"Sky" > wrote in message
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> On 10/19/2011 1:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 10/18/2011 5:28 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> I asked this question elsewhere but got no answer. But I know there
>>>> are
>>>> a
>>>> lot of cat people so I thought I would ask here.
>>>>
>>>> My deceased cat, Maui never messed with my Christmas tree. Of course
>>>> for
>>>> the first many years of her life, I only had a wall tree. I wasn't
>>>> much
>>>> into putting up a tree or taking it down and many years we went to my
>>>> in-law's house in another state for Christmas.
>>>
>>> Major snip of long-winded story.
>>>
>>> Use a water squirt bottle. That will discourage the cat/kitten(s)
>>> quickly! When they approach the tree, squirt! Very simple remedy and a
>>> fast Pavlovian learning curve. Use common sense, but perhaps that's not
>>> so easy for your cat or your household.
>>>
>> I doubt that would work. I tried the water thing with Maui. Didn't
>> discourage her at all. And I'm not going to be home all the time to
>> protect
>> the tree.
>
> Figures - you always seem to have many excuses for your family member's
> behaviors, including your own.

Well I don't know why you would think one thing would work for all.
Besides, the baby LOVES water. She likes having water squirted on her. She
gets in the shower with me.