Cats and kilts

**Gary Krueger** · 7th August 06, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by Wompet

Even with discipline, I still have to remind mine every two to three months not to get up on the kitchen cupboards.

She does know to settle down on my kilted lap, though. It may more to do with my occasional bonking her on the head with a knuckle than any good behavior on her part.
Flicking in the ear - I still have the clicker I used for dog training somewhere - I may have to try that. Would work better at a distance.

I've thought about that, and I have enough hair bagged already for a fly plaid.

And yes - I know of some weavers who've done this sort of thing before.

We used to use a squirt bottle of water to zap our two retrobates, but they respond much quicker to air. What we do is use a can of compressed air, the stuff you use to poof dust from your computer keyboard etc. YOU DON'T AIM IT AT THEM...IT COULD HURT THEIR EYES. Just do quick "Hisss" of air in any direction...it is the sound not the blast of air that works, and they jump and run away. It must sound like a warning hiss of another cat. They can't figure out where that cat is so they assume it is you.

**pbpersson** · 7th August 06, 07:22 AM

You guys said I should wear this denim kilt at every opportunity to help break it in but Friday night when I went to put it on I found it on top of my bed and I discovered that my 18-pound cat Jack had decided the denim kilt was HIS new bed. He was asleep on it and he looked so happy!

I woke him up and told him it was time to get off my kilt and he just gave me a blank look. I gave him a shove to get him off and he gave me a look like WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM??

I finally had to roll him off the kilt and then he grabbed my wrist with his big mouth just to let me know how unhappy he was that I was stealing his bed.

I thanked him for helping me break in the new denim kilt but I don't know if having a large cat sleep on it really helps. :confused:

**mddock58** · 7th August 06, 07:38 AM

Sounds like you have a pretty normal cat there!

**morrison** · 7th August 06, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by freddie

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**Mike1** · 7th August 06, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by cloves

kittens do the "kneading thing" when they nurse too don't they? I had heard it was some sort of throwback to their kitten days, that when a cat felt most comfortable it was just instinct to do that behavior.

You are correct, nursing kittens do knead.

Actually, kneading is a better indication of a cat's comfort level than purring, as stressed cats will often purr up a storm.

This silver ball of fur on my desk is snoring at present, which seems to be her expression of maximum comfort.

**Southern Breeze** · 7th August 06, 03:03 PM

Most people don't believe cats snore. I "inherited" my current cat from my Grandmother who died in May of 2005. She had the cat and a small dog (a Shitszu). She was bedfast before she died and the dog would sleep on one side of her and the cat on the other. And all three would be snoring.

**O'Neille** · 7th August 06, 03:20 PM

I think my cat was reading this thread while I was away at graduation. There was too much food left in her dish, an obvious sign of computer addictive behavior. I found socks where they shouldn't have been, not a previous trait until she read this thread. She also had set up a new bedroon in the closet, on top of the drawers, directly under my kilts. Luckily I had taken 4 with me on my trip. I guess I'll have to change my computer password and not use it where the cat can see. Yes, she is a door opener, with lever handles, and let herself into my bedroom to knead kitty biscuits for a while before rattling the blinds to go out at midnight. O'Neille