How To Keep A Cat Out Of A Christmas Tree [updated]
[update] We are trying a new spray to keep cats out of the Christmas tree. So far so good!
Anyone have any ideas how to keep a cat out of a Christmas tree? We have an artificial tree and the cat likes to climb up in it. We’ve tried tin foil at the base and I don’t think it works when she doesn’t have front claws. We’ve also tried coffee at the base as the strong smell should deter her, however it doesn’t. We need new ideas. I was thinking about bells inside might scare her? Or some sticky tape as I know she hates lint rollers. Also a temporary wall is on my mind. Any ideas?
This may do the trick…
http://www.deteracat.co.uk/
- SEbasic December 6th, 2004 at 4:55 pm
Thanks for the link! So far squirting her with water and yelling at the cat seems to work. However dryer sheets in the tree deter her too as she hates the smell.
- TwisterMc December 6th, 2004 at 5:01 pm
I think you should just glue holy all over the tree…
That way, wherever the cat tries to grab onto, it will hurt.
That’s got to be a good deterrant.
And don’t forget, holy still keeps up the whole shristmas theme.
does the cat get stuck when it climbs up?
- SEbasic December 6th, 2004 at 5:04 pm
Try stringing jingle bells on a length og red ribbon. After you string it onto the bottom branches of the tree, it looks very pretty and because it’s all conected makes a racket when any of the bottom branches move. Good luck!
- stacy October 23rd, 2005 at 1:57 pm
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 - Windows XP
We used a citrus room sray all around the bottom of the tree last year.not too bad, We are gonna try to use the new self timed ones this year.and put one on each side of the tree. We have 7 cats and wow what a job. they have a outside pen they go play in all the time (doggie door) but the tree is just so cool to them but very upseting for me. even took tie wire and wired it to the wall. Good luck to all.
- mom October 23rd, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP
We just put out tree up a week ago and when my cat first seen it she wanted to go near it but i bought a water bottle and for about 3 days i had to spray her when she would get into now i think she know that i will do it if she goes near it so she runs up to it and looks at us and then runs away from it. So i would try that :0
- Sarah December 8th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows 2000
I wish it was that easy with our cats. They were playing no attention to our tree this year until the weekend we left and they knocked it over.
The water bottle helps get them away, but they think it’s a game. They try to get up the tree without getting wet. If they fail, they clean themselves off and try again.
- Thomas December 8th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Unbranded Firefox 2.0 - Mac OS X
I need help, i dont know if any of you will be able to help me, but my cat is weird. I have tried so many things to keep her away from the christmas tree but none work. i would try bags, but she likes them. and i tried like all the peper and citrus sents. and shes not scared of the water bottle. and the bitter apple stuff doesnt work either. is there anything that anyone else knows of that may help me.
- Patty December 17th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP
Yell at the cat?
Honestly, I don’t know. Our cats have gotten better, but they are still interested.
- Thomas December 17th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 - Mac OS X
My artifical tree is absolutely distroyed after1 time leaving the house and Ican’tseem to find anyof the suggestions to work so far so Ihope someone out there is smarter than my cat andcan come up with something that actually works because I’mabout to throwmy tree away and say NO MORE HOLIDAYS plzzzzzzz help
- Sharon November 26th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Internet Explorer 7.0 - Windows XP
Sharon - The best thing to do is find a smell, sound or other item that your cats hate. Then try and teach them by using that.
- Thomas November 28th, 2007 at 7:24 am
Safari 523.10 - Mac OS X
Thank You Thomas….So far I have got tinfoil under my tree skirt, my cat walks by and looks at it and doesn’t know what to think of it and if he walks on it I can hear him. When I leave the house I put him in my bedroom so hopefully I will be able to keep the tree til the first of the year….It took me 3 days to fix my poor tree lol. Good luck to everyone on this crazy subject =)
- Sharon November 28th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Internet Explorer 7.0 - Windows XP
Another thing we did was tie the tree up. We got some Command Strips at Target and placed those on the wall by the tree and then used red yard to tie it up at the top. Now the tree is a bit more stable.
I’m sure fishing wire would be more transparent, but our yarn isn’t to bad.
Plus the Command Strips come off clean so no permanent marks on the wall.
- Thomas December 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Safari 523.10 - Mac OS X