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"kelly andgary" wrote in message ... I've had a cat for some four years now. Recently I introduced into our home a 6 month old kitten. As a given....he is full of energy and likes to play. The older feline is game a lot of the time but there are times she is clearly annoyed and becomes angry. Wanting no part of his youthful wrestling and biting (etc). she hisses and growls but the youngster remains undaunted. Many is the time I've seen her tearing through our home, the little one hot on her tail (and loving it). If it were the other way around, I could figure it out, but what I'm asking your help about is: how can I make some linda place (a refuge) where the big cat can get away from the little cat when she's dead serious about not playing. Thanks, Kelly This is exactly like Collette and Blaise. She is about 4 years old and he is six months old and full of energy. He is learning very slowly that when she is on the bookcase looking out the window or on "her chair", he cannot win and she will fight very fiercely. He used to launch himself at her 5 or 6 times, give up for a while and then try again. Now he maybe tries just once or twice. We tried distracting him with other toys (pretty successful, actually), letting her go outside or making a Blaise-free zone (Collette is allowed in the bedroom, but he is not or he is given a time-out in his room). Ann |
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First of all I want to thank each and everyone of you here. Reading
through your replies, I became more and more filled with the feeling "Geez, what a nice bunch of people". Guess you probably wouldn't realize this unless you were on this..."The receiving end". Thank you all sooo.very much. With your feedback in mind....we've decided to nail Annie's favorite chair to the laundry room wall (minus part of the chair's back and the front legs...to start out with anyway) and at a height where the youngster can't reach it with his extended paws. We'll see if at least some version of this works out...if not...we'll opt for the cat tree. Again I thank you all. If anyone ever tells me "cat people are the best"....I will now just have to nod my head...knowingly. Kelly |
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First of all I want to thank each and everyone of you here. Reading
through your replies, I became more and more filled with the feeling "Geez, what a nice bunch of people". Guess you probably wouldn't realize this unless you were on this..."The receiving end". Thank you all sooo.very much. With your feedback in mind....we've decided to nail Annie's favorite chair to the laundry room wall (minus part of the chair's back and the front legs...to start out with anyway) and at a height where the youngster can't reach it with his extended paws. We'll see if at least some version of this works out...if not...we'll opt for the cat tree. Again I thank you all. If anyone ever tells me "cat people are the best"....I will now just have to nod my head...knowingly. Kelly |
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"Karen" dumped this in news:c2t8ce$214057$1@ID-
221344.news.uni-berlin.de on 12 Mar 2004: "kelly andgary" wrote in message ... With your feedback in mind....we've decided to nail Annie's favorite chair to the laundry room wall (minus part of the chair's back and the front legs...to start out with anyway) and at a height where the youngster can't reach it with his extended paws. We'll see if at least some version of this works out...if not...we'll opt for the cat tree. Hey, that's kind of cool and arty at the same time! Karen Yeah, it is. If Shadow could jump, I'd try something like that to keep the meanies away from him. Though Shamrock is a master jumper. I've seen him jump 6' to a surface the size of a coffee saucer without knocking anything over or off to the floor. Once he gets up there it's another story. He makes a game of knocking stuff to the floor. -- Cheryl I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner |
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"Karen" dumped this in news:c2t8ce$214057$1@ID-
221344.news.uni-berlin.de on 12 Mar 2004: "kelly andgary" wrote in message ... With your feedback in mind....we've decided to nail Annie's favorite chair to the laundry room wall (minus part of the chair's back and the front legs...to start out with anyway) and at a height where the youngster can't reach it with his extended paws. We'll see if at least some version of this works out...if not...we'll opt for the cat tree. Hey, that's kind of cool and arty at the same time! Karen Yeah, it is. If Shadow could jump, I'd try something like that to keep the meanies away from him. Though Shamrock is a master jumper. I've seen him jump 6' to a surface the size of a coffee saucer without knocking anything over or off to the floor. Once he gets up there it's another story. He makes a game of knocking stuff to the floor. -- Cheryl I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner |
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"Cheryl" wrote [snip to sig] I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner :') Very nice. |
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"Cheryl" wrote [snip to sig] I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner :') Very nice. |
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"Mary" dumped this in news:a7v4c.90828$eL2.4880045
@twister.southeast.rr.com on 12 Mar 2004: "Cheryl" wrote [snip to sig] I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner :') Very nice. lol I couldn't resist. -- Cheryl I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner |
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"Mary" dumped this in news:a7v4c.90828$eL2.4880045
@twister.southeast.rr.com on 12 Mar 2004: "Cheryl" wrote [snip to sig] I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner :') Very nice. lol I couldn't resist. -- Cheryl I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 03:21:42 GMT, "Mary" wrote:
"Cheryl" wrote [snip to sig] I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner :') Very nice. Sorry he has no patients -- business must be bad or he is not a very good doctor. |
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