arcadian
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Tue Apr-13-10 04:31 PM
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How can I get the kitties to stop jumping up on the screen door? |
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And clawing it? They shredded the last one and now we have a replacment and they have already strated destroying this one.
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Tue Apr-13-10 04:35 PM
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begging? bribery? I have no idea how to get my kitties to stop doing anything naughty
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Tue Apr-13-10 04:42 PM
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2. squirt gun would be good. |
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Edited on Tue Apr-13-10 04:43 PM by arcadian
For when the glass isn't down. Actually, I don't want to infuriate them. I don't even like playing the laser toy game because I think it's cruel.
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Tue Apr-13-10 04:52 PM
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arcadian
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Tue Apr-13-10 09:52 PM
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18. That's why the jump the screen. |
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They want to come in to be fed.
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Tue Apr-13-10 04:57 PM
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4. I will tell you my secret for dealing with kitties: |
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I pretty much let 'em do what they want. I surrender to my overlords. I actually like that they aren't easily cowed, unlike those animals that bark. :)
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Tue Apr-13-10 05:16 PM
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5. I only know how to get them to do that....but not stop. nt |
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Tue Apr-13-10 05:17 PM
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6. Pet proof screen fabric |
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Tue Apr-13-10 05:18 PM
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7. Replace with glass or just close the door. |
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Sorry, but if there is a screen, it will be a kitty magnet.
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Tue Apr-13-10 05:21 PM
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8. You can't without replacing it with glass. nt |
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Tue Apr-13-10 09:54 PM
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19. about 600 volts ought to do it. |
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Tue Apr-13-10 05:37 PM
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10. Two words: Super Soaker |
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Tue Apr-13-10 06:38 PM
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11. I never thought of a Super Soaker! |
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And I had this problem with my late Magic Cat.
Perhaps the Super Soaker aimed from the *outside* of the door.
I might have saved 2 screens that way.
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Wed Apr-14-10 12:34 AM
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29. We used to train our kitties with a super soaker |
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We got to the point where we didn't even need the gun...we would just make noise like we had a super soaker and they would stop.
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:05 AM
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30. LOL! Same here! I stopped putting water in it because all I had to do was pump it. |
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Tue Apr-13-10 07:46 PM
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12. The one answer to all Kitty questions. |
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Tue Apr-13-10 07:57 PM
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actually enjoyed the spray bottle...he is a cat that beats to a different drum.
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Tue Apr-13-10 09:47 PM
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17. Yeah, my mom's Norwegian Forest Cat Loki |
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who came to live with us, used to love the spray bottle when he jumped on the counter. He reveled in the water, gulped it down and waited for more. It got to the point where he'd jump on the counter simply to get the water in his face. But at his size, if he'd jump on a screen, he'd collapse the door.
Welsome to DU, BTW! :hi:
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Tue Apr-13-10 08:33 PM
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14. Get a water pistol and shoot them any time they go near the screen. Pretty soon |
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all you will have to do is point the gun, say freeze and the cats will run and hide.
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Tue Apr-13-10 08:38 PM
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15. Put a big dog on the other side of it. |
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Tue Apr-13-10 08:44 PM
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16. Definitely start with the water pistol. |
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Also clap your hands loudly whenever they're getting ready to jump on the screen.
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Tue Apr-13-10 09:56 PM
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20. Oh no...The worst (but really most fun) thing I've done is bring 2 |
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sisters into my home. They double team me with things like the screen and the counter...to where I just gave up.
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Tue Apr-13-10 10:01 PM
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hard to do it with just nubs. :P Although you're probably looking for something, I dunno, a little less graphically violent and disgusting. It would work though.
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Tue Apr-13-10 10:56 PM
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22. Replace the fiberglass screen with an aluminum one |
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When I was still in the building products industry, anyone who came in for window screen fabric got asked one question: "How many cats do you have?" Anyone who had any at all got aluminum screen. Unless you've got something like a Maine Coon, a cat can hang on an aluminum screen all day long and not fuck it up; a cat will destroy a fiberglass screen in short order.
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Tue Apr-13-10 11:01 PM
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25. Didn't know that. Thanks. nt |
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Tue Apr-13-10 10:57 PM
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then they can come and go.
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Tue Apr-13-10 11:00 PM
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24. velcro their paws to the floor |
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Tue Apr-13-10 11:08 PM
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26. I'm surprised no one... |
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. ...has suggested that you just mark it as YOUR territory. . I think you know what I'm talkin' about. . . . . . . . No, not while they're ON the screen. . (just pre-empting LeftyFingerPop's oh-so-predictable response. .
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Tue Apr-13-10 11:29 PM
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27. Actually, if you want the cats to not jump up, there is a solution |
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Remove the screen and put the glass down. You have tempered glass in that door so unless you're firing cats out of a circus cannon at it, they won't go through...but even the dumbest cat will quit trying to jump up on the door if he falls off it seven or eight times.
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Wed Apr-14-10 12:15 AM
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28. you can get cat-proof screens |
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can't remember what they are called but they're just heavy duty screens
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