Animals + Christmas Trees = Pain In The Friggin' Ass

[Nikijad4210]

Any of YOUR pets scaled the Christmas tree yet? My little S.O.B has. Repeatedly.




We're still trying to figure out how the fuck to keep him out of it, although it appears to be a losing battle for us....

 

[Ncogneato]

Keep em' away from the Catnip!!!

 

[DimeBag65]

the other night i was at a buddys house and they have 3 or 4 young cats that went nuts on their tree.. we ended up having to go and get another christmas tree cuz they had broke alotta the bottom branches... a few suggests that i think i heard thrown out... was like citrus spray.. or orange peels cuz supposedly cats dont like the smell of it or something... anyways could be complete bs but worth a try and make ur tree smell good!! Peace Dime

 

[Guest]

Niki - Can we see a pic of you?


just a question..

 

[Nikijad4210]

Niki - Can we see a pic of you?

Lol, no, sorry.

 

[Nikijad4210]

Dime, I've also heard cats don't like cayanne. But, then again, I had a cat that used to roll in it and snort it and shit like it was catnip...

He hasn't busted the tree itself, just mangled a couple of branches that needed to be redone (fake tree) He HAS busted a couple of glass ball ornaments....Thinks they're toys, climbs in & up the tree, and takes 1 or 2 swings at them before they fall off and break bouncing on the floor.

His name's Wiley, but he's been renamed "Little Fucker" in the last couple of days.

 

[Bravado!]

My cats do the same every year, what helps for me is rattle a pill bottle or something next to them. Works every time.

 

[Guest]

moth balls work

 

[DimeBag65]

lol niki, yea they definately are some curious lil fuckers, they seems to do the most damage when ur not around or even better sleeping! those indoor cats will tear through a house all night long... that is until the tree come crashin down and the cat gets tangled up in the light strands. well i think im going to try some defense tactics to keep my lil rascals away... good luck keepin the tree in shape!! Dime

 

[billycw]

put a motion senseing toy under or next to the tree(like one of those james brown singing ones). scares the crap out of my cat every time. only thing i have found that works. they are pains in the ass sometimes. but so dam cute.

 

[Mr. Hand]

I was just complaining about this to my friend the other day. I have 7 cats that are, more or less, well behaved. However, a Christmas tree brings out the monkey in 'em. I have just given up on the idea of having a tree. Do any of you old farts recall a time when a Christmas tree smelled-up the whole house?? Ya know what is missing these days? Those old tree lights.. ya know, the size of your thumb. They were dangerously hot, but they heated up the essential oils of the tree and perfumed the house with that smell of Christmas that this old fart deeply misses.

 

[sproutco]

Niki, your so funny.

 

[robobond]

lol yeah my cat just jumped into it and knocked it over lol. As for stopping the cats its simple. Put bear traps all around your tree

 

[IwannagethighOG]

We did'nt chop one this year because of Mr. Spatz. Too many hand painted orniments and 40 year old one's too get broken. I dred if they chew on the lights.

 

[Ronley]

Any of YOUR pets scaled the Christmas tree yet? My little S.O.B has. Repeatedly.




We're still trying to figure out how the fuck to keep him out of it, although it appears to be a losing battle for us....

AAAAHHHH CUTE!!!!!!!!!!

 

[I Used To Grow]

that cat looks like trouble..lol

I used to have a cat that was that color..what a little fucker man! he was an awesome cat though!

 

[Nikijad4210]

Hahaha, IUTG, he really is a furry handful, "trouble" seems to be his middle name by default

Well, since I started this thread, we've collected a good number of gifts, a couple in good sized boxes---He quit getting in the tree when his path was blocked off.

HOWEVER, Pooh now decided he wants to sleep under it way in the back side where we can't reach him (he must be Houdini reincarnated---we can't figure out how he gets past everything) or sleeps directly on the gifts, which has in turn crushed a couple of them (nothing breakable) as well as his nails poking holes in or ripping the paper on a few more....The problem with Pooh is he's a fuckin' old man, somewhere between 15 & 18 years old, he's set in his crotchity ways, and is one hell of a stubborn old shit---Not unlike elderly human males. We flush him out from under the tree, and 5 minutes later, the old fart's back under there (the tree's in the corner in the living room, btw)

 

[Nikijad4210]

Oh yeah, and since I snapped a couple of pics of Wiley in the tree when I first caught him in it, the pics were developed, and we decided we liked one particular pic of him looking like a deer in headlights peeking out of the branches, so it became this year's Christmas card, it reads, "Merry Christmas, from Wiley, the Christmas Tree Inspector"

 

[Tarkus]

Yeah, cats always keep you entertained. Most of the orange cats I have known have been rascals. Friendly but real buggers too.
I was allergic to Christmas trees (grew out of it) when I was younger and we had to have a fake one. Well yeah, the cats loved playing it it, and we let them. They were good about not breaking stuff, until one shit in the tree one year. Kicked their ass every time they even looked at it from there on out.

I love pets though, apparently help you live longer. Lower the blood pressure.....

 

[Nikijad4210]

I love pets though, apparently help you live longer. Lower the blood pressure.....

Dunno about that one, lol, Wiley's been known to raise ours through the roof from time to time.

I think he gets a kick out of watching the humans pull their hair out---I swear he grins once in a while when we get after him.....