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12-28-2009, 04:26 PM
@ Cami "Death from Above!" Sorry... That's the first thing that I thought when you said that
Okay, back to the problem at hand. I have two cats, both indoor/outdoor cats. Once winter hits, they go nuts because they can't go outside.(too cold) So every year they climb the tree. We have always had fake trees, so she(the main climber) never done much damage.
Two years ago we got a different fake tree, the kind that you put together branch by branch. For some reason, she HATES climbing this tree. Our old tree was one of the ones that you stuck in a stand and fluffed up. This one, I think, has branches that are too small for her to get a good footing to climb. It definitely uglier than our old tree, but she doesn't like climbing it. As an extra precaution, we put their scrating post and a the catnip container in the "tree room" by not right next to the tree. Every so often we drop a little catnip on the top of the post. They have left the tree alone, even the presents were ignored. Aw the power of catnip. Granted, that meant our cats were drugged most of the holiday, but at least the tree/presents went undamaged for the first time in years!
So, recap, 1) get a tree that has branches that are uncomfortable to climb 2) Put scratching post in the same room as tree 3) positive re-reinforcement(via catnip!)
Hope that helps!
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