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Originally Posted by SaraD
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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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
We use just plain water in a spray bottle, set on "stream". Our kitty used to love to "stalk" us and jump on our legs as we walked by. We both were looking like an ad for safe sex or meth addiction with the bites.
It was either kill the cat or figure a way. Actually started walking around with spray bottles, and every time he even thought about it, would shoot him with a shot. After a while, we only had to show him the bottle, and he would do an about turn in mid air.
The key was consistency. Pain in the rear, but at least kitty is still alive.....am seriously thinking of having his teeth removed, tho.......
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Sorry, but it's a short term solution. (pun intended)
Cats are notable hyppocrits and will thus operate at night instead.
Worse, I had one who thought it was a game! He had noooo problem with water.
That blender thing will work a long time but you might kill hubby with a heart attack one night when he sneaks down for a beer and a roast sandwich.
