he is 1 year old
2007-11-26 08:39:14 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
You can't, unless you can keep the room closed off. Just don't put any breakable ornaments where he can reach them.
2007-11-26 08:41:22 · answer #1 · answered by burghgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we have 2 cats, and had the problem a long time ago until I found a statue dog that barks like hell if someone goes past it! It's plastic and about 8 inches tall! it's in a sitting positon, it's a dalmation, it takes 2 AA battries and they last months in the dog!
It has a hole by the upper part of the chest with the censor that causes the dog to bark! Well we bought two and we put our tree in the corner of the living room walls and place 1 dog on each open sides facing outward a little and a little at each other, so that cats can't even come close enough to the tree now and it works great for keeping them away, they don't even bother anymore as long as the little fake dogs are there to bark at them!
This year we haven't even had to turn the dogs on! so now there trained just by having the dog statues out by the tree now! and if we go some where we put the cats in a bedroom until we get back home, and we put them in the basement at bedtime! Because the statue dogs won't work in the dark!
2007-11-26 08:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been thinking of just taking my whole tree down! My two younger cats keep tearing the tree apart! I come home from work and things are broken and the fake tree branches are hanging on the floor. I have tried spraying, orange, everything, and nothing seems to work. I know they are just playing...but I wish there was a way for my Cats and I plus a Christmas tree to live in the same house. Heck, I think I may just put my Christmas tree on the porch for everyone else to enjoy...
2007-11-27 06:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone with the same problems as me! My four month kitten literally shimmies up the inside of the tree to the very top and then knocks down every ornament on his way down. We put up our tree the day before Thanksgiving and I have had to re-do it nine times now (yes, everyday and sometimes twice a day)! The little stinker just goes right back after it as soon as I'm gone, or take a bath, or walk outside!
Yesterday I bought some Renuzit fabric spray and doused the tree in it. It seems to have worked somewhat, as the little heathen seems to walk around the tree now. But I'm sure once the smell wears off, he'll be right back at it.
If that happens, I think I'm going to try the Cat Repellant. You can get it at Home Depot or Lowes.
Good luck!
2007-11-27 07:44:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there aren't many good options.
1) lock the cat away from the tree
2) lock the tree away from the cat
3) put a fence around the tree that the cat can not get over.
4) get one of those weird looking Christmas trees that hang from the ceiling. (i'm not making that up.)
Either way, keep glass or mercury ornaments higher up than the cat can reach.
2007-11-26 08:44:15 · answer #5 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...i have about the naughtiest cat in the world and i still manage to keep my tree up (for the most part)
first I put the tree up with no orniments for a few days so he can get used to it and re-learn that he is to stay away. then i spray the heck out of it with a bitter apple spray and keep the spray handy all season just incase.
next, the bottom row of branches are a no-no for orniments and tinsle is a bad idea not just for the shiny aspect it can really hurt a cat's intestines
then after i've played christmas tree police for a few days i put the orniments on it and continue to remind him that anywhere near the tree is bad (with a spray bottle)
2007-11-26 09:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may just surprise you and completely ignore it - all six of mine do.
Otherwise you could try keeping the tree closed off, though that's no fun.
The citrus scented spray that is supposed to be offensive to cats doesn't work, so don't waste your money.
Or you could play with him for a set amount of time every day. Releasing any excess energy might keep him from wanting to climb the tree.
And if all else fails, you could just laugh when you walk in and see two big eyes staring at you from inside the tree!
2007-11-26 08:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by vibratingsheeps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We put a large hook in the ceiling and tied the top of the tree to it so that my tribe couldn't pull it over. We had more fun with tree climbing cats than with our presents.
Don't use any glass or china ornaments and just enjoy your moggy enjoying Christmas (he's not much more than a kid at 12 months, anyway)
2007-11-26 08:52:09 · answer #8 · answered by Veronica Alicia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ugh, I have the same problem! I have a 1yr old and 7yr old cat. The 7yr old has no interest anymore, but I can't keep the 1yr old from chewing the garland. We bought 2 baby gates at Target and stacked them on top of each other in the door way. It worked for a day, and today my 1yr old figured out how to jump over both gates. :( I guess I am off to buy a 3rd gate! I don't know what else to do!
2007-11-27 08:05:11 · answer #9 · answered by Stacey1022 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good luck! Hopefully its not a real tree so he/she is not able to eat it. Age doesn't really matter we have an old cat that likes to sit in the tree. Literally in it.
I agree with someone elses answer - keep the breakables up top and put any nativity scenes out of reach too. Baby Jesus kept going missing out of ours : )
2007-11-26 08:44:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jennifer M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave the christmas tree in the forest?
seriously this can be a major problem for cat owners, and I can only think to keep the two in separate rooms if possible.
2007-11-26 08:42:08 · answer #11 · answered by graham e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