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Climbing walls...help!
Reese's antics have been near unbearable for the past three days. He is LITERALLY climbing my walls!! I have a large shadow box and a small shadow box of glass thimbles that I inherited from my grandma when she passed away and he tried to jump on the small one as if it was a shelf....I caught it before it fell and shattered. Before I could even blink he was back up and trying to climb on the large one, he had his paw on the bottom of it and when I picked him up I didn't realize he had a hold of it and again barely caught it before it fell and shattered. Then he tries to jump up to a higher shelf that is actually a shelf above the shadow boxes but, to high for him to have been able to make it, and almost pulls a rabbit down that I had on it. Notice I said HAD...as I have now take every single thing off of that particular wall cause I don't know what else to do!! Then this morning when I get up my huge picture that is almost as long as my couch hanging above my couch was knocked down off the wall. I have NO IDEA how he did that without it breaking or falling on him! He keeps jumping into a cubby hole on my desk. Today I open the linen cabinet to put towels away and he jumps in there. Then just now he is scratching at the floor around his food dish as if he would be scratching in the litter box. It looked like he was trying to cover something up like in the litter box. HE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!
Everybody keeps telling me "he's bored, blah blah"....this is NOT BOREDOM!! It seems as if something has him on edge or something. I don't know what it is but something is wrong. I truly don't think this is 'just boredom'.
Everybody keeps telling me "he's bored, blah blah"....this is NOT BOREDOM!! It seems as if something has him on edge or something. I don't know what it is but something is wrong. I truly don't think this is 'just boredom'.
Ooops...did not mean to select that "best answer"....not that its not a good answer I just didn't mean to...lol
CML that's good and all but Reese doesn't have another cat to play chase with him. The playtime is really not an issue. (I wish y'all would believe me.)
About the diffuser though......does it have to stay the rest of his life or no?
CML that's good and all but Reese doesn't have another cat to play chase with him. The playtime is really not an issue. (I wish y'all would believe me.)
About the diffuser though......does it have to stay the rest of his life or no?
Tree is fixed and was put up yesterday and he loves it!! LOL-Yesterday I rann the laser light up and down the tree and after chasing it up and down a few times he was pooped!!
Qusestion about the diffuser...I am wondering if it has to stay plugged in 24/7, 365/day. I don't mind it being plugged in but my concern is if he become immune to it over time and no longer be effective? Should I unplug it and only use if and when he needs it or am I suppose to leave it forever?
Qusestion about the diffuser...I am wondering if it has to stay plugged in 24/7, 365/day. I don't mind it being plugged in but my concern is if he become immune to it over time and no longer be effective? Should I unplug it and only use if and when he needs it or am I suppose to leave it forever?
If the holes are a little loose, put a wooden toothpick in with a dab of wood glue to tighten up the hole.
Hi AK.
I have one of those wobbly cat trees--my cat is only 8 lbs, but I have placed a few bags od cat littler in the base to stabilize it. Still wobbles a bit but Meezy knows it is secure. Sometimes the threads of the screws just can not be tightened enough. . maybe try that if it can't be tightened any better. She uses it everyday and wobbly or not she loves it.
Just sayin!
CML
I have one of those wobbly cat trees--my cat is only 8 lbs, but I have placed a few bags od cat littler in the base to stabilize it. Still wobbles a bit but Meezy knows it is secure. Sometimes the threads of the screws just can not be tightened enough. . maybe try that if it can't be tightened any better. She uses it everyday and wobbly or not she loves it.
Just sayin!
CML
Well, the tree was put up yesterday. Reese LOVED it!! He climbed on it immediately and scratch on 2-3 times. Unfortunately, he was extremely wobbly and Reese is a 14 lb big boy so, it was not going to work. Apparently it had been damaged when the previous owners took it apart or something. My dad is going to attempt to fix it somehow. My dad took the poles but left the shelves and he keeps laying on them and rolling around and laying on them....he loves them so, I hope my dad is able to fix it!!
Also, I do believe the diffuser is working!! He is not frantic like he was those few days so, thank you all who helped with that!!
Also, I do believe the diffuser is working!! He is not frantic like he was those few days so, thank you all who helped with that!!
Just wanted to update y'all. He has not climbed the wall or tried to knock down anything else on the wall. He has still been a pain, but only a few times and it was more at his normal level instead of the frantic state I was seeing the past few days.
I do believe the diffuser is helping!! :-)
Also, the lady came through for me and Reese will have his floor-to-ceiling tree tomorrow!! Yayyy!!
Thank you all for your support! I will keep you posted on how he likes is big tree.
I do believe the diffuser is helping!! :-)
Also, the lady came through for me and Reese will have his floor-to-ceiling tree tomorrow!! Yayyy!!
Thank you all for your support! I will keep you posted on how he likes is big tree.
