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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004I need a burglar-proof trash bucket
I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to open. And what happens? The cats get into every last one so badly that some days you think you have to call and make a police report, the kitchen is in such shape. Louie has gotten so desperate he has taken to using small plastic grocery bags and hanging the things from a peg in the wall to keep our little cat-burglars out of the food pouches and ham wrappers. And then we had a visit from a friend who came up from Florida, who waxed sarcastic: "My stars!!! Is it...ART?! Abstract Expressionism? De Stijl? De Trasche?" Please!!! any suggestions? has anyone ever successfully kept cats out of De Trasche? Your advice is welcome. If you can't come up with a trashcan suggestion, any ways to pretty up the artwork hanging from a peg will work too! :-) Blessed be, Baha > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha I use the ones with the sliding hatch type lid. Not sure how else to describe it. However, I had to go one step farther. Brenna can open the lid. But not if that side is facing the wall! (At least so far...) I have to be more careful about dumping table scraps or anything else that could be messy, but that's a small price to pay for keeping Herself out of the trash. - Denise >I use the ones with the sliding hatch type lid. Not sure how else to >describe it. However, I had to go one step farther. Brenna can open [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >- Denise I used to wonder if trash-digging was a personality trait or a learned behavior. ;-) I had one trash-digger and 3 non-trash-diggers. I babysat the grandcat for several days, and sadly, I sent him home a trash-digger. He never started till he stayed here, and he's never stopped. It's a learned behavior. >I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, >the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >suggestion, any ways to pretty up the artwork hanging from a peg will >work too! :-) Are your little cat-burglars the diabetic kitties perchance? Jasper's just like that now - a prize scrounger, and not above eating anything. And I mean anything .... Being good environmentally friendly types, we keep a separate bin in the kitchen for compostable scraps - veg peelings, teabags, that sort of thing. When it's full, it gets emptied, and then left outside for a few days to air. I found one freshly-emptied bin tipped over on its side, rather than standing on its base, and the slurpage from the bottom dribbling out onto the hard standing, where Jasper was sniffing it with some interest!  SignatureCathi >I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, >the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha I got a round stainless steel can with an insert and a step-on lid at Wal-Mart. They had 2 sizes, one is just the right size for the bathroom or bedroom and the other is larger. So far none of the cats have been able to open it. I figure that if they learn to step on the pedal and learn to open it I can always disconnect the pedal. -- Nan and the furkids A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha I haven't had trouble with the cats and bins, but big trouble with the bins (and fridge too) with my late dogs. It depends on the design of your bin, and what material it's made of. On a flip top plastic bin, a hole can be drilled in the edge of the top, and corresponding side and a small wire can be twisted in to lock it. Same with a lever plastic bin. For a metal lever bin, put something heavy on top of the lid. For a metal swing top bin, try pulling a bin liner (do you have them? garbage can plastic liner??) over the top and down the sides when you are out, Like a sack covering it from top nearly to bottom. Try these first. I have more ;-) Tweed > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha We have a trash "drawer" built into our cabinets - you pull out the drawer (which is as tall as the bottom cabinets are high) and inside is a wooden trash bin that you line with plastic tall kitchen garbage bags. Hugs, CatNipped > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Well, we keep a large plastic take out soda cup by the sink with a produce plastic bag in it for the glopy stuff we don't put down the disposal. And for chicken bones, etc. That gets tied closed and put into the trash can when we are done in the kitchen. But we are also lucky in that we've never had a cat that was too enamored of the trash. They'd rather steal things off my desk. Jo On Tue, 12 Oc, Baha wrote: ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >Please!!! any suggestions? has anyone ever successfully kept cats out of >De Trasche? Your advice is welcome. If you can't come up with a trashcan >suggestion, any ways to pretty up the artwork hanging from a peg will >work too! :-) That behavior seems so strange to me. None of the cats I've known have knocked over trash as a habit. If you can get one, we used to use a wire-frame plastic grocery bag holder and secured it to the inside of one of the cabinet doors under the kitchen sink. The grocery bags get used twice, once on the way in and again on the way out, and there is no visible garbage can in your kitchen. Regrds and Purrs, O J >On Tue, 12 Oc, Baha wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Regrds and Purrs, >O J I just have a plastic lined open bin that I keep in the cabinet under the sink. The door to that has a cat and toddler proof clip that an adult can press down to open the door. No gsrbage mishaps and no smelly bin in the open. But I do ahve a regular kitchen trash can we use for paper and other kinds of trash. Living in the country we always separate our trash for burnables in the wood stove and for the burning pit outdoors and another bin for metal and glass. -- CATherine <snip> >Please!!! any suggestions? has anyone ever successfully kept cats out of >De Trasche? Your advice is welcome. If you can't come up with a trashcan >suggestion, any ways to pretty up the artwork hanging from a peg will >work too! :-) Over the years I've had cats, I've had several that would turn the kitchen can over and drag stuff out. I found two things that work with *any* trash can: put the container on a pedestal to raise the rim higher then the cat can reach (I use a plastic kitchen step stool) strap the container to the wall or cabinet end (I use bungee cords with hooks that mate with screw hooks or eye screws). Either alone should do, but short containers usually need the strap and tall ones work well with the stool. -- T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Lets discuss this. Maybe we can make something out of wood -- I mean, some kind of foot lever thing, but with some weight in the lid. We'll figure it out. SignatureChristopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to open. And what happens? The cats get into every last one so badly that some days you think you have to call and make a police report, the kitchen is in such shape. Louie has gotten so desperate he has taken to using small plastic grocery bags and hanging the things from a peg in the wall to keep our little cat-burglars out of the food pouches and ham wrappers. And then we had a visit from a friend who came up from Florida, who waxed sarcastic: "My stars!!! Is it...ART?! Abstract Expressionism? De Stijl? De Trasche?" Please!!! any suggestions? has anyone ever successfully kept cats out of De Trasche? Your advice is welcome. If you can't come up with a trashcan suggestion, any ways to pretty up the artwork hanging from a peg will work too! :-) Blessed be, Baha < Please!!! any suggestions? has anyone ever successfully kept cats out of De Trasche? Your advice is welcome. If you can't come up with a trashcan suggestion, any ways to pretty up the artwork hanging from a peg will work too! :-) Blessed be, Baha > Hi Baha, We put meat wrappers and other 'edible trash' in the freezer until we can get them outside into the big trash can. My guys haven't figured out how to open that yet! (They are working on the fridge, however....) I think that if you get a regular garbage bin with handles, you can use those 'kiddy' door locks that look like a big hair pin and lock it up. A friend of mine used bungee cords across the top of his garbage can (this helped keep the racoons out.) Good luck! Patti > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Our solution came as a result of a (large) dog my son just *had* to have many years ago - a trash compactor! Only way we ever found to keep the d*g out of the trash. Of course if there was something particularly yummy, he'd sit by it and stare, trying to will it open. D*g is long gone to the Bridge, but we still use the compactor. Guess it's 20 YO by now but it still works. Sam >I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, >the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha I know what you mean. I got one at "The Container Store" it has a dome lid that fits into a groove on the plastic rim that holds the trash bag. So far my three have not been able to get at the trash. I takes a 33 L bag so the "tall" American bags work real good in it. It was NOT cheap about $65.00 > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha I keep my trash bag under the kitchen sink. It probably isn't as tall as the ones you have been using, but it is convenient because it is the perfect size for using one of those plastic grocery bags as a liner. I just "hook" the two handles over the edge of the trash can, then use them to tie the trash inside when it's time to transfer it to the garbage can in the garage. You could add a child-proof latch to the cabinet door if your cats open it to get at your trash. MaryL > I've tried everything: the tall kitchen trashes with the flappy tops, > the ones with tops you just pull off, the onesd you step on a lever to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha I wrap anything food-related in plastic before putting it in the trash. I save plastic bags from the grocery store or ones that the newspaper comes in, and use those. I will also use saran wrap as necessary. I wrap most food scraps, especially any meat. Really stinky things like cat food cans get double- or triple-wrapped. In addition, I also use a trash can with a flip-top lid. This combo of plastic wrap and closed lid has the benefit that the trash doesn't smell for the week that it sits in my kitchen before pick-up day. And the cats have never been in the slightest bit interested in digging in the trash can. Dee |
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