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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2008I won! I think - revisited
You may recall that I child-proffed my bathroom cabinets to keep CJ from getting through them into the closet where I store the spare catfood bags. Well, he seems to have give up even trying to get in the bathroom cabinets ... now he has found he can get into some of the upper kitchen cabinets. Not good. I was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a glass of iced tea this afternoon when I heard muffled thumping. I turned around in time to see CJ stick his head out of the cabinet over the clothes dryer, then jump down. I quickly fabricated and installed a form of turn button - really more of a turn bar - on both cabinets at that end of the kitchen. I'll have to do the others later. I cut a short piece of 2x2 as the base and cut a piece of 3/4 inch square molding as the bar, drilled and mounted everything, then took it apart to sand down the base until I got a tight fit. I'm pretty sure he can't reach the locking bar, so he should stay out of those cabinets. I wonder what he will do next.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). Ahhhmm, YOU WON WHAT? Never ask what is next, they will show you! > You may recall that I child-proffed my bathroom cabinets to keep CJ from > getting through them into the closet where I store the spare catfood bags. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I wonder what he will do next. Ted Davis <tdavis@umr.edu> wrote in message: pan.2008.03.30.00.59.54.312000@umr.edu, > You may recall that I child-proffed my bathroom cabinets to keep CJ > from getting through them into the closet where I store the spare [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > I wonder what he will do next. Empty out your bank account. SignatureBilly Colburn > You may recall that I child-proffed my bathroom cabinets to keep CJ from > getting through them into the closet where I store the spare catfood bags. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I wonder what he will do next. This is starting to remind me of my parents campaign to keep the squirrels out of their bird feeders. After many years and lots of money spent of squirrel proof feeders, they finally succeeded. Only to start feeding the squirrels too. Jo > This is starting to remind me of my parents campaign to keep the squirrels > out of their bird feeders. After many years and lots of money spent of > squirrel proof feeders, they finally succeeded. Only to start feeding the > squirrels too. It does seem to be escalating. I had a round with the possums and coons - they were coming in the cat flap and eating the cat food - I totally won that one: a bit of research, a bit of thinking, a bit of enginering, and a bit of construction work, and no more coons or possums coming through the cat flap. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). I kept the squirrels out of the bird feeder by adding a LOT of cayenne pepper to the food. Passed through the birds with no harm done but the squirrels weren't so happy. >> This is starting to remind me of my parents campaign to keep the >> squirrels [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > a bit of thinking, a bit of enginering, and a bit of construction work, > and no more coons or possums coming through the cat flap. LOLOLOL..I can seee the squirrels heading for the waterdish going 'hothothot, Kyla "Granby" < >I kept the squirrels out of the bird feeder by adding a LOT of cayenne >pepper to the food. Passed through the birds with no harm done but the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> a bit of thinking, a bit of enginering, and a bit of construction work, >> and no more coons or possums coming through the cat flap. "Ted Davis" > You may recall that I child-proffed my bathroom cabinets to keep CJ from > getting through them into the closet where I store the spare catfood bags. Ohhhhh yeah, I remember that <G> > Well, he seems to have give up even trying to get in the bathroom cabinets > ... now he has found he can get into some of the upper kitchen cabinets. > Not good. That little $**t! Well, it is... 'leap year' > I was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a glass of iced tea this > afternoon when I heard muffled thumping. I turned around in time to see > CJ stick his head out of the cabinet over the clothes dryer, then jump > down. LOL > I quickly fabricated and installed a form of turn button - really more of > a turn bar - on both cabinets at that end of the kitchen. I'll have to do [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty sure he can't reach the locking bar, so he should stay out of those > cabinets. You went to ALL that trouble to try and 'trick' a Cat ???? IT won't work!!! Look at what you just wrote..look up, there ya go.. > I wonder what he will do next. Anything he wants!! <G> Kyla > You went to ALL that trouble to try and 'trick' a Cat ???? IT won't > work!!! Look at what you just wrote..look up, there ya go.. No, not trick him - more almong the lines of defeating him with overwhelming force and technology that can't be overcome without opposable thumbs and/or larger size. BTW, he is currently in my lap, being the perfect patient lap cat (he's waiting for me to quit typing so I can rub his belly). SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). "Ted Davis" >> You went to ALL that trouble to try and 'trick' a Cat ???? IT won't >> work!!! Look at what you just wrote..look up, there ya go.. > > No, not trick him - more almong the lines of defeating him with > overwhelming force and technology that can't be overcome without opposable > thumbs and/or larger size. LOL...gudgud luck with that. > BTW, he is currently in my lap, being the perfect patient lap cat (he's > waiting for me to quit typing so I can rub his belly). Yeah, Mosey does the same thing with me. Silly cats. Hug Kyla
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