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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Humidifier - continued
What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did suffer a crack from when he knocked it off the table. Tonight the new one leaked all over and I think it's due to the water container being knocked partly off the thingie that helps drain water into the tray, then the tray not being flat on the floor. He chews on this one, too. I had to take extreme measures and rub cayenne pepper around the edges to discourage biting. Is that mean? I've never had to deal with such an obsession before. I think he got a taste of it because he was near it and licking his mouth, but he didn't look like it was distasteful. I have a heat pump, so it's very dry heat, and you just can't go without a humidifier in the winter. I tried last week while waiting for the new one and woke up one morning feeling like I had a sponge in my mouth all night. Blech.  SignatureCheryl > What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with > the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I had to take extreme measures and rub cayenne pepper around the > edges to discourage biting. Is that mean? I don't think it's mean as long you don't rub much on it especially don't leave loose powder. I accidentally sniffed some cayenne and I thought my whole head was going to explode and my sinuses burned like fire. You know they sell that bitter apple, some people recommend citrus, but I have *never* found anything that discouraged a cat when they were hell-bent on doing whatever it was I was trying to discourage them from. There's got to be a way to get Rhett to realize the humidifier is his friend. All these catslaves here, surely we can put our heads together and outsmart one little cat. (ha) Sherr On Wed 04 Jan 2006 10:31:29p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:1136431889.759643.59560@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): > I don't think it's mean as long you don't rub much on it > especially don't leave loose powder. I accidentally sniffed some > cayenne and I thought my whole head was going to explode and my > sinuses burned like fire. I dampened a paper towel and sprinkled the pepper on it and rubbed it on the plastic so there's no powder. Hopefully just a bad taste. Sherry, he pushes the thing around the floor. Then the chewing on it. Like a baby teething toy to him. I'll have to look for bitter apple. I've seen it mentioned many times, but never had to find out where it's sold. You know they sell that bitter apple, > some people recommend citrus, but I have *never* found anything > that discouraged a cat when they were hell-bent on doing > whatever it was I was trying to discourage them from. > There's got to be a way to get Rhett to realize the humidifier > is his friend. All these catslaves here, surely we can put our > heads together and outsmart one little cat. (ha) ^^^^^^^ Right. We can keep telling ourselves that. LOL SignatureCheryl > Sherry, he pushes the thing around the floor. Then the chewing on > it. Like a baby teething toy to him. I'll have to look for bitter > apple. I've seen it mentioned many times, but never had to find out > where it's sold. I'm sorry but that just makes me laugh.You have *got* to get video of that. The wire basket sounds like a good idea. You know what, when I had Beavis & Butthead, the orphan pigeons, I had a guy make a wire cage for me. I know it's hard to find a handyman who'll do little jobs like that, but I wonder if a custom "cage" could be made that would fit over the humidifier. But then, Rhett might just push the whole thing, cage & all! Make a high shelf, kind of like hospital televisions sit on? (He'd probably jump). I"m telling ya. The boy is obsessed, and I think it's gonna be hard to find a product that's going to discourage him. Sherry > On Wed 04 Jan 2006 10:31:29p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes > (news:1136431889.759643.59560@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > apple. I've seen it mentioned many times, but never had to find out > where it's sold. In a white plastic spray bottle with green print. At most pet stores, usually with vitamins and stuff like that. May be in the dog section rather than the cat section. Without bitter apple I don't think I'd still have legs on the dining room furniture. Kayla thinks its perfect for chewing. I also have to use it on the cords for the cochlear implant. For some reason, Jake the Siamese is fixated on those cords. Mostly the cord to the microphone that comes with it, but I've caught him with the main hearing processor when I've gone to sleep with it on and its fallen off during the night. Like my insurance company would understand that loss! My cat ate it? Jo >> On Wed 04 Jan 2006 10:31:29p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes >> (news:1136431889.759643.59560@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jo Actually, we had a dog once who ate my FIL's hearing aid. We filed a claim with our homeowner's insurance, and the Claims agent who handled the case said it's not horribly uncommon. Apparently hearing aids can give off a high pitched sound that dogs can hear but that is outside the