10-30-2008, 04:54 PM | #1 |
Gizmologist
Posts: 11,615
Karma: 929550
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN
Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3
|
I just *have* to share this: Blender Defender
Cat training, is rather like cat herding, only more so.
Here's one really sharp person that came up with an excellent and amusing solution. The last vid is my favorite. http://www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender/ |
10-30-2008, 05:01 PM | #2 |
zeldinha zippy zeldissima
Posts: 27,827
Karma: 921169
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Paris, France
Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?
|
hee ! finally, a solution that works !!
now, how to adapt this for my own use... possibly in the context of the shums rather than the cats (i don't have any plants and not much counters). |
Advert | |
|
10-31-2008, 12:44 PM | #3 |
Chocolate Grasshopper ...
Posts: 27,599
Karma: 20821184
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Scotland
Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW
|
what a splendid idea .... but rather unfair ....
|
10-31-2008, 02:56 PM | #4 |
Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah!
Posts: 11,726
Karma: 8255450
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox
Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!
|
I gotta get me one of tem! I have a banana plant that Thspud the Nip Addicted just thinks of as a toilet. Nearly killed it three times, now. Even he could learn with that device.
|
10-31-2008, 10:27 PM | #5 |
Groupie
Posts: 161
Karma: 2670
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mead, WA, USA
Device: Sony 650, Basic Kindle 7th generation
|
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.
|
Advert | |
|
10-31-2008, 10:35 PM | #6 | |
Enjoying the show....
Posts: 14,270
Karma: 10462843
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Arizona
Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir
|
Quote:
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....... |
|
10-31-2008, 10:47 PM | #7 |
Groupie
Posts: 161
Karma: 2670
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mead, WA, USA
Device: Sony 650, Basic Kindle 7th generation
|
Desertgrandma, you are right about starting with the water. We actually did that is why we had 4 little spray bottles around to put the vinegar in. And it was quite effective with my boy kitty. However, for my husband's little girl kitty once the shock value wore off after a few months her attitude became "so what?" Then it went to "I like to splash in the water! Do it again-I don't care!" That is when my friend started her zoo keeper training and talked about the vinegar. We have never had a bite/scratch problem, but she was starting to regularly destroy things in her play so we needed another solution. It worked, but it does stink.
|
10-31-2008, 11:09 PM | #8 | |
Enjoying the show....
Posts: 14,270
Karma: 10462843
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Arizona
Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir
|
Quote:
|
|
11-01-2008, 10:01 AM | #9 | ||
Reborn Paper User
Posts: 8,616
Karma: 15446734
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Que Nada
Device: iPhone8, iPad Air
|
Quote:
Quote:
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. |
||
11-01-2008, 12:07 PM | #10 | |
Enjoying the show....
Posts: 14,270
Karma: 10462843
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Arizona
Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir
|
Quote:
|
|
11-01-2008, 12:10 PM | #11 |
Reader
Posts: 11,504
Karma: 8720163
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G
|
Cover the soil of the plants. I'd stick in lots of holly sprigs, or berberis. Then it's not so attractive to cats, who won't like the prickles.
|
Tags |
blender, cat, silly, strobe light, unutterable silliness |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
B&N: ebook share bigger than print share | fjtorres | News | 3 | 08-24-2010 03:20 PM |
v0.6.34 Calibre keeps prompting Windows Defender | scub | Calibre | 5 | 01-20-2010 02:28 AM |
How to format and can you share? | ggreene | Sony Reader | 3 | 02-12-2009 07:18 PM |