Friday, July 31, 2009

cats won't stay down!?

i have 5 cats and i can't keep them off the tops of things. it is all of the sudden too! suddenly they want on top of the entertainment center knocking things down and one even sleeps on a shelf on the wall i hate to give them a little smack to get down it makes me feel so bad!
Answers:
Get them a cat tree to climb on. The water gun works if you want to just sit there with a bead on them all the time. Mine climb stuff but since we got the cat tree, it's not as bad. Cats love to do stuff they aren't supposed to.
get a water gun and whenever they get up where they dont belong, give them a spray, i have done this with several of my cats, it doesnt take long for them to learn if you are consistant.
Try using a water pistol on them - it worked when my cats were kittens. Just a small, quick squirt - nothing that will drown them or damage the item they are on. At the same time tell them (firmly) 'NO' and tap their paws. They will soon get the message and then you should only need to say 'no' and that should be enough to control them.
put some pepper down cos cats usually sniff around and they wont like the smell so they wont lay there and besides it wont ruin your furniture. Spraying water may damage your furniture. prehaps purchase one of those cat clawing posts so they can claw on that and have the dangling bells so they can play with it and the noise will amuse them and prehaps some more toys with bells so that will divert there attention from climbing on everything :) Good luck.
drug them
U should train them nicely.

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