Hi,

I'm looking for some advice. A week ago, we got two lovely kittens (9
weeks old): Moomin, and his sister Fudge. We've also recently had an
open fire installed, though it hasn't yet been cold enough to use it. A
couple of times, the kittens have crawled into the grate, which we
thought was OK, as they're pretty unlikely to do so when there's a fire
in there!

Anyway, Moomin jumped in there last night, and started to disappear up
the chimney! Fortunately, we grabbed him and pulled him out before he'd
got any more than his upper body up there. We then sealed the fireplace
with a piece of plaster board for the night.

Now, has anyone got any creative ideas about how to keep Moomin and
Fudge from climbing up the chimney? We thought briefly of the water
pistol method (which generally we're opposed to, but it seems that in a
case such as this, it would be being cruel to be kind!), but then
thought that perhaps they might get up the chimney even quicker to
escape the water!

Any ideas?

Best,

Irish