range of human hearing. I don't know about cats, or about the cochlear implant, but keep standard hearing aids out of the reach of dogs! Katrina >>> On Wed 04 Jan 2006 10:31:29p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes >>> (news:1136431889.759643.59560@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > Katrina Yes that was a problem with the hearing aid. But it produced a sound. I would expect that to annoy them. (Want to get your entire hospital floor freaked out looking for the cricket? Put your turned on hearing aid into a closed container on the table by your bed. You won't be able to hear it. Everyone else will hear a high pitched squeal but not where its coming from) Mostly the cats disliked the hearing aid and avoided it. Its occasional chirps and beeps unnerved them. But the implant processor as I understand it does not produce sound. It sends signals to the wires in the cochlea that stimulate it the way sound would. But the one cat still thinks its an evil bug. An $8,000 evil bug. Jo > Without bitter apple I don't think I'd still have legs on the dining room > furniture. Kayla thinks its perfect for chewing. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > night. Like my insurance company would understand that loss! My cat ate > it? You should have heard the tech call to Compaq when Tanada Peed in Mike's lap top. It ended up costing us almost $200 to replace the hard drive. Mike just picked it up from the computer company. He will be spending the better part of the next couple of days replacing programs etc. on it. Sigh. now if I can find where I put the code for Word.... Pam S. > In a white plastic spray bottle with green print. At most pet > stores, usually with vitamins and stuff like that. May be in > the dog section rather than the cat section. > > Without bitter apple I don't think I'd still have legs on the > dining room furniture. Kayla thinks its perfect for chewing. Thanks. A friend at work is having the same problem with her littermate 2 year olds re, the wooden chair legs. Does the bitter apple cause any damage of its own on the wood? I'll pass on this hint to her, too. SignatureCheryl >> In a white plastic spray bottle with green print. At most pet >> stores, usually with vitamins and stuff like that. May be in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > apple cause any damage of its own on the wood? I'll pass on this > hint to her, too. Its a case of don't know/don't care as far as damage to the chairs. The set is solid oak, oiled finish, so I hope it will be OK. It certainly wasn't going to be OK otherwise. She did nail the corner of the TV cabinet/stand before I got it sprayed. Where she chewed on the chair legs isn't noticeable since I rubbed some furniture oil into it. Jo >>some people recommend citrus, but I have *never* found anything >>that discouraged a cat when they were hell-bent on doing [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Right. We can keep telling ourselves that. LOL Hehe. Good luck with that. Purrs that the bitter apple works. I have a disinfectant (for cleaning my fingertips for bloodtests) with a strong smell that all cats absolutely hate. Hmm, I'm getting an idea re a kitchen cabinet and a pair of overly inquisitive cats. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I dampened a paper towel and sprinkled the pepper on it and rubbed > it on the plastic so there's no powder. Hopefully just a bad taste. > Sherry, he pushes the thing around the floor. Then the chewing on > it. Like a baby teething toy to him. I'll have to look for bitter > apple. I've seen it mentioned many times, but never had to find out > where it's sold. I bought it at a normal pet store. I think it was in a dog aisle, near other "discouragement" products. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Vino had an obsession like that with a big thick electric cable from the power bar in the bedroom. He constantly chewed on it and I would nearly have a heart attack and jump out of bed. I ended up wrapping the cord in hockey tape, which is fabric and a bit absorbent. Then I soaked the taped cord in tabasco sauce. The chewing stopped. I definitely don't think it's cruel, it would be crueler if he fried himself! I hope you can find some way to keep Rhett from chewing on the humidifier. It sounds like you really need it, so keep looking for a solution. How about putting a plastic or metal mesh laundry basket upside down over the humidifier and then something heavy on top? SignatureBritta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with > the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > waiting for the new one and woke up one morning feeling like I had a > sponge in my mouth all night. Blech. > Vino had an obsession like that with a big thick electric cable > from the power bar in the bedroom. He constantly chewed on it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The chewing stopped. I definitely don't think it's cruel, it > would be crueler if he fried himself! Absolutely! I'm grateful I've never had a problem with wire-chewers, and I really thought Scarlett would be one of those. She's a "biter". SignatureCheryl > What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with > the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > waiting for the new one and woke up one morning feeling like I had a > sponge in my mouth all night. Blech. As Sherry indicated, you should be careful with cayenne pepper. I've read stories (might have been here) of people using it on squirrels and it getting in the squirrels eyes. I won't go into the gory details, but it wasn't pleasant. I doubt you're using that much, but tabasco might be safer. As it's less likely to become airborn, but the cat might still get it on its paws. > As Sherry indicated, you should be careful with cayenne pepper. > I've read stories (might have been here) of people using it on > squirrels and it getting in the squirrels eyes. I won't go into > the gory details, but it wasn't pleasant. I doubt you're using > that much, but tabasco might be safer. As it's less likely to > become airborn, but the cat might still get it on its paws. Thanks Bill. I won't use the cayenne pepper anymore. No tabasco in the house and I only had cayenne to sprinkle in planting holes in the garden when trying to grow tulips. Which I've given up on. SignatureCheryl > What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with > the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > waiting for the new one and woke up one morning feeling like I had a > sponge in my mouth all night. Blech. Could you make a little cage of some sort to place around the humidifier to protect it from "curious paws"? It could be made metal mesh (but make sure there are no sharp edges) so moisture could easily escape but your cats could not get in -- sort of like a little mesh basket turned upside-down. MaryL Use a baby fence >> What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with >> the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > MaryL > Could you make a little cage of some sort to place around the > humidifier to protect it from "curious paws"? It could be made > metal mesh (but make sure there are no sharp edges) so moisture > could easily escape but your cats could not get in -- sort of > like a little mesh basket turned upside-down. Thanks, all of you. You're all so smart, and I knew you'd have ideas! I might put the big wire dog cage together while I figure out how to construct a wire cover for it. Problem is, the cage is just HUGE and will take up a lot of the living space in the room it's needed in. But at least he won't be able to get at it, and it'll provide a hard flat surface to set on. Hope it doesn't scare Bonnie. ;) That cage was her home during her socialization period. SignatureCheryl > What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with > the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > waiting for the new one and woke up one morning feeling like I had a > sponge in my mouth all night. Blech. I have no idea what a humidifier looks like, as we don't need them here. I'm guessing they work like the vaporisers they sell here for putting into baby's rooms when they have colds. I figure, therefore, that there would have to be a few different types around. Can you change varieties, leaving the one Rhett has already chewed on as the sacrifical humidifier (so as to pretect the real one?) Yowie > I have no idea what a humidifier looks like, as we don't need > them here. You're lucky! Though, our summers are so humid that I shouldn't say that so quickly. The climate here goes quickly from sticky, to so dry you see sparks when you pet your cat! I'm guessing they work like the vaporisers they sell > here for putting into baby's rooms when they have colds. I > figure, therefore, that there would have to be a few different > types around. Can you change varieties, leaving the one Rhett > has already chewed on as the sacrifical humidifier (so as to > pretect the real one?) I think what he wants is the water in the tray. He runs from wherever he is in the house when he hears me lift the container up to refill it (don't ask me what that sounds like, he just knows the sound! LOL) I guess the sound of the gurgling water when the tray refills is what he's obsessed about. It isn't like there aren't a lot of other water sources to drink from, including a fountain! He insists on that source. Unfortunately I can't run the old one in the way that would attract him to it. SignatureCheryl I had to laugh when I saw the subject line. It isn't funny, and yet it is! What a strange thing to be so obsessed with! You almost need to put a playpen over it or something! > What am I going to do with this boy?? Rhett is still obsessed with > the darn thing. I had to replace my old one because apparently it did [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > waiting for the new one and woke up one morning feeling like I had a > sponge in my mouth all night. Blech. > I had to laugh when I saw the subject line. It isn't funny, and > yet it is! What a strange thing to be so obsessed with! You > almost need to put a playpen over it or something! He is one strange cat. He has 2 obsessions: the humidifier and ice cubes. Wait, 3 obsessions: he is a food hound. He will block others from "his" food bowl with his entire large body, even if he doesn't want to eat any right at that moment. :) SignatureCheryl |
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