cats & xmas trees

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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Loony cats are the best. I once had a flame-point siamese that was so crazy and badass. He even chased a pitbull out of my yard once. And he would attack my feet while I was sleeping. OK, that part was little annoying and painful, but still...
    yeah winston does the same thing with my feet. as i'm waking up, he'll hop up on the bed. i'll shuffle my feet under the blanket and he sees this as a cue to start jumping on them lol

    he is looney but he is really such a joy.....he has such spastic moves, throws himself everywhere. i refer to him as ed around 1992....that wild spaz abandon he had on stage :D

    i might just wait till after thanksgiving to deal with the tree and see what happens then, i don't feel like dragging it out tonight, i'm already feeling lazy and i havent' even left work yet lol
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    chiquimonkey wrote:

    so yeah, this one.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ariabee/winston.jpg mega goat goat haha

    THIS CAT HAS NOTHING BUT MISCHIEF ON HIS MIND!!!

    (I love it)
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Tinsel was never a problem for me. It was always the 'ball balls' (sp) that caused a problem. We took them off and my favourite cat lost interest after that. :confused:
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    jimed14 wrote:
    THIS CAT HAS NOTHING BUT MISCHIEF ON HIS MIND!!!

    (I love it)
    haha it's written all over his little face isn't it? he definitely is a handful....i can't have flowers out when i'm not home anymore. not because he eats them, but because he loves knocking vases over. just cuz lol

    (but i love him :) )
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    That reminds me... I really need to take down the Christmas tree this weekend.
    ...
    Thanx.
    that cracked me up....
    just a few weeks ago, I put away a string of mini-lights from last year that I suffed between the couch and the wall after getting fed up with the tear-down.
    Got tired of picking it up to vacuum around.
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Drowned Out wrote:
    that cracked me up....
    just a few weeks ago, I put away a string of mini-lights from last year that I suffed between the couch and the wall after getting fed up with the tear-down.
    Got tired of picking it up to vacuum around.
    you should have just waited a few more weeks lol :p
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    haha it's written all over his little face isn't it? he definitely is a handful....i can't have flowers out when i'm not home anymore. not because he eats them, but because he loves knocking vases over. just cuz lol

    (but i love him :) )
    mine knocked my damn sugar bowl off the counter today while I was at work. It usually waits till I'm home to trash the place; she gets more satisfaction out of it that way. She wasn't so bad at xmas last year, but I think I'm gonna have to take a tip or two from this thread too.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    you should have just waited a few more weeks lol :p
    I swear, I never even thought of it as close when I did it....
    I can't believe how many people have asked me if I've finished my shopping yet. it's like....I never even thought of it till you asked :eek:
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Drowned Out wrote:
    mine knocked my damn sugar bowl off the counter today while I was at work. It usually waits till I'm home to trash the place; she gets more satisfaction out of it that way. She wasn't so bad at xmas last year, but I think I'm gonna have to take a tip or two from this thread too.
    he does move things around when i'm not home but it's just relegated to his toys which is fine. if i leave something out that would tempt him though then it's partytime for him (vases, q-tips lol)
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Drowned Out wrote:
    I swear, I never even thought of it as close when I did it....
    I can't believe how many people have asked me if I've finished my shopping yet. it's like....I never even thought of it till you asked :eek:
    haha yeah i haven't started mine either yet....i have a friend who is already done (freak! lol)

    only reason i even had xmas on the brain to start this thread was designing xmas cards....i should start my xmas gift list....ah well, easier to deal with the little monkey and the tree for starters lol
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    yeah the tinsel isn't happening for sure. i wish us both luck!

    rygar yeah he has the best expressions, i call that the "zoinks!" look :p also love this one http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ariabee/Picture010_small.jpg



    reminds me of igby:
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pets/iggyface.jpg
    :D



    just to reiterate, most definitely NO tinsel!!! never!!!
    also, i keep soft ornaments on the bottom of my tree, and metal, etc.....all the non-breakables. we used to actually wire the tree to the wall to keep it standing when i was a kid and we had 3 cats, although that is extreme. :p

    also can utilize a 'penny can' - just any ole metal can, i used a small one from almonds filled with a handful of pennies and shake it when the cat approaches the tree. he will quickly learn to avoid the starttling noise by avoiding the tree. it's quite an effective, and safe/humane training tool...as well as a water bottle spray, but i don't like getting my floors wet.


