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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2005Kitten and plant
Help! This kitten: http://www.flickr.com/photos/derien/22130623/ Loves to jump right into this plant and pull it over: http://www.flickr.com/photos/derien/22985677/ ... and besides driving both me and my g/f insane, we can't seem to deter her! She isn't scared of anything, noises, water, foil ..... nothing that we know of! Of our two kittens, this is the only thing (at the moment) which is getting us down with them. Can anyone offer any advice please? We can't move the plant as there is nowhere else for it to go where she can't get at it! Many thanks. Really loved the pictures of the kittens. They are soooo adorable, what did you name them? the white one looks like he has a little toupee on and a little beard LOL and that little tiger one has such a precious little face. <not@here.innit> wrote in message news:Qdrxe.60688$G8.34428@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > Help! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Many thanks. > Really loved the pictures of the kittens. They are soooo adorable, what > did > you name them? the white one looks like he has a little toupee on and a > little beard LOL and that little tiger one has such a precious little > face. They're adorable aren't they ;o) Yoshi's the white and black Tom, and Kimber is the tigress :) The problem is the plant! It has the sort of leaves that wave and move and TEASE a cat. I have found plants with round or wide leaves hold less interest to cats. In the same way cats go mad for a piece of string, plants with long thin leaves seem to have the same effect. Anyway, the cat's entertainment is paramount. Just buy a different plant for yourself! chas The plant is not "the problem." The plant is TEASING the cat? You make it sound like the a scene in The Wizard of OZ where the apple trees started hurling their apples at the Dorothy! ;^) The cat(s) like something live to get their hooks into. Brace the plant and let the kitties have their way with the plant. Think of the plant is surrogate furniture! > The problem is the plant! > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > chas > Help! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Many thanks. There is no other room you can put it in and close the door? Or, some people say citris like orange peels in it to deter them. Or put a little cat tree NEXT to it, which she can actually get on to distract her from getting on the plant? > There is no other room you can put it in and close the door? Nope. But also, what's the point in buying a plant and putting it in a room where you can't enjoy it? >Or, some people > say citris like orange peels in it to deter them. Or put a little cat tree > NEXT to it, which she can actually get on to distract her from getting on > the plant? I shall try the citrus peel, thanks. Unfortunately, we don't have a cat tree nor is there any space for one anyway as the plant's right next to the telly! Thanks for your reply! J >> There is no other room you can put it in and close the door? > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > J Well, personally, I'd give the plant away and get a small cat tree to put there. They come very decoratively made. You have two kittens. I mean, they need *something* they can climb on. But taht is just me. > Well, personally, I'd give the plant away and get a small cat tree to put > there. They come very decoratively made. You have two kittens. I mean, > they > need *something* they can climb on. But taht is just me. You make the presumption the cat's don't have their own things to climb on already?! Step down from on high. >> Well, personally, I'd give the plant away and get a small cat tree to >> put there. They come very decoratively made. You have two kittens. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Step down from on high. What they HAVE are the things they USE ... and nothing else. As far as the kittens are concerned, they HAVE only the plant. They LIKE the plant. The PLANT is THEIRS to climb on! Hahhahaha >> Well, personally, I'd give the plant away and get a small cat tree to put >> there. They come very decoratively made. You have two kittens. I mean, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Step down from on high. I wasn't being snooty. I said that's just me. I'd get rid of the plant and get a cat tree. You said you don't have one. My PERSONAL OPINION is that every cat should have one and that's a perfect spot obviously because the plant intrigues the kitten there. It was an OPINION. Sheesh. > Help! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Many thanks. How precious! That post needed a serious Kitten Fever warning. At the risk of being called a "compassion nazi" by certain posters here ;> - my rule of thumb is... living beings with nerve endings take precedence over living beings without nerve endings, and living beings without nerve endings take precedence over inanimate objects. Thus: kitten - plant - sofa. Seriously though, try weighing down the plant by putting some large (decorative) rocks on top of the pot. That should keep the plant upright and will discourage the kitten from digging in the soil. Hugs, CatNipped > Seriously though, try weighing down the plant by putting some large > (decorative) rocks on top of the pot. That should keep the plant upright > and will discourage the kitten from digging in the soil. It's not a problem with the kit's digging in the soil. They don't! :) The point is, the cat is jumping *into* the leaves in the middle of the plant and causing damage to the plant. If I can stop her jumping into the plant, then it won't fall over. I have tried distracting her etc etc, but she just goes back to it a couple of minutes later. Thanks for your reply. J > Help! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Many thanks. Can you put a chair in front of the plant?. That is one cute kitten. She looks playful. MLB > Help! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Many thanks. Cute little brown tabby. We have one that is just as michieveious and male. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/BigRedKitty/Kitten1.jpg An obvious solution is to brace the pot with a couple of wall blocks or to replant in a broad base pot. |
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