pepper sauce on the
cable, it wont bother anymore.

Try and enjoy your lil baby more. Kittenhood passes SO fast, you will soon
get to miss it. So instead of worrying about climbing, make it more possible
for him.her and start enjoying your lil sweety.

And get a camera, cos this time passes fast!

Gee

On 2004-12-16, Laila penned:
she also gets onto furniture and proceeds to throw off small objecets
when she is bored and we are not playing with her.

I forget; is Shaina a kitten? Oscar would bat objects off of my furniture as
a kitten, too, but at some point she did grow out of it. She seemed to enjoy
getting into position, waiting until I saw what she was up to and warned her
not to do it, and *then* batting the thing onto the ground. Her primary
targets were pens and bottle caps, but I'm sure there were others, as well.

--
monique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH
with an attitude!

"Gee" wrote in message
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Hi Ken.

You are very lucky to have the joys of a lil kitten around the house. They
are amazing lil creatures and full of joy and fun. However this time does
pass fast, so by next year this time, s/he will probably spend most of
time
sleeping and you will only wish it was more playful.

Cats love to climb. The higher the better. They would live on a ceiling if
they could. Hence the need for climbing the curtains and shelves. They
also
have to scratch. So scratching posts are a must and 2-3 if you have bigger
house. Otherwise they will scratch the sofa or bed. Or carpet.

After getting my first kitten, I discovered that most of my stuff isn't
breakable. I have a major problem with wires however. Kitty is still
alive, but I don't know why. I think part of it is that she likes to
practice picking things up which is different from biting through things.
Last week, she picked up a nickel which surprised me. She held it between
her paws and examined it. I didn't know cats had that much dexterity.

She does like to chew through shoe laces. This morning, I was having
trouble tying my shoes, because of the cat, so I decided to wait until I
left and tie them on the patio. I was walking around with untied shoe laces
and the cat was chasing my laces and hooking them with her claws.

Samantha: Five pounds of fiendish fury.

"ken" wrote in message
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I need suggestions to stop a kitten from jumping on and climbing on
shelves, counters and tables - expecially those with fragile items,
cd's, photos, radios & cd-players,etc.

To date, i have tried the following to no avail:

loud noises, water pistol, bitter apple spray, aluminum foil sheets and
aluminum pie pans.

thanks

Ken

Hi Ken: I'm new to this group... But, here's my thought: Buy a cat tower,
keep doing what you've allready been trying & give the little furrbals
praise & treats when they play on the tower.

Good Luck
Mathew, butler to 2 kittens: 5 month old Chablis & 3 month old Muscat

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:04:18 -0700, "Monique Y. Mudama"
wrote:

On 2004-12-16, Laila penned:
she also gets onto furniture and proceeds to throw off small objecets
when she is bored and we are not playing with her.

I forget; is Shaina a kitten? Oscar would bat objects off of my furniture as
a kitten, too, but at some point she did grow out of it. She seemed to enjoy
getting into position, waiting until I saw what she was up to and warned her
not to do it, and *then* batting the thing onto the ground. Her primary
targets were pens and bottle caps, but I'm sure there were others, as well.

she is 8.5 months old. she does exactly that: gracefully jumps on top
of a tall piece of furniture. walks up to a small object, looks into
my direction and extends her paw. i tell her not to and she retracts
paw and then extends it again. then i elevate my voice and sometimes
it works, but most of the time it doesn't. she doesn't even play with
the stuff she throws off most of the time! it's really cute, but not
so much when she bats my boyfriend's inhalers under god knows where.
she also goes for pens and bottle caps! when i clean, i find tons of
bottle caps under the furniture. sometimes, i cruble a piece of paper
and throw it to her to distract her and later, i find lots of crubled
pieces of paper under the furniture.

-L

I like to get an old magazine and put pieces of duct-tape upsidedown over one
side, and set it on places where kitty shouldn't be. he'll avoid it like the
plague after stepping on it just once

On 16 Dec 2004 10:07:16 -0800, ken wrote:

:I need suggestions to stop a kitten from jumping on and climbing on
:shelves, counters and tables - expecially those with fragile items,
:cd's, photos, radios & cd-players,etc.
:
:To date, i have tried the following to no avail:
:
:loud noises, water pistol, bitter apple spray, aluminum foil sheets and
:aluminum pie pans.
:
:thanks
:
:Ken
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