Maybe he needs another cat playmate??What do you thing of that? It would also have to be a young cat with lots of energy, and preferably another male. They could wear each other out and mom could get some rest. I think if you get a kitten he should always have another cat to play with....or mom will get old real fast trying to amuse the little guy.
That energy is not going to abate for a few more years, so you will just have to have bare walls -----no nick-knacks.
Let us know if you figure this out. Perhaps you will need to find a "catnip" dealer to chill him out. You could import it from Maddie the UK Crack dealer, LOL!!!
I'm not saying he's bored, am saying that he is not using up his energy. A cat with a lot of energy in a small space will not sleep nicely and hang out, he will climb the walls.
Oh he has toys running out of his ears. Mice, fishinf poles, feathers...plus a couple that are battery operated...trust me he is well occupied....this behavior was bizzare, I would not have posted for just a bored cat. Please believe me.
Definitely get a floor-to-ceiling tree, and also some toys. Popular around my house are fur mice (genuine fur, presumably rabbit), these plastic coils that look like springs (wildly popular), a fishing pole with a feather on the end of the line, ping-pong balls, and of course, catnip. This means you'll have to play with him (the fishing pole is a human-feline game, the cat can't do it himself) but he sounds like he needs to be tired out in order not to tear the place apart.
I got a diffuser. Its been plugged in for a couple of hours now and he did take a nap. Not sure if that is due to the diffuser or if he was just gonna take one cause of being up most of the night anyway. Time will tell.
CML, he does have a small cat tree....it only is about window sill high cause he broke the top part-he's a big boy...lol BUT, he does regularly go to the top of fridge and the top of my hutch on my desk and both places have been designated for him. AND I should be getting a floor-to-ceiling tree in the next few days. It just depends on how long it takes the lady to bring it.
(((fingers crossed)))
CML, he does have a small cat tree....it only is about window sill high cause he broke the top part-he's a big boy...lol BUT, he does regularly go to the top of fridge and the top of my hutch on my desk and both places have been designated for him. AND I should be getting a floor-to-ceiling tree in the next few days. It just depends on how long it takes the lady to bring it.
(((fingers crossed)))
Hi AK,
Sounds like Reese is going through the "Terrible Two's" , LOL!
Do you have a cat tree near a window for him to climb? If not this is his way of telling you to get one.
Cats love to climb to the highest spot , so they can observe their Kingdom from on high. That wall seemed to be the perfect stepping stone for the little Prince to view his land.
So until you get him his very own "mountain" I would just remove all temptation for the time being.
My cat is a female and I have 2 cat tress , at 2 windows , she is perfectly happy to step up to the highest perch and sit for hours watching the world go by.
Perhaps Reese is just tired of looking at the world from the bottom.
If you already have trees for him to climb, then maybe move them to a new spot. Either way right now I would remove all valuables from wall shelves.
As far as him creeping into every door you open....well that is just what cats LOVE to do. Every time I open A door, drawer, dryer ,box---yep Meez is right in there. They have to patrol their kingdom and make sure nothing new has happened since last they checked.
Can not tell you how many times Meez has been left in one of those places for hours.....you would think she would learn----aren't they supposed to be smarter than we humans???
A big smooch to Reese !
CML
Sounds like Reese is going through the "Terrible Two's" , LOL!
Do you have a cat tree near a window for him to climb? If not this is his way of telling you to get one.
Cats love to climb to the highest spot , so they can observe their Kingdom from on high. That wall seemed to be the perfect stepping stone for the little Prince to view his land.
So until you get him his very own "mountain" I would just remove all temptation for the time being.
My cat is a female and I have 2 cat tress , at 2 windows , she is perfectly happy to step up to the highest perch and sit for hours watching the world go by.
Perhaps Reese is just tired of looking at the world from the bottom.
If you already have trees for him to climb, then maybe move them to a new spot. Either way right now I would remove all valuables from wall shelves.
As far as him creeping into every door you open....well that is just what cats LOVE to do. Every time I open A door, drawer, dryer ,box---yep Meez is right in there. They have to patrol their kingdom and make sure nothing new has happened since last they checked.
Can not tell you how many times Meez has been left in one of those places for hours.....you would think she would learn----aren't they supposed to be smarter than we humans???
A big smooch to Reese !
CML
No smell to them at all....some people swear by them I can't say I've noticed with mine, but worth a try for yr girl:)
No. He is an orange and white tabby. I was wondering about those diffuses. Do they really work? Can humans smell them?
is he siamese perhaps??? these cats can be very high energy....
have you tried some feliway spray or room difusers? these can help to calm him naturally
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_7/185-2493458-1658144?url=search-alias%3Dpets&field-keywords=feliway+spray&sprefix=feliway%2Cpets%2C291
have you tried some feliway spray or room difusers? these can help to calm him naturally
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_7/185-2493458-1658144?url=search-alias%3Dpets&field-keywords=feliway+spray&sprefix=feliway%2Cpets%2C291
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