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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2004He's driving me crazy!!
I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I have put venetian blinds on so I can see my computer screen better on sunny days. Even though the cat always had a window he preferred to look out of he has decided that during the night he wants to sit on the window with the blinds on. This usually happens at between 2am and 5am and the noise he makes trying to get through the blinds wakes up the whole household. I can't leave the blinds open as I don't want to have my computer on display to the outside. Is there anything I can do to deter him from wanting to go anywhere near the blinds? I wonderred if there was a houseplant or something smelly that cats hate that I could use to deter him from coming near. Any thoughts would be gratefull received. Thanks Angela > I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to > bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Any thoughts would be gratefull received. Fabric vertical blinds might be the answer. He would still have the opportunity to look outside and you and your family would be able to sleep through the night. :c) Judy > I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to > bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Angela Change to vertical blinds. Works a charm. Karen >> I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to >> bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Karen I second the motion, circa Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:09:23 -0600, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Karen Chuplis (kchuplis@alltel.net) said, > Change to vertical blinds. Works a charm. As do those "honeycomb" cloth blinds. Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >From: "AK" xxx@xxx.com >I can't leave the blinds open as I don't want to have my computer on display >to the outside. But are you using it at 2 a.m.? If not, why not turn off the computer, turn off all the lights in that room and then open the blinds for the kitty. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm > >From: "AK" xxx@xxx.com > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > But are you using it at 2 a.m.? If not, why not turn off the computer, turn > off all the lights in that room and then open the blinds for the kitty. Or just shut the door. > >From: "AK" xxx@xxx.com > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Lauren I have already had one break in, I don't intend to encourage another. My house is right on the steer and the steerlight illuminates the room >From: "AK" xxx@xxx.com >> >From: "AK" xxx@xxx.com >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >I have already had one break in, I don't intend to encourage another. My >house is right on the steer and the steerlight illuminates the room Ok. How about keeping the blinds open but installing a window shade too? That way kitty can peek his head under the shade. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm circa Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:35:28 -0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, AK (xxx@xxx.com) said, > My > house is right on the steer and the steerlight illuminates the room They have glow-in-the-dark cows where you live? ;-) Laura <adding nothing but smartass commentary to this thread> SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > I wonderred if there was a houseplant or > something smelly that cats hate that I could use to deter him from coming > near. Most cats hate citrus, especially fresh orange rinds. A nice, fragrant citrus air freshener right on the sill might work. I myself sleep like a log, so the kids can pretty much do whatever they want to the blinds at my place. Or to me. I understand they walk on my face from what my Mom said when I spent the night at her place for Christmas. *heh* Signature-- ~kaeli~ Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace > Most cats hate citrus, especially fresh orange rinds. A nice, fragrant > citrus air freshener right on the sill might work. Good idea! > In article <c234t0$6fi$1@news.freedom2surf.net>, xxx@xxx.com enlightened > Most cats hate citrus, especially fresh orange rinds. A nice, fragrant > citrus air freshener right on the sill might work. I have 2 lemon airfreshners, one on the windowsill, one on my desk........................now we'll see if that works!! I'll keep you posted Angela circa Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:51:07 -0600, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, kaeli (tiny_one@NOSPAM.comcast.net) said, > I understand they walk on my > face from what my Mom said when I spent the night at her place for > Christmas. *heh* Mine too! I've waken up with scratches on my face before from one or another of them launching off of my head. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. Are your blinds verticle or horizontal? My cat was doing that and she bent some of the horizontal blinds so I replaced them with verticle (made less noise too). SignatureDebbie Trujillo Please visit my website at http://mysite.verizon.net/res21yh8/index.html > I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to > bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Angela They are horizontal. Unfortunately I am not fond of vertical blinds! > Are your blinds verticle or horizontal? My cat was doing that and she bent > some of the horizontal blinds so I replaced them with verticle (made less [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Angela Too bad. They work great with cats. Everyone happy. They keep the light out better than regular blinds since they close tighter. Karen > They are horizontal. Unfortunately I am not fond of vertical blinds! > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > > > Angela >Too bad. They work great with cats. Everyone happy. They keep the light out >better than regular blinds since they close tighter. > >Karen Verticals sure solved the probllem for us. Yoda had destroyed two miniblinds already. He'd just climb through them to look out and they'd eventually bend beyond repair. Sherry >From: sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) >>Too bad. They work great with cats. Everyone happy. They keep the light out >>better than regular blinds since they close tighter. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Sherry we have mostly vertical ones too. Big difference when you have cats. We still have some windows with the horizontal ones. I try to open them in the morning right when we get up so the cats can loo outside (and before they bend up the slats) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm > They are horizontal. Unfortunately I am not fond of vertical blinds! Me either, though I wish I was due to the kitties. The lady across the street has them and they remind me of prison bars from all the way across the street. They are horizontal. Unfortunately I am not fond of vertical > blinds! > > Me either, though I wish I was due to the kitties. The lady across the > street has them and they remind me of prison bars from all the way > across the street. We are in the process of switching the foyer and kitchen (yeah Tuck gets on the counters after everyone is in bed, little stinker). Tucker has virtually ruined the foyer ones, because he climbs between the slats of the horizontal blinds. With the horizontal in the living room he just walks between them. > They are horizontal. Unfortunately I am not fond of vertical > > blinds! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > ruined the foyer ones, because he climbs between the slats of the horizontal > blinds. With the horizontal in the living room he just walks between them. I prefer sheers in the formal rooms and my bedroom. Have you seen what cats can do to sheers? :) Not shredded, but scores of little claw holes and pulls. I wish I liked vertical blinds. Truth be told, I don't like blinds at all. circa Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:13:31 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > I prefer sheers in the formal rooms and my bedroom. Have you seen what > cats can do to sheers? :) Not shredded, but scores of little claw > holes and pulls. I wish I liked vertical blinds. Truth be told, I > don't like blinds at all. I don't either, but ones like these have solved both the cat problem and my aesthetic concerns. :-) http://tinyurl.com/29hz4 Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. "Laura R." <UseFirstInitialPlusRobinson@technologist.com> wrote > >ones like these have solved both the cat problem > and my aesthetic concerns. :-) > > http://tinyurl.com/29hz4 Not bad. Not bad at all. Can you mount the blinds farther out from the window frame so the cat can get behind them without rattling them? Install something between the window and the blinds mounting hardware so they're actually slightly more into the room and not flush up against the window? I'm not sure I'm describing this well. Priscilla I've got bamboo blinds in my bedroom. My cat can see through them but you can't see through from the outside unless your right up close to the window. It works for me anyway! Jeannie > I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to > bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Angela > I have a beutiful brown spotted Bengal who is gorgeous and I love him to > bits, but he has one habit that is driving me crazy. I have a window that I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > something smelly that cats hate that I could use to deter him from coming > near. Cody does it too & it drives me nuts. Signaturemike3k <at> suespammers <dot> org You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire. Once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. - Peter Gabriel, "Biko"
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