how to protect a christmas tree from cats?
We have seven cats, three are still playfull kittens. How do we protect the christmas tree from the cats?
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Goodluck with that one. Do not put any ornaments on it. sorry i got nothing.
If it is a fresh cut tree, they will probably just smell it and then leave it alone. That is what my 4-year old male and 16-year old female did. I have no suggestions for a fake tree.
when you see them in it they beat little ass
i have two cats and they love our tree. its fake and sometimes its difficult from keepin them away. What we do is hang all the glass ornaments on the top of the tree where they cannot get it and handsome cheap plastic ones on the bottom. Cats will still eventually go for the ornaments. why not set the cheap ones on the bottom. You virtually cannot get them away. however, my cats like the tree. We put like sheets under it and that is where they sleep all day. Instead of keepin them away, make it a good thing to have for the cats.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . have few balloons around tree and when they are near one prick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Put the cats outside where animals belong.
Do not let them in the room it’s only going to be a month or so.
Yea, we have a huge 9 or 10 foot fake tree and our cats asolutly Love To climp all the way to the top from the inside. the first few times we just sprayed them with a water bottle squirter thing. they stopped after a while.
Seriously, you better have a pet-proof tree! Use only soft ornaments, no ribbons or tinsel hanging down. Maybe just use candycanes to decorate it. One year I put baby gates around the tree. It did not look great, but it kept the cats out from underneath!
Stimpy and I do not do Christmas trees YET. I’d like to know.
You can try spraying them with water when they climb up it. They will learn not to do that anymore. You can then get the pet training spray. There are different brands out there, one that I saw is called stay-off You spray it on furniture and stuff to keep animals away from it. There should be something like it where you are.
Does not seem like you’re getting much in the area of ??real help. You could try spraying the tree with citrus – normally a deterrent to house pets. Garlic is another deterrent but I do not think you would like your Xmas tree to smell like an italian restaurant!
One thing you can try is a water pistol or some pennies in a tin can. When any of your cats are near the tree, shoot them with the water pistol, but you have to not let the cat see the gun or it will know when to run away and the lesson is not learned. OR shake the tin can (less wet that way). The noise will scare them off Eventually they will put 2 and 2 together. Keep cheap ornaments on the bottom of the tree. It will save you some gray hairs when they sneak around to play with them.
I have a fake tree and cats second They have gotten in and climbed up the whole tree. I tell them no and squirt water and they leave.
7 cats? Good luck. I made the mistake last year of putting our Christmas tree next to the staircase. We have a small balconey. Turns out our 4 month old kitten had loads of fun jumping off the balconey down into the tree and raking all the ornaments off on the way. . My other cat would sit in it. He was very tiny and the branches supported his weight. We did not know he was doing it until we were sitting around and I caught his green eyes staring back at me behind the tinsel. My advice. . . do not use silver / gold tinsel (they sometimes eat it and it’s not good for them) Do not put up glass or breakable ornaments (or any ornaments you care about keeping). If you get a real tree make sure it is watered all the time (our cats liked to drink the water.. Like it was their personal water bowl with a large tree growing out of it) No dangling ornaments at the bottom. If you catch kitty playing in the tree, scold him (water bottle works) But, frankly, the twinkling lights and shiny balls and are just a curious kitty for much to resist. . I mean, you put this giant toy in the living room and you expect him NOT to play with it!
I once had a cat that slept under the tree as part of our nativity scene we had. Me and My mom used to joke that we did not know there were cats at the birth of baby Jesus. But seriously, after we’d get ours with a rolled up newspaper. But only if he climbed into it. After a few swats with it, he got the idea.
i have had the same problem in the past. . yeah last i was told to put a playpin around it. . no silly, not the childrens one but like the ones for the dogs you can buy at pet stores the ones that are circular. . i did that and it worked the only problem is it looks a little silly but hey i was not worth geting up to order management and the broken tree on its side
You can not protect cats from a tree, you have to protect the cats from the tree. Even if you manage to intimidate them to stay away when you are present, still the challenge to get into it will exist when you are not there. Try anchoring the tree to a wall or door frame, so that it can not be knocked over. Use unbreakable ornaments. . . the most beautiful tree I ever saw was one done in a Victorian theme with wide ribbon bows, garlands of wide lace, silk flowers and clumps of stuck in. Do not use tinsel, and twinkling lights on instead of the tree, try to light up that will illuminate the tree without running cords through it. The alternative is, if you want lights in the tree, be sure to unplug them when you are not right there to guard it. For the record, we decorate for the holidays, but have found alternative ways to do it – large holiday wreath on the wall stood, lots of different around centerpieces, holiday character figures. It’s a lot easier to set up and a lot easier to pack away.
i do not know that you will be able to keep them away form the tree without putting the tree in a room they can not get into. . . . . so i would suggest you put “unbreakable” ornaments on the bottom of the tree where kitties can reach. . . . and do not use tinsel. . . . if they eat it (or any string or ribbon) it can get caught in their intestines and requires surgery to remove (we learned that the hard way)
just hang thing that can break out of the cats reach.