I have two cats and they seem to get into everything imaginable. Last year I put up my tree and they tore the bottom half of it to shreds, all the ornaments had to go on the top half. Please tell me anything that you have tried or heard of to keep them completely away from the tree. Keeping them out of the room is not an option. Thanks!!
2006-11-19 12:00:38 · 7 answers · asked by Stacy 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
It isn't cruel and it does work, ... sprinkle white pepper around the base of the tree, the cats hate this and it also works outside if you have a place you don't want the cats to go near... good luck.
2006-11-19 12:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by genieejj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am rather concerned about the same thing this year. We have added three kittens(2 that we found) to our family of indoor cats. One thing that I was considering was going to a fabric store and purchasing something like bridal netting ( tulle) or even mosquito netting. I am considering hanging it from the ceiling to the floor all around the tree. ( maybe 2 inches from the tree all around. I am thinking that a sheer white might actually add to the Christmas look. I havent figured out how I would attach the netting to the ceiling. ( I have textured ceilings that I dont want to mess up) I am considering using those 3M things that are advertised on TV. I think they are called "command strips". If the fabric is light weight enough, some push pins in the ceiling here and there may do the trick. I dont know if that will keep them out of the tree at the bottom though. Maybe I could hold the netting to the floor with packages that are heavy enough. I also have a small tree that I put up in the dining room.....not sure what I am going to do there either. I may heavily duck tape the tripod legs of the small tree to a piece of scrap wood and then sit it on the table that I usually put it on. If anyone has a better suggestion for either of us, please post an answer.
Thanks
Andrea
2006-11-19 20:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by raggetiandi1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get one of those barriers used to confine toddlers or keep them from getting through doors, and put it around the tree. Put double-sided tape on top of the barrier to keep your lap lions from jumping over it; cats hate stickiness.
2006-11-19 21:45:37 · answer #3 · answered by Killertiel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Become Jewish? LOL
Yea they love the tree bless the little buggers
PS they will shread the netting as suggested
2006-11-20 21:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by Binky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you can you can do is get a cage and put them in their or you can get like a baby gate or something like that and put near the doorway of the room that the Christmas tree is in.
2006-11-19 20:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by zoey10coo1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is a product on the market to keep animals off the furniture and things. check it out at the pet shop
2006-11-19 20:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by Mary Smith 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good luck on that one.
2006-11-19 20:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