Start Your Cats Training For The Holidays
When you start to hang the stockings out with care in hope the cat will not start to interfere with the twinkling of the lights from the fresh looking cut tree. With the hope that the cat will just sit by the sill. watch the cats wondering eyes as it appear with the moon glowing on the glitter, tensile, and fancy shiny bulbs of the tree. As the cat is watching it all, and taking it in, with one great big leap that is the end.
So is this going to be the story for you every Christmas, you can take all the time and preparation to have that perfect Christmas tree with all the trimming in the room.
When You go to bed and next thing you know there is a disaster at the living room as to where the tree was standing now it isn’t, socks were hung, on the fire place, and Everything on the mantel is now on the floor.
When you start to train your cat not to do these things,This is going to be a bigger challenge than what you were hoping it was going to be.
That is why we need to train our self also so we can start to think of things when we do put up the Christmas tree with the cat in mind.
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There is a good way to start is by letting the cat enjoy the holidays with you.
Like having a present. It wants to have its own things to play with that is shinny and resembles the things on the tree.
Very few things to remember is that the tree is fresh cut have a pine scent that somewhat resembles the catnip. So now, kitty is in trig with the tree because of the smell and freshness of it.
The pretty poinsettia that you have been sitting next to the fireplace that looks so very lovely indeed and that they are very poisonous. Kitty eats any of it it will be very ill if not die from poinsettia plants.
Always start to treat the cat during holiday time, making sure a small sample of food off the table. Even as much as once or twice, a year for the holidays will not spoil the cat. Does the cat have a stocking yes indeed make one especially for your cat, And put catnip in the stocking as well.
Catnip does come in sprays and you could start spraying it with that, as this way they may not be wanting to touch yours hanging on the fireplace or wall.
Making sure also that kitty has plenty of water so that you don’t find that he wants to Go the tree drinking the water another thing that can be done also is if you have a real tree is you can fill it with the water and put plastic over the top so that kitty is not right exposed to it.
And once you have that a nice tree skirt over the water holder it to the trunk this will also help it to keep your cat away from wanting to drink the water. There is also a chemical out on the market to help preserve that tree for the holidays, you must remember is that they will not preserve you cat.
These chemicals can really harm your cat, or even cause death. because most the time we put the tree up to keep it watered everyday and can add couple of aspirin to the water to help the life of the tree.
When you make decorations for your cat and start to hang them near his play area so that he can start to enjoy them and play with them instead of the ones on the tree.
Remember you do not hang pretty expensive decorations on the tree or near the bottom, as this will get kitty to want to sit and play with them dangling from the tree.
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When you have the lights on and only when you are present to help kitty to remember that they are really to look at and not to play with.
Cats are not really concern at all that the lights do run on electricity this can be a real Hazard for your cat as your cat is really in trig with the blinking lights on the market. they have a lot of flashing items during the holidays that do run on batteries and are safe for children.
Depending on the item it can be cat safe. Checking the item over carefully before giving it to kitty. However, a blinking lights or light could be an answer to the lights on the tree.
When you start to Spend time with your cat a couple times in the day for good healthy exercise and games this will give the cat the exercise and play time that they need to help sleep while you are tending to holiday things.
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