My cat always climbs on the table and counter. I always have to pick her up and put her back on the floor. She jumps up and always knocks things over and shes on the table when we're eating, sniffing food and going by your plate. As soon as i put her on the floor she jumps back up.Shes 6 months old.How do i keep her off the table and counters.
2006-09-23 04:41:28 · 22 answers · asked by Bdazzeling 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
By the way my cat likes water. She plays in the sink and jumps in the shower when im in there. I even gave her a bath a couple times and she liked it. So maybe a spray bottle wont work cause she'll probably play with it.
2006-09-23 04:53:50 · update #1
I had 2 cats that did this all the time. I started putting strips of duct tape sticky side up on the counters and table. I would come home and find tape with hair all over it on the floor. After about 2 weeks of this they stopped getting up on things.
2006-09-23 04:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by LadyA 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get a can and add some change to it. When you see her jumping or getting ready to jump, shake the can and the horrible, loud noise will scare her. If you keep doing this, she will associate the scary noise with jumping on the table. You can also try a water bottle and squirt her, although it's not as effective. Another option is to take a plastic floor protector, the kind with the pokies on the bottom to help it stay in place...place this on the table upside down and when she jumps up there, she will hate to walk on those pokies and eventually quit jumping up there.
2006-09-23 11:46:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kittens are so nosey and energetic and always want to be where the action is.
I used a spray bottle to keep my two kittens away when I wanted to eat my meal in peace. That worked very well.
I feed some of my cats on a counter in my kitchen so they jump up there for their food, not mine.
2006-09-23 11:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our cats still do this when we are not in the room. They do not jump on tables when we are there though (achieved by a sharp no and a growl when they jumped up). The little horrors have been known to steal food when we are upstairs and cooling chickens and defrosting meat has to be placed well away from feline escapades - my moggie once took a whole chicken coated in barbacue sauce through my lounge over the carpet!!
2006-09-23 11:51:08 · answer #4 · answered by |Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not found a way yet. I have had my cats for 2 years and it is nearly impossible to teach them to stay off the tables/counters. I read in a book that you can cover your surfaces in something sticky to keep them off, but then you would have sticky surfaces and that would suck even more! Good luck, but I don't think it's possible unless you have a very trainable cat. I have tried spraying mine with water and they just look at me like I'm an idiot.
2006-09-23 11:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by AEC303 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since your cat likes water, the spray bottle probably won't work. Instead, try what another poster suggested; coins or marbles in a metal can make a lot of noise. Cats generally don't like sudden loud noises. Just give the can a shake whenever she jumps on the counters or table.
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Do NOT use aluminum foil. Some cats like to eat it.
Good luck!
2006-09-23 13:31:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is an idea! If you put double-sided sticky tape, bubble wrap, or foil on the counter/tabletops when cat jumps up there she will not (probably) like the feeling below her so this will create an unpleasant experience and hopefully this will solve your problem.
GOOD LUCK :)
2006-09-23 12:30:49 · answer #7 · answered by daphine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a spray water bottle, every time she jumps up on the table, give her a spray. Just one time, enough to make her get down. Don't give in sometimes, and not spray her. It doesn't hurt, it is just something they don't like, therefore, you're training her not to do it.
2006-09-23 11:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by suchaprettyface11 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have two cats and we trained them not to climb on the table by keeping a squirt bottle next to it and squirting them just a tiny bit every time they jumped on, you're cat will get it in a week or so
2006-09-23 11:50:10 · answer #9 · answered by Erikawithasmile 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Squirt bottles don't work on my kitty. She loves getting wet! Drinks water out of faucet in bath tub too.
A sudden loud startling noise always does the trick though.
2006-09-23 11:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by BlueChimera 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