How to keep cats off of table?

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steve84 - 01 Oct 2007 05:04 GMT

Hi

I adopted 2 cats yesterday from a pet adoption thing at our local zoo.
I adopted a male and a female and they both are 6 months old. They are
great but we have been having a war over the kitchen table. I must have
taken them both off of the table 40 times today when I was trying to eat
lunch and dinner. They have dry food that is out all the time but they
want to see what I am eating when I sit there.

I have heard about a spray bottle or water gun to try and keep them off
the table but have not tried that yet.

I know it will take time to teach the cats but does anybody have any
suggestions or ideas that have worked for them to teach cats to stay off
tables?

Thanks for any help

Steve

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Hactar - 01 Oct 2007 06:07 GMT

> I have heard about a spray bottle or water gun to try and keep them off
> the table but have not tried that yet.

That's what I use to keep my cat off the counter/away from the
rabbit/whatever. She's deaf which makes it easy to sneak up on her and
hose her down when I hear wrongdoing.

She's definitely gotten better, but it's still a bit of a war.

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Flippy - 01 Oct 2007 10:11 GMT

Hi Steve,

First of all, congratulations on the newest additions to your family!

Second, you must remember that your kittens will be kittens until they are
12-18 months old. Think of them as equivalent to 8yo human children.

For info visit this page: http://www.flippyscatpage.com/health.html and look
under KITTEN CARE, and also under TRAINING.

Good luck and please let me know how you go.

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(PeteCresswell) - 01 Oct 2007 13:28 GMT

Per steve84:

>I know it will take time to teach the cats but does anybody have any
>suggestions or ideas that have worked for them to teach cats to stay off
>tables?

The spray bottle sounds like a good idea to me - and I'd
accompany each spray with saying "NO!" in hopes the animals will
eventually learn meaning of same.

Having said that, my experience is that you will succeed in
teaching them to stay off the table when people are around.

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Matthew - 01 Oct 2007 16:02 GMT

Coffee can full of marbles does the trick every time for me just make sure
nothing is on the table that can be broke ;-)

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