re: Cat in my Xmas tree..PROBLEM SOLVED! w00t!
 

Yesterday I posted a thread about needing help with keeping my cat out of my christmas tree and got some REALLY great advice (thanks to everyone who helped!)

If it was just bulbs he was knocking down or something, I would'nt have cared (since I could have just bought non-breakable bulbs and such) but the problems I was having was that he was DESTROYING my tree!! It's a fake tree with about 60 small branches that you have to piece-by-piece assemble, took 3 hours just to put it together. So everyday that I was waking up and saw my tree messed up, I would get so mad because I knew it would take a good 45 mins to get it back to normal again.

PLUS, on top of that, my cat was chewing the lights at the bottom and pulling the tiny bulbs out. I didn't want him to eat one of those things or get shocked if he bit down too hard and on top of that, I already went through 4 new strings of lights. So.....here's what I did:

-sprayed bitter apple spray (got it at petco) on the lower branches and lights
-sprayed a pet repellent around the border of the tree (from petco)
-put tin foil and plastic grocery bags under the tree skirt
-put several plastic grocery bags inside the tree where he liked to climb

And the best part is, no one can tell that I did any of this stuff, it's all hidden.

For the first time since we put the tree up, I woke up to a christmas that wasn't destroyed!! yayyy! :thumbsup :winkwink: :thumbsup

Not only does he not go in the tree, but he won't even go NEAR it! lol He will walk as far away as possible from the tree when he has to pass it. THANK YOU ALL!! I now have a Christmas tree that looks pretty!! :thumbsup

THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME WITH SOME GREAT ADVICE!!! :thumbsup

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2462/treevk5.jpg
(as you can see, there's spots in the tree that were damaged and now the branches are all funky in different spots)

Ok now how to keep kids out of the Christmas tree.. :disgust :disgust lol Well not my kids, my babysitters daughter, and they are moving out on tuesday so that problem is solved then hehe. My kids know not to mess with it. :winkwink:

Very nice tree! Im gonna have to try that this year!

better question, why would you want a cat ;)

now apply the exact same methods on yourself and he'll move out within a few days.. Merry christmas!! :thumbsup

hehehehe...congrats. bet the cat now hates the tree now :P

lol cat in the tree

high how r u ;]

When I was a kid we had a dog that chewed on the chirstmas lights. one time he bit too hard and got shocked good. he never did it again.

I will do the same when i put the tree. Thank you for your thread.

Good to know :)!

So, can I wish a Merry Christmas to you and your family now? :)

you sure can! :thumbsup

Merry Christmas to you as well!

i havnt seen a dart board in years ;x