    however, our cat has never shown any interest in the tree, except to sleep under it. now that she's 19, definitely no worries whatsoever. thankfully, the dogs have never shown any real interest....my only concern is chloe's wagging tail sometimes, but she's such a good girl you call her away and she moves, so no issues.


    good luck!
    i LOVE christmas trees so to think of your house for the holidays without one is just too sad :(...so definitely put up your tree! :)
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    decides2dream wrote:
    reminds me of igby:
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/dreamncolor/pets/iggyface.jpg
    :D



    just to reiterate, most definitely NO tinsel!!! never!!!
    also, i keep soft ornaments on the bottom of my tree, and metal, etc.....all the non-breakables. we used to actually wire the tree to the wall to keep it standing when i was a kid and we had 3 cats, although that is extreme. :p

    also can utilize a 'penny can' - just any ole metal can, i used a small one from almonds filled with a handful of pennies and shake it when the cat approaches the tree. he will quickly learn to avoid the starttling noise by avoiding the tree. it's quite an effective, and safe/humane training tool...as well as a water bottle spray, but i don't like getting my floors wet.


    however, our cat has never shown any interest in the tree, except to sleep under it. now that she's 19, definitely no worries whatsoever. thankfully, the dogs have never shown any real interest....my only concern is chloe's wagging tail sometimes, but she's such a good girl you call her away and she moves, so no issues.


    good luck!
    i LOVE christmas trees so to think of your house for the holidays without one is just too sad :(...so definitely put up your tree! :)
    hehe love that pic of igby!

    yeah my previous kitty would sleep under the tree or on top of the presents lol it'd be sad to not have a tree up, mostly cuz then where do i put all the presents? under a wreath? lol

    i read about using the water bottle and penny can, but that it only really works if you're home. they learn to connotate that with the owner instead, and then when one is out of the house, they do whatever the please again (which in winston's case, being the stubborn bean he is....i can totally see that happening!). plus, he likes water :o lol

    thanks for the luck, god knows i'll need it!!
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    this is my first christmas with my cat winston, who i adopted in april. the cat i had before (trixie, rest her soul) was an angel with christmas decor....never disturbed a single thing.

    winston.....i love him to pieces, but he insists on being in EVERYTHING, so i'm already envisioning shattered ornaments and eaten tinsel haha

    does anybody have any tricks for keeping kitties off of xmas trees? i use a fake one cuz i'm allergic to the fire retardant on real ones, i dunno if there's a spray or something that i could use, or something natural i could spray on or around it to keep him off of it?

    i'll forgo having a tree if necessary, his safety is most important...just thought i'd ask in case anybody here had any luck! :)

    when I took in a stray, he dove into the tree. that stopped after about 2 years. he lost interest.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    hehe love that pic of igby!

    yeah my previous kitty would sleep under the tree or on top of the presents lol it'd be sad to not have a tree up, mostly cuz then where do i put all the presents? under a wreath? lol

    i read about using the water bottle and penny can, but that it only really works if you're home. they learn to connotate that with the owner instead, and then when one is out of the house, they do whatever the please again (which in winston's case, being the stubborn bean he is....i can totally see that happening!). plus, he likes water :o lol

    thanks for the luck, god knows i'll need it!!



    yes...true, true.....but it does sometimes get them to simply learn you don't want them to do so...and if they are at all obidient - such as chloe - they will usually respect your wishes even when you're not at home. now if they are just willful - such as igby - other tactics are needed. like simply keeping them out of the room of the tree when you're not home, or some sort of barracade around it.


    we have a gate that we always keep in place to keep the dogs out of the LR - and off our sofa! - when we are not home. suki the cat, however...has free reign always - she hangs in the LR practically 24/7, and can squeeze thru the gate. :) and no one is allowed in our BR when we're not home...too many issues with them on the bed, so door stays closed unless we're in the room.



    anyhoo....who knows? good to be prepared, but winston may just behave and not attact the tree at all. here's to wishing! :D
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    well i put up the tree last nite, he didn't knock it over amazingly enough! although this morning he WAS chewing on it :rolleyes:

    he is *so* part-goat lol

    i'll try the cayenne pepper, i was worried about using vinegar or bitter apple cuz the lights are on the tree and with it being a plastic tree, wasn't sure if that'd end up being a fire hazard

    we'll see what condition the tree is in when i get home :o lol

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