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Old 10-31-2008, 10:27 PM   #5
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If you are truly desperate to save your plant and get some workable cat discipline going, I recommend a small spray bottle filled with plain old white vinegar. When you see the cat doing something bad, or quickly making an exit grab it and take back over to the place and spray it. IF you can stand the stink of the vinegar yourself this is highly effective. We got this idea from a friend who attended the Cat Tales Zoo School, which specializes in teaching students to work with big cats like lions, pumas, and tigers as well as functioning as a big cat rescue. The zoo uses hot vinegar diluted with water and big spray bottles, but we find that normal household white vinegar works just find for normal house cats. Our cats hate the smell and the taste is worse. Just be careful not to get it in their eyes, and bathe the animal quickly if it happens. Yes, this is rather mean, it does work.
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