Comments on: How do I keep my cat out of the Christmas Tree? http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/ Find Cheap Cat Furniture And Cat Scratch Posts Online Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:22:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: lovemycats0 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 lovemycats0 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5493 Get out the camera, keep it ready, and try to grab some snapshots of the two of them working together. I'll bet you could make a ton of money off those, if they were properly marketed. The truth is, you can keep yourself very busy, shaking cans of coins, spraying squirt guns, clapping hands, etc. As an alternative, you could buy all sorts of stuff that is supposed to smell bad to cats, but is really more offensive to humans. You can spend money on stuff that tastes bad to cats too, but they will just drool it out while they are climbing the tree. Of course, by the time you have tried all these different strategies, to find out none of them really work, Christmas will be over and the tree will be gone. Your cat will hate you for squirting it with water, if it doesn't decide that it likes to play with water, and the dog will be hyperactive from all the sugar in those peppermint canes, but he will have nice smelling breath. Much easier to anchor the tree, use unbreakable ornaments and ribbon instead of metal hooks, just to keep everyone safe. Get out the camera, keep it ready, and try to grab some snapshots of the two of them working together. I’ll bet you could make a ton of money off those, if they were properly marketed.

The truth is, you can keep yourself very busy, shaking cans of coins, spraying squirt guns, clapping hands, etc. As an alternative, you could buy all sorts of stuff that is supposed to smell bad to cats, but is really more offensive to humans. You can spend money on stuff that tastes bad to cats too, but they will just drool it out while they are climbing the tree.

Of course, by the time you have tried all these different strategies, to find out none of them really work, Christmas will be over and the tree will be gone.

Your cat will hate you for squirting it with water, if it doesn’t decide that it likes to play with water, and the dog will be hyperactive from all the sugar in those peppermint canes, but he will have nice smelling breath.

Much easier to anchor the tree, use unbreakable ornaments and ribbon instead of metal hooks, just to keep everyone safe.

]]> By: Gary_Hobson http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Gary_Hobson Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5494 put some pepper on the tree, cat hate it! put some pepper on the tree, cat hate it!

]]> By: cutekitty<> http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5495 cutekitty<> Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5495 there is no easy Way out of this Hun other than lock your cat out of the room or repeatedly scare it each time it goes near the tree e.g water pistol. good luck there is no easy Way out of this Hun other than lock your cat out of the room or repeatedly scare it each time it goes near the tree e.g water pistol. good luck

]]> By: Wise Guy! http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5496 Wise Guy! Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5496 I agree sprinkle it with pepper. I remember when I was single I had a tree. I worked 3-11 shift and came home and my cat and dog had taken my tree and disassembled it from one end of the apartment to the other. They must have had a blast! I agree sprinkle it with pepper.

I remember when I was single I had a tree. I worked 3-11 shift and came home and my cat and dog had taken my tree and disassembled it from one end of the apartment to the other. They must have had a blast!

]]> By: Mahou http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5497 Mahou Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5497 Cats will avoid smells that they can't stand, especially sharp strong chemical odors. You might try putting something like mothballs, menthol, window cleaner with ammonia, etc, up inside the tree. Cats have a highly developed sense of smell, so you don't need to use much - you shouldn't be able to smell it in the room yourself. Of course you wouldn't want to use something poisonous like insecticide! Test what works well by having your cat sniff it first. My cat will flee the room if he sees me picking up a jar of mentholated oil (like Vicks vapor rub). One of my cats goes around at night and opens every drawer and cabinet door in the apartment. He then takes out whatever he finds: socks, DVDs, pens, etc. I started putting some tissues sprinkled with mentholated oil in the drawers and he has stopped. My socks smell nice too :) BTW, love the cat-dog teamwork there. LOL Cats will avoid smells that they can’t stand, especially sharp strong chemical odors. You might try putting something like mothballs, menthol, window cleaner with ammonia, etc, up inside the tree. Cats have a highly developed sense of smell, so you don’t need to use much – you shouldn’t be able to smell it in the room yourself. Of course you wouldn’t want to use something poisonous like insecticide! Test what works well by having your cat sniff it first. My cat will flee the room if he sees me picking up a jar of mentholated oil (like Vicks vapor rub).

One of my cats goes around at night and opens every drawer and cabinet door in the apartment. He then takes out whatever he finds: socks, DVDs, pens, etc. I started putting some tissues sprinkled with mentholated oil in the drawers and he has stopped. My socks smell nice too :)

BTW, love the cat-dog teamwork there. LOL

]]> By: robert m http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5498 robert m Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5498 Get him his own. Get him his own.

]]> By: Bean http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 Bean Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5499 it could knock the tree down and hurt itself so you probably want a squirt bottle with water and if you happen to catch it give a little mist it could knock the tree down and hurt itself so you probably want a squirt bottle with water and if you happen to catch it give a little mist

]]> By: Michelle M http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 Michelle M Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5500 There is a product you can buy at Pet Valu called Scat and another called Garden Ghost. Both will scare the sh*t out of both the cat and dog, they will leave your tree alone. There is a product you can buy at Pet Valu called Scat and another called Garden Ghost. Both will scare the sh*t out of both the cat and dog, they will leave your tree alone.

]]> By: st_mel http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm/comment-page-1/#comment-5501 st_mel Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://cheapcatfurniture.net/how-do-i-keep-my-cat-out-of-the-christmas-tree.htm#comment-5501 Try a scat mat or a water bottle. Try a scat mat or a water bottle.

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