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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) |
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On Dec 2, 8:12 pm, William Hamblen wrote: On 2006-12-03, wrote: 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)Close the doors to the tree room and keep them that way? I've never had much trouble with grown cats playing with the tree. Kittens, on the other hand ... Bud Well I don't want to have to keep him away all the time because the tree is in the living room. |
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On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:23:41 -0800, Flare739 wrote:
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) When my grandchildren were small, the parents put the Christmas tree in the playpen to keep the kids away from it. Got a playpen? MLB |
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I used to provide sacrificial ornaments for my cat. My good stuff I'd
hang to within a few feet of the floor, and then at the bottom of the tree I'd hang some cheap bells & sparkly things that I bought for the purpose (cat mischief). I'd scold him to leave the tree alone, he'd wait until I wasn't looking, then sneak up under the tree and steal one of those decorations. I'd wait for a while, then "discover" the theft, make a big deal out of it, put it back on the tree - making sure he could see me do so. Lather, rinse repeat for a week or two, after which he got tired of the tree just like any other cat toy. I did have to make sure that the hook was more firmly affixed to the tree than the ornament. We did that for fifteen years. It seemed to satisfy his needs to mess with the tree and to get away with something. It definitely satisfied my needs to have the "messing with" be somewhat confined... wrote: 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) |
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"Tiger Girrl" wrote in message ... I used to provide sacrificial ornaments for my cat. hahahaha! "Sacrificial ornaments!!!!" I like your style. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"William Hamblen" wrote in message ... On 2006-12-03, wrote: 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) Close the doors to the tree room and keep them that way? I've never had much trouble with grown cats playing with the tree. Kittens, on the other hand ... Bud While we're on the topic; beware of those shiny thread covered plastic baubles and stuffed toy decorations as well; they easily shred the fibres and can swallow them, as with the stuffed toys. With an older, sedate cat this shouldn't matter so much, but the more playful ones can, and will, swallow everything they can..... |
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wrote in message oups.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 |
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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 |
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