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Bar stools for cats.
Jean B. wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> Tonya wrote:
>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>> I have been having trouble with my little cat getting
>>>>>>> on the counters and even on the stove! For obvious
>>>>>>> reasons I do not want her there. Her mom has
>>>>>>> never gotten up there AFAIK. But the other day, mom
>>>>>>> discovered the bar stool. She hopped up there. Then the
>>>>>>> baby wanted up there but they both wouldn't fit. So
>>>>>>> today we bought another bar stool. They don't match but
>>>>>>> both are the colors of the kitchen and the one
>>>>>>> we got today is open at the bottom so my
>>>>>>> step stool can tuck underneath.
>>>>>>> Anyway... They are both super happy now. They can sit
>>>>>>> up on them and watch us cook which is all
>>>>>>> they wanted to do to begin with. They were both
>>>>>>> smiling and purring. And the baby hasn't gotten on the
>>>>>>> counter since.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I never would let pets in my kitchen period, my 2 late cats of 17
>>>>>> years were trained from day one kitchen was off limits even the
>>>>>> stool I had in corner now training new cat same rules.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Risk of pets getting hurt is to high.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cats are amazingly adept at avoiding being hurt inside a house, they
>>>>> know their way about far better than you do, and it's easy to cat
>>>>> proof the danger zones, far easier than to child proof a house.
>>>>>
>>>>>> especially in a very small one plus
>>>>>> the risk you getting hurt with fur balls under your feet. And the
>>>>>> thought of fur in the air getting in the food turns my stomach.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where are your cats kept that their hair can't travel in the air
>>>>> throughout your entire abode? If you don't want to live with your
>>>>> pets then you shouldn't have pets... they'd be happier without you
>>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed. Our current cats shed very little. Mom appears to be a black
>>>> Siamese. Very short, sleek fur. Baby is a brown tabby and her fur is
>>>> sparse but feels slightly fluffier. Still really on the short side. Our
>>>> old brown tabby had slightly longer and much thicker fur all over and very
>>>> thick, long fur on the tummy. A brushing session for her this time of year
>>>> would yield enough fur to cover a young kitten. And yet even with her I did
>>>> not ever find wads of fur in various places. The one dog that we had would
>>>> leave wads of fur. And if she sat on my lap there would be fur all over me
>>>> when she got up. I have never gotten fur on me from my cats except perhaps
>>>> when they go to the vet. They will shed like mad there!
>>>>
>>> I seem to recall that stress can do that.
>>
>> Humans shed when stressed too, hair and skin... some even wet their
>> pants. LOL The only people who complain about pet hair are those who
>> are slobs themselves... if one dusts/vacuums their abode and brushes
>> their pets regularly there will be very little pet hair. My cats can
>> go wherever they want, they have free reign of the house, naturally
>> they sleep in my bed, that's how we like it. And cats belong in the
>> kitchen, their main job is to protect the food from vermin.
>> The cat's cradle: http://tinypic.com/r/126dbet/5
>> Mice, what mice: http://tinypic.com/r/2ldzo91/5
>>
>>
>That first photo, especially, was so cute! And yes, sleeping with
>a cat/cats is one of the great joys of life.
The best sleeping pill.
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